Searching AD with VB .NET

[LeeSalter]

Does anybody know of a way to search Active Directory for a given string (say a users surname or part of it)?

I have this code from Microsoft's Scripting Center:-

Dim objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
        objConnection.Open("Provider=ADsDSOObject;")

        Dim objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
        objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection

        objCommand.CommandText = _
            "<LDAP://dc=npf,dc=internal>;(&(objectCategory=User)" & _
                "(displayName=" & SearchParameter & "));displayName;subtree"

        Dim objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute

        If objRecordSet.RecordCount = 0 Then
            MessageBox.Show("sAMAccountName: " & SearchParameter & " does not exist.")
        Else

            MessageBox.Show(SearchParameter & " exists " & objRecordSet.RecordCount & " time(s).")

        End If

        objConnection.Close()

(the SearchParameter is passed to the function and does work if you enter wildcards characters).

However, there doesn't seem to be a way to interrogate the objRecordSet object more fully, say for the users actual name, user id etc etc.

I can only return a recordcount, not the values contained within it.

[craigreilly]

Here is some code I use to logon to a progam we wrote...
Also, at the bottom, are some additional AD fields you can display/search...

        Dim strDomain As String
        Dim rootds As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://rootDSE")
        strDomain = rootds.Properties("DefaultNamingContext")(0) 'get the name of the domain
        Dim root As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" & strDomain)

        Dim searcher As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher(root)

        searcher.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=user)(anr=" & txtusername.Text & "))"
        searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("cn")

        Dim results As SearchResultCollection
        results = searcher.FindAll()

        'Loop though the matches.

        Dim result As SearchResult
        For Each result In results
            Dim User As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(result.Path)
            Label4.Text = "Welcome " & (User.Properties("cn").Item(0)) ' display a message box for each match

            User = Nothing
        Next result

        'Dim strDomain As String
        'Dim rootds As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://rootDSE")
        strDomain = rootds.Properties("DefaultNamingContext")(0) 'get the name of the domain
        'Dim root As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" & strDomain)

        'Dim searcher As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher(root)
        'searcher.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=user)(anr=" & "*" & "))"
        searcher.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=user))"

        searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("cn")
        searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("sAMAccountName")


        'Dim results As SearchResultCollection
        results = searcher.FindAll()

        'Loop though the matches.


        'Dim result As SearchResult
        For Each result In results
            Dim User As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(result.Path)
            'MsgBox(User.Properties("password").Item(0)) ' display a message box for each match
            'On Error GoTo noname

            If User.Properties("sAMAccountName").Value = "" Then
                GoTo noname
            End If
            If InStr(User.Properties("sAMAccountName").Value, ".", CompareMethod.Text) > 0 And (User.Properties("useraccountcontrol").Value = "66048" Or User.Properties("useraccountcontrol").Value = "512") Then
                usersbox.Items.Add(User.Properties("sAMAccountName").Value)
            End If

            'usernamead.Items.Add(User.Properties("sn").Item(0))

noname:
            User = Nothing

        Next result

Field="title">{Job Title}
Field="company">{Company}
Field="physicalDeliveryOfficeName">{Office}
Field="givenName">{First Name}
Field="sn">{Last Name}
Field="distinguishedName">{Distinguished Name}
Field="homePhone">{Home Phone}
Field="facsimileTelephoneNumber">{Fax}
Field="streetAddress">{Street Address}
Field="st">{State/County}
Field="personalTitle">{Personal Title}
Field="homePostalAddress">{Home Postal Address}
Field="department">{Department}
Field="description">{Description}
Field="displayName">{Display Name}
Field="initials">{Initials}
Field="mail">{Email Address}
Field="telephoneNumber">{Telephone}
Field="mobile">{Mobile Number}
Field="wWWHomePage">{Home Page}
Field="l">{City}
Field="postalCode">{ZIP/Postcode}
Field="postalAddress">{Postal Address}
Field="info">{Notes}
Field='sAMAccountName'>{AD:sAMAccountName}
Field='accountExpires'>{AD:accountExpires}
Field='adminDescription'>{ADminDescription}
Field='countryCode'>{AD:countryCode}
Field='assistant'>{AD:assistant}
Field='division'>{AD:division}
Field='employeeID'>{AD:employeeID}
Field='employeeType'>{AD:employeeType}
Field='facsimileTelephoneNumber'>{AD:facsimileTelephoneNumber}
Field='homeDirectory'>{AD:homeDirectory}
Field='homePhone'>{AD:homePhone}
Field='ipPhone'>{AD:ipPhone}
Field='logonHours'>{AD:logonHours}