DirectoryEntry.Exists(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.DirectoryServices

Assembly:

System.DirectoryServices.dll

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);
}