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DirectorySearcher.ExtendedDN Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates the format of the distinguished names.

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

'Declaration
<DSDescriptionAttribute("DSExtendedDn")> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
Public Property ExtendedDN As ExtendedDN
'Usage
Dim instance As DirectorySearcher 
Dim value As ExtendedDN 

value = instance.ExtendedDN

instance.ExtendedDN = value

Property Value

Type: System.DirectoryServices.ExtendedDN
One of the ExtendedDN values.

The following example shows how to return a collection of distinguished names in hexadecimal format.

using System.DirectoryServices;
...
DirectorySearcher src = new DirectorySearcher("…");
src.PropertiesToLoad = new string[] {ntSecurityDescriptor,…};
src.ExtendedDN = ExtendedDN.HexString;
SearchResultCollection res = src.FindAll();

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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