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Example Code for Creating an External crossRef Object

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The following Visual Basic code example shows how to create an external crossRef object.

' CreateCrossRef()
'
' Description: Creates a crossRef object in the partitions container.
'
' Parameters:
'
' CrossRefName - Contains the name of the crossRef object.
'
' CrossRefDNSRoot - Contains the value to be set for the dNSRoot
' attribute of the crossRef object.
'
' CrossRefNCName - Contains the value to be set for the nCName 
' attribute of the crossRef object.
'

Sub CreateCrossRef(CrossRefName, _
                    CrossRefDNSRoot, _
                    CrossRefNCName)
    Dim oRootDSE As IADs
    Dim oPartitions As IADsContainer
    Dim ADsPath As String
    Dim oCrossRef As IADs

    ' Get the configurationNamingContext property from the 
    ' RootDSE object.
    Set oRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
    ADsPath = "LDAP://CN=Partitions," + 
              oRootDSE.Get("configurationNamingContext")
    
    ' Bind to the Partitions container.
    Set oPartitions = GetObject(ADsPath)
    
    ' Create the crossRef object.
    Set oCrossRef = oPartitions.Create("crossRef", 
                                       "CN=" & CrossRefName)
    
    ' Set the dNSRoot attribute.
    oCrossRef.Put "dNSRoot", CrossRefDNSRoot
    
    ' Set the nCName attribute.
    oCrossRef.Put "nCName", CrossRefNCName
    
    ' Commit the crossRef object to the directory.
    oCrossRef.SetInfo
End Sub