DirectorySearcher::Tombstone Property

.NET Framework (current version)
 

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)

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public:
[DSDescriptionAttribute("DSTombstone")]
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
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.

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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
Available since 2.0
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