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DirectoryEntry::Parent Property

Gets this entry's parent in the Active Directory Domain Services hierarchy.

Namespace:  System.DirectoryServices
Assembly:  System.DirectoryServices (in System.DirectoryServices.dll)

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[DSDescriptionAttribute(L"DSParent")]
public:
property DirectoryEntry^ Parent {
	DirectoryEntry^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.DirectoryServices::DirectoryEntry
A DirectoryEntry object that represents the parent of this entry.

The following example searches a given DirectoryEntry and displays the Name and Parent of the result.

String^ myADSPath = "LDAP://onecity/CN=user,CN=Users,DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com";
DirectoryEntry^ myDirectoryEntry = gcnew DirectoryEntry(myADSPath, UserName, SecurelyStoredPassword);

Console::WriteLine("Parent is :{0}", myDirectoryEntry->Parent->Path);

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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