LDAP Exceptions Technology Sample

This sample demonstrates LDAP exception handling. This sample is available only in Visual C#.

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To build the sample

1. Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the Exceptions\CS directory.

2. Type msbuild exceptions.sln at the command line.

To run the sample

1. Navigate to the directory that contains the built executable file, using the command prompt.

2. Type exceptions followed by its arguments and press Enter.

This sample has the following syntax:

Exceptions <ldapServer> <user> <pwd> <domain> 

• ldapServer
  The LDAP server.

• user
  Your user name.

• pwd
  Your password.

• domain
  The Active Directory domain.

Here is an example:

Exceptions.exe myDC1.testDom.fabrikam.com user1 secret@~1 testDom

Note
This sample is a console application. You must start and run it in a Command Prompt window to view its output.

Remarks

This sample defines the following methods.

Method	Description
CreateConnection	Connects to the server using a LdapConnection.
HandleLdapException	Handles a connecting to an unknown LDAP server, and connecting using invalid credentials.
HandleOperationException	Handles a delete request using an invalid distinguished name (DN).
HandlePlatformNotSupportedException	Handles an unsupported operating system.
HandleBerConversionException	Handles decoding a binary value with an incorrect decode string.
HandleDirectoryAttributeNullException	Handles creating directory attributes with null values.
HandleTlsOperationException	Handles TlsOperationException.
HandleInvalidOperationException	Handles anonymous authentication with a non-null credential.