DirectoryEntry.Exists(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.DirectoryServices

Assembly:: System.DirectoryServices.dll

Package:: System.DirectoryServices v10.0.0-preview.1.25080.5

Source:: DirectoryEntry.cs

Source:: DirectoryEntry.cs

Source:: DirectoryEntry.cs

Source:: DirectoryEntry.cs

Source:: DirectoryEntry.cs

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Determines if the specified path represents an actual entry in the directory service.

public:
 static bool Exists(System::String ^ path);

public static bool Exists(string path);

static member Exists : string -> bool

Public Shared Function Exists (path As String) As Boolean

Parameters

path: String

The path of the entry to verify.

Returns

Boolean

true if the specified path represents a valid entry in the directory service; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example takes one argument and determines whether the path corresponds to a valid DirectoryEntry.

Dim myADSPath As String = "LDAP://onecity/CN=Users,DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com"
' Determine whether the given path is correct for the DirectoryEntry.
If DirectoryEntry.Exists(myADSPath) Then
   Console.WriteLine("The path {0} is valid",myADSPath)
Else
   Console.WriteLine("The path {0} is invalid",myADSPath)
End If

string myADSPath ="LDAP://onecity/CN=Users,DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com";

// Determine whether the given path is correct for the DirectoryEntry.
if (DirectoryEntry.Exists(myADSPath))
{
    Console.WriteLine("The path {0} is valid",myADSPath);
}
    else
{
    Console.WriteLine("The path {0} is invalid",myADSPath);
}

String^ myADSPath = "LDAP://onecity/CN=Users,DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com";
// Determine whether the given path is correct for the DirectoryEntry.
if (DirectoryEntry::Exists(myADSPath))
{
    Console::WriteLine("The path {0} is valid", myADSPath);
}
else
{
    Console::WriteLine("The path {0} is invalid", myADSPath);
}

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided), 10 (package-provided)
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop	3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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