How to Add a Member Through ADSI Using Visual C++

• Microsoft Site Server version 3.0
• Microsoft Site Server version 3.0, Commerce Edition

SUMMARY

You can add a member through ADSI using Visual C++ by following these steps.

1. Create a new project, an empty Win32 Console Application.



2. Create a new .cpp file and paste in the following code:




#include <comdef.h>
#include <atlbase.h>
#include <activeds.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

HRESULT AddMember (OLECHAR * strServerName, OLECHAR * strServerPort, OLECHAR * strOrganization, 
		   OLECHAR * strMemberName, OLECHAR * strPassword)
{
	HRESULT		hr = NULL;
	IADsContainer *	pIADsContainer;
	IADs *		pIADsNewMember;
	GUID		guid;
	wchar_t		szGUID[39];
	int		cGUIDStrLen;
	CComBSTR		strPathName;
	CComBSTR		strMemberObjectName;
	CComBSTR		strAdminDN;

	// Create our connection string
	strPathName = OLESTR ("LDAP://");
	strPathName.Append (strServerName);
	strPathName.Append (OLESTR (":"));
	strPathName.Append (strServerPort);
	strPathName.Append (OLESTR ("/o="));
	strPathName.Append (strOrganization);
	strPathName.Append (OLESTR ("/ou=members"));

	// Create our Admin DN based on the organiation name
	strAdminDN = OLESTR ("cn=Administrator, ou=members, o=");
	strAdminDN.Append (strOrganization);

	// Connect to the LDAP server using an authenticated bind
	printf ("Binding to LDAP.\n");
	hr = ADsOpenObject (strPathName, strAdminDN, L"password", 0, IID_IADsContainer, (void**)&pIADsContainer);
	if (FAILED (hr)) return (hr);

	// Generate a GUID and convert it to a text string
	printf ("Generating a GUID.\n");
	hr = CoCreateGuid (&guid);
	if (FAILED (hr)) return (hr);
	cGUIDStrLen = ::StringFromGUID2 (guid, szGUID, 39);
	if (cGUIDStrLen == 0) return (E_FAIL);

	// Prepend the member name with "cn="
	strMemberObjectName = OLESTR ("cn=");
	strMemberObjectName.Append (strMemberName);

	// Create the new member
	printf ("Creating the member.\n");
	hr = pIADsContainer->Create (L"member", strMemberObjectName, (IDispatch**)&pIADsNewMember);
	if (FAILED (hr)) return (hr);

	// Set our required attributes
	printf ("Saving our attributes.\n");
	hr = pIADsNewMember->Put (L"GUID", (_variant_t)szGUID);
	hr = pIADsNewMember->Put (L"userPassword", (_variant_t)strPassword);

	// Complete the transaction
	printf ("Calling SetInfo().\n");
	hr = pIADsNewMember->SetInfo ();
	if (FAILED (hr)) return (hr);

	// Clean up and return
	pIADsNewMember->Release ();
	pIADsContainer->Release ();
	return S_OK;
}

void main (void)
{
	OLECHAR strServerName [100];
	OLECHAR strServerPort [100];
	OLECHAR strOrganization [100];
	OLECHAR strMemberName [100];
	OLECHAR strPassword [100];
	char buffer [100];

	CoInitialize (NULL);

	HRESULT hr = NULL;

	printf ("Server Name:\t");
	gets (buffer);
	MultiByteToWideChar (CP_ACP, 0, buffer, -1, strServerName, 100);
	printf ("LDAP Port:\t");
	gets (buffer);
	MultiByteToWideChar (CP_ACP, 0, buffer, -1, strServerPort, 100);
	printf ("Organization:\t");
	gets (buffer);
	MultiByteToWideChar (CP_ACP, 0, buffer, -1, strOrganization, 100);
	printf ("Member Name:\t");
	gets (buffer);
	MultiByteToWideChar (CP_ACP, 0, buffer, -1, strMemberName, 100);
	printf ("Password:\t");
	gets (buffer);
	MultiByteToWideChar (CP_ACP, 0, buffer, -1, strPassword, 100);

	printf ("\n\nCalling AddMember () function...\n");
	hr = AddMember (strServerName, strServerPort, strOrganization, strMemberName, strPassword);
	if (FAILED (hr)) printf ("Failed to create member.  Error = %8X\n", hr);
	else printf ("New member created successfully.\n");

	CoUninitialize ();
} 

3. Select the Project Settings.



4. From the Link tab, add the Adsiid.lib and Activeds.lib items to the Object/library modules



5. Compile the code

Additional query words:

Keywords : prodMBS
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto