Example Code for Getting the Distinguished Name of the Domain
This topic includes a code example that gets the distinguished name of the domain that the local computer is a member of by using serverless binding.
The following Visual Basic code example gets the distinguished name of the domain that the local computer is a member of by using serverless binding.
Dim rootDSE As IADs
Dim DistinguishedName As String
Set rootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://rootDSE")
DistinguishedName = "LDAP://" & rootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
The following C# code example gets the distinguished name of the domain that the local computer is a member of by using serverless binding.
DirectoryEntry RootDirEntry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://RootDSE");
Object distinguishedName = RootDirEntry.Properties["defaultNamingContext"].Value;
The following C/C++ code example gets the distinguished name of the domain that the local computer is a member of by using serverless binding.
IADs *pads;
hr = ADsGetObject( L"LDAP://rootDSE",
IID_IADs,
(void**)&pads);
if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
VARIANT var;
VariantInit(&var);
hr = pads->Get(CComBSTR("defaultNamingContext"), &var);
if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
if(VT_BSTR == var.vt)
{
wprintf(var.bstrVal);
}
VariantClear(&var);
}
pads->Release();
}