8.2.1 Friendly Names for Namespaces

The each Namespace object in the namespaces container represents an ADSI provider. The IADs::Name property for a given Namespace object is the Programmatic Identifier (PROGID) used to form ADS Paths for objects in the namespace. This is typically a sort string that may not be immediately meaningful to users. For example, "NWCOMPAT" is the string used for the NetWare 3.x compatible provider implemented by Microsoft. A namespace provider that wants to provide a "friendly name" to users must implement a property called "friendlyName" on the namespace object. This property is read using the generic get method in the IADs:: interface implemented by the namespace object.

'
' Reading the friendly names of providers in VB
'
dim c as IADsContainer
dim n as IADs

set c = GetObject("ADS://")        ' Get the Namespaces container
for each n in c                ' loop through all namespace objects
    debug.print n.Get("friendlyName")    ' report the friendly name
next n