UserGroup.GetGroupInfo Method
Returns information about 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/GetGroupInfo", RequestNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", _
ResponseNamespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/", _
Use := SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle := SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)> _
Public Function GetGroupInfo ( _
groupName As String _
) As XmlNode
'Usage
Dim instance As UserGroup
Dim groupName As String
Dim returnValue As XmlNode
returnValue = instance.GetGroupInfo(groupName)
[SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/GetGroupInfo", RequestNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",
ResponseNamespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/",
Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)]
public XmlNode GetGroupInfo(
string groupName
)
Parameters
groupName
Type: System.StringA string that contains the name of the group.
Return Value
Type: System.Xml.XmlNode
An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object.
<GetGroupInfo xmlns=
"https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/">
<Group ID="3" Name="Group1" Description="Description" OwnerID="1"
OwnerIsUser="False" />
</GetGroupInfo>
Examples
The following code example displays information about a specified group. 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 ndGroup As System.Xml.XmlNode = usrgrpService.GetGroupInfo("Group_Name")
MessageBox.Show(ndGroup.OuterXml)
Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup usrgrpService = new Web_Reference_Folder_Name.UserGroup();
usrgrpService.Credentials= System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
System.Xml.XmlNode ndGroup = usrgrpService.GetGroupInfo("Group_Name");
MessageBox.Show(ndGroup.OuterXml);