| Platform SDK: Active Directory, ADSI, and Directory Services |
The IADsSyntax interface specifies methods to identify and modify the available Automation data types used to represent its data. ADSI defines a standard set of syntax objects that can be used uniformly across multiple directory service implementations.
Use the IADsSyntax interface to process the property values of any instance of ADSI schema class object.
The IADsSyntax interface supports the following property methods.
| IUnknown methods | Description |
|---|---|
| QueryInterface | Returns pointers to supported interfaces. |
| AddRef | Increments reference count. |
| Release | Decrements reference count. |
| IDispatch methods | Description |
|---|---|
| GetTypeInfoCount | Gets the number of type descriptions. |
| GetTypeInfo | Gets a description of the object's programmable interface. |
| GetIDsOfNames | Maps the name of the method or property to DISPID. |
| Invoke | Calls one of the object's methods, or gets and sets one of its properties. |
| IADsSyntax property methods | Description |
|---|---|
| get/put_OleAutoDataType | The Automation data type constant, VT_xxxx. |
Inheritance: Inherited from IADs, IDispatch, IUnknown
Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows 2000 (or Windows NT 4.0 with DSClient).
Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later (with DSClient).
Header: Declared in Iads.h.