DirectorySearcher.Tombstone Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the search should also return deleted objects that match the search filter.

C#
public bool Tombstone { get; set; }
C#
[System.DirectoryServices.DSDescription("DSTombstone")]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(false)]
public bool Tombstone { get; set; }

Property Value

true if deleted objects should be included in the search; false otherwise. The default value is false.

Attributes

Examples

The following C# example shows how to set the Tombstone property to true.

C#
using System.DirectoryServices;  
...  
// Create a DirectorySearcher object.  
DirectorySearcher src = new DirectorySearcher("(isDeleted=true)");  
//Set the Tombstone property to true.  
src.Tombstone = true;  
//Use the FindAll method to get search results.  
SearchResultCollection res = src.FindAll();  

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided), 10 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 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