DirectoryEntry.Parent

The Parent property gets this entry's parent in the Active Directory hierarchy.

public DirectoryEntry Parent {get;}

Public ReadOnly Property Parent As DirectoryEntry

Example Code [Visual Basic .NET]

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)

Example Code [C#]

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

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);

Example Code [Managed C++]

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

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

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

Requirements

Client	Requires Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Me, or Windows 98.
Server	Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0.
Namespace	Defined in System.DirectoryServices.
Assembly	Requires System.DirectoryServices (in System.DirectoryServices.dll).
.NET Framework	Requires .NET Framework 1.0.