Example Code for Using ADsOpenObject

[Visual Basic]

If you are a Visual Basic developer, you must use IADsOpenDSObject as shown in the following example:

Dim openDS As IADsOpenDSObject
Dim usr As IADsUser
 
Set openDS = GetObject("LDAP:")
 
openDS.OpenDSObject("LDAP://CN=Bob,DC=Microsoft,DC=com",
                            "Administrator", "password",
                            ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION)

[C/C++]

If you are a C/C++ developer, you should use ADsOpenObject as shown in the following example:

IADs    *pObject;
HRESULT hr;
hr = ADsOpenObject(L"LDAP://CN=Bob,DC=Microsoft,DC=com",
                            L"Administrator", L"password",
                            ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION, IID_IADs,
                            (void**)&pObject);

To bind as the current user, pass NULL in both the user and password parameters.

hr = ADsOpenObject(L"LDAP://CN=Bob,DC=Microsoft,DC=com", NULL,
                   NULL, ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION, IID_IADs,
                   (void**)&pObject);