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DirectoryEntry.Parent Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.DirectoryServices
Assembly:
System.DirectoryServices.dll
Package:
System.DirectoryServices v8.0.0
Package:
System.DirectoryServices v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5
Source:
DirectoryEntry.cs
Source:
DirectoryEntry.cs
Source:
DirectoryEntry.cs
Source:
DirectoryEntry.cs

Gets this entry's parent in the Active Directory Domain Services hierarchy.

public:
 property System::DirectoryServices::DirectoryEntry ^ Parent { System::DirectoryServices::DirectoryEntry ^ get(); };
public System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry Parent { get; }
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
[System.DirectoryServices.DSDescription("DSParent")]
public System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry Parent { get; }
member this.Parent : System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
[<System.DirectoryServices.DSDescription("DSParent")>]
member this.Parent : System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
Public ReadOnly Property Parent As DirectoryEntry

Property Value

DirectoryEntry

A DirectoryEntry object that represents the parent of this entry.

Attributes
BrowsableAttribute DSDescriptionAttribute

Examples

The following example searches a given DirectoryEntry and displays the Name and Parent of the result.

Dim myADSPath As String = _
          "LDAP://onecity/CN=user,CN=Users,DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com"
Dim myDirectoryEntry As New DirectoryEntry(myADSPath, UserName, SecurelyStoredPassword)

Console.WriteLine("Parent is :" + myDirectoryEntry.Parent.Path)

String myADSPath = "LDAP://onecity/CN=user,CN=Users,DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com";
DirectoryEntry myDirectoryEntry=new DirectoryEntry(myADSPath, UserName, SecurelyStoredPassword);

Console.WriteLine("Parent is :"+myDirectoryEntry.Parent.Path);

String^ myADSPath = "LDAP://onecity/CN=user,CN=Users,DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com";
DirectoryEntry^ myDirectoryEntry = gcnew DirectoryEntry(myADSPath, UserName, SecurelyStoredPassword);

Console::WriteLine("Parent is :{0}", myDirectoryEntry->Parent->Path);

Applies to