Setting Up Visual Basic 6.0 for ADSI Development

Setting Up the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Development Environment For Visual Basic

1. Start Visual Studio 2010.

2. Create a new Visual Basic project.

3. Add a reference to the Active DS Type Library.

   Note

   If you do not require early COM object binding, ignore this step.

    

   1. Select Project | Add Reference.
   2. Select the COM tab.
   3. Select Active DS Type Library.

4. Begin programming with ADSI.

Before you begin, log on to a Windows domain. You must have permission to modify the Active Directory database. By default, the Administrator has this privilege.

A Sample Visual Basic 6.0 Application: Modifying FullName and Description for a User

1. Follow the previous steps to create a standard executable Visual Basic project.

2. Double-click the Form. In Form_Load, type the following. You must replace the "LDAP://CN=jeffsmith,CN=users,DC=fabrikam,DC=com" string with the ADsPath of an existing user in a container in your domain. Create a test user account that can be modified for this purpose.

   '------------------------------------------------------------
   ' This code example is used to set the FullName and Description
   '------------------------------------------------------------
   Dim usr As IADsUser
   
   ' Bind to a user object.
   Set usr = GetObject("LDAP://CN=jeffsmith,CN=users,DC=fabrikam,DC=com")
   
   usr.FullName = "Jeff Smith"
   usr.Description = "A user for fabrikam.com" 
   usr.SetInfo ' Commit the changes to the directory
   

3. Press <F5> to run the program.

4. To verify changes, use the Active Directory Users and Computers management tool. For more information about using ADSI and Visual Basic, see Accessing Active Directory Using Visual Basic.