DirectoryEntry.CopyTo Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.DirectoryServices

Assembly:

System.DirectoryServices.dll

Creates a copy of this entry.

Overloads

CopyTo(DirectoryEntry)	Creates a copy of this entry as a child of the specified parent.
CopyTo(DirectoryEntry, String)	Creates a copy of this DirectoryEntry object, as a child of the specified parent DirectoryEntry object, with the specified new name.

CopyTo(DirectoryEntry)

Creates a copy of this entry as a child of the specified parent.

public:
 System::DirectoryServices::DirectoryEntry ^ CopyTo(System::DirectoryServices::DirectoryEntry ^ newParent);

public System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry CopyTo (System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry newParent);

member this.CopyTo : System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry -> System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry

Public Function CopyTo (newParent As DirectoryEntry) As DirectoryEntry

Parameters

newParent

DirectoryEntry

The distinguished name of the DirectoryEntry object that will be the parent for the copy that is being created.

Returns

DirectoryEntry

A DirectoryEntry object that represents the copy of this entry as a child of the new parent.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The specified DirectoryEntry is not a container.

Remarks

If UsePropertyCache is true, call CommitChanges on the new object to make the copy permanent.

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) provider does not currently support the CopyTo(DirectoryEntry) method.

CopyTo(DirectoryEntry, String)

Creates a copy of this DirectoryEntry object, as a child of the specified parent DirectoryEntry object, with the specified new name.

public:
 System::DirectoryServices::DirectoryEntry ^ CopyTo(System::DirectoryServices::DirectoryEntry ^ newParent, System::String ^ newName);

public System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry CopyTo (System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry newParent, string? newName);

member this.CopyTo : System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry * string -> System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry

Public Function CopyTo (newParent As DirectoryEntry, newName As String) As DirectoryEntry

Parameters

newParent

DirectoryEntry

The DN of the DirectoryEntry object that will be the parent for the copy that is being created.

newName

String

The name of the copy of this entry.

Returns

DirectoryEntry

A renamed copy of this entry as a child of the specified parent.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The specified DirectoryEntry object is not a container.

Remarks

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) provider does not currently support this method.

If UsePropertyCache is true, call CommitChanges on the new object to make the copy permanent.

See also

• UsePropertyCache
• CommitChanges()