UserGroup.GetGroupCollectionFromUser Method
Returns information about the collection of groups of which the specified user is a member.
Namespace: [UserGroup Web service]
Web service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx
Syntax
'Declaration
<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetGroupCollectionFromUser", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", _
ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", _
Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetGroupCollectionFromUser ( _
userLoginName As String _
) As XmlNode
'Usage
Dim instance As UserGroup
Dim userLoginName As String
Dim returnValue As XmlNode
returnValue = instance.GetGroupCollectionFromUser(userLoginName)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetGroupCollectionFromUser", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",
ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",
Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetGroupCollectionFromUser(
string userLoginName
)
Parameters
userLoginName
Type: System.StringA string that contains the user name (DOMAIN\User_Alias) of the user.
Return Value
Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.
<GetGroupCollectionFromUser xmlns=
"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/">
<Groups>
<Group ID="3" Name="Group1" Description="Description" OwnerID="1"
OwnerIsUser="False" />
<Group ID="15" Name="Group2" Description="Description"
OwnerID="12" OwnerIsUser="True" />
<Group ID="16" Name="Group3" Description="Description"
OwnerID="7" OwnerIsUser="False" />
</Groups>
</GetGroupCollectionFromUser>
Examples
The following code example displays information about the groups of which a specified user is a member. This example requires that a using (Visual C#) or Imports (Visual Basic) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.
Dim usrgrpService As New Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup()
usrgrpService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
Dim ndGroups As System.Xml.XmlNode = usrgrpService.GetGroupCollectionFromUser("DOMAIN\User_Alias")
MessageBox.Show(ndGroups.OuterXml)
Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup usrgrpService = new Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup();
usrgrpService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
System.Xml.XmlNode ndGroups = usrgrpService.GetGroupCollectionFromUser("DOMAIN\\User_Alias");
MessageBox.Show(ndGroups.OuterXml);