UserGroup.UpdateGroupInfo Method

Updates information for the specified group.

Namespace:  [UserGroup Web service]
Web service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx

Syntax

'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/UpdateGroupInfo", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",  _
    ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",  _
    Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Sub UpdateGroupInfo ( _
    oldGroupName As String, _
    groupName As String, _
    ownerIdentifier As String, _
    ownerType As String, _
    description As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As UserGroup
Dim oldGroupName As String
Dim groupName As String
Dim ownerIdentifier As String
Dim ownerType As String
Dim description As String

instance.UpdateGroupInfo(oldGroupName, _
    groupName, ownerIdentifier, ownerType, _
    description)

[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/UpdateGroupInfo", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", 
    ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", 
    Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public void UpdateGroupInfo(
    string oldGroupName,
    string groupName,
    string ownerIdentifier,
    string ownerType,
    string description
)

Parameters

• oldGroupName
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the old name of the group.

• groupName
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the new name of the group.

• ownerIdentifier
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the user name (DOMAIN\User_Alias) for the owner of the group.

• ownerType
  Type: System.String

  A string that specifies the type of owner, which can be either user or group.

• description
  Type: System.String

  A string that contains the description for the group.

Examples

The following code example changes the name, owner, and description for the specified group.

Dim usrgrpService As New Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup()
usrgrpService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

Dim oldName As String = "Old_Group_Name"
Dim newName As String = "New_Group_Name"
Dim newOwner As String = "DOMAIN\User_Alias"
Dim newDescription As String = "Description"

usrgrpService.UpdateGroupInfo(oldName, newName, newOwner, "user", newDescription)

Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup usrgrpService = new Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup();
usrgrpService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

string oldName = "Old_Group_Name";
string newName = "New_Group_Name";
string newOwner = "DOMAIN\\User_Alias";
string newDescription = "Description";

usrgrpService.UpdateGroupInfo(oldName, newName, newOwner, "user", newDescription);

See Also

Reference

UserGroup Class

UserGroup Members

UserGroup Web Service