DirectoryEntry.Invoke(String, Object[]) Method

Definition

Calls a method on the native Active Directory Domain Services object.

C#
public object? Invoke(string methodName, params object?[]? args);
C#
public object Invoke(string methodName, params object[] args);

Parameters

methodName
String

The name of the method to invoke.

args
Object[]

An array of type Object objects that contains the arguments of the method to invoke.

Returns

The return value of the invoked method.

Exceptions

The native method threw a COMException exception.

The native method threw a TargetInvocationException exception. The InnerException property contains a COMException exception that contains information about the actual error that occurred.

Remarks

If the return value of the native method implements the IADs interface, a corresponding DirectoryEntry is returned. For more information about the IADs interface, see the IADs article.

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