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DirectorySearcher::Tombstone Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the search should also return deleted objects that match the search filter.

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

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
[DSDescriptionAttribute(L"DSTombstone")]
public:
property bool Tombstone {
	bool get ();
	void set (bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if deleted objects should be included in the search; false otherwise. The default value is false.

The following C# example shows how to set the Tombstone property to true.

using System.DirectoryServices;
...
// Create a DirectorySearcher object.
DirectorySearcher src = new DirectorySearcher("(isDeleted=true)");
//Set the Tombstone property to true.
src.Tombstone = true;
//Use the FindAll method to get search results.
SearchResultCollection res = src.FindAll();

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.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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