Platform SDK: Active Directory, ADSI, and Directory Services

IADsNameTranslate::InitEx

The IADsNameTranslate::InitEx method initializes a name translate object by binding to a specified directory server, domain, or global catalog, using the specified user credential. To initialize the object without an explicit user credential, use IADsNameTranslate::Init.

The IADsNameTranslate::InitEx method initializes the object by setting the server or domain that the object will point to and supplying a user credential.

HRESULT IADsNameTranslate::InitEx(
  long lnInitType,
  BSTR bstrADsPath,
  BSTR bstrUserID,
  BSTR bstrDomain,
  BSTR bstrPassword
);

Parameters

lnInitType: A type of initialization to be performed. Possible values are defined in ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_ENUM.
bstrADsPath: The name of the server or domain, depending on the value of lnInitType. When ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC is issued, this parameter is ignored. The global catalog server of the domain of the current machine will be used to carry out the name translate operations. This method will fail if the computer is not part of a domain, as no global catalog will be found in this scenario. For more information, see ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_ENUM.
bstrUserID: Name of the user.
bstrDomain: Domain name of the user.
bstrPassword: Password of the user.

Return Values

This method supports the standard HRESULT return values, including:

S_OK: The initialization is successful.
E_FAIL: The initialization has failed.

Remarks

After the successful initialization, you can proceed to use the name translate object to submit requests of name translations of directory objects. For more information see IADsNameTranslate::Set, IADsNameTranslate::Get, IADsNameTranslate::SetEx, or IADsNameTranslate::GetEx.

Example Code [C++]

The following C/C++ code snippet uses the IADsNameTranslate::InitEx method to initialize a NameTranslate object before the distinguished name of a user object is rendered in the Windows NT 4.0 format.

IADsNameTranslate *pNto;
HRESULT hr;
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_NameTranslate,
                      NULL,
                      CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                      IID_IADsNameTranslate,
                      (void**)&pNto);
if(FAILED(hr)) { exit 1;}
 
hr = pNto->InitEx(ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER,
                  L"myServer"
                  L"jsmith"
                  L"Microsoft"
                  L"top secret");
if (FAILED(hr)) { exit 1;}
 
hr =pNto->Set(ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779,
             L"cn=jsmith,cn=users,dc=Microsoft,dc=com");
if(FAILED(hr)) {exit 1;}
 
BSTR bstr;
hr = pNto->Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4, &bstr);
printf("Name in the translated format: %S\n", bstr);
 
SysFreeString(bstr);
pNto->Release();

Example Code [Visual Basic]

The following Visual Basic® code snippet uses the IADsNameTranslate::InitEx method to initialize the NameTranslate object in order to have the distinguished name of a user object rendered in the Windows NT 4.0 user name format.

Dim nto as New NameTranslate
dso="CN=jsmith, CN=users, DC=Microsoft dc=COM"
server = "myServer"
domain = "Microsoft"
user = "jsmith"
passwd = "myPass"
 
nto.InitEx  ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER, server,user,domain,passwd
nto.Set ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779, dso
trans = nto.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4) 
MsgBox "Name in the translated format: " & trans

Example Code [VBScript]

The following VBScript/ASP code snippet uses the IADsNameTranslate::InitEx method to initialize the NameTranslate object in order to have the distinguished name of a user object rendered in the Windows NT 4.0 user name format.

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<html>
<body>
<%
  Dim nto
  const ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER = 2  ' VBScript cannot read 
  const ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1        ' enumeration definition
  const ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3
 
  server = "myServer"
  domain = "Microsoft"
  user = "jsmith"
  passwd = "myPass"
 
  dn = "CN=jsmith,CN=Users,DC=Microsoft,DC=COM" 
 
  Set nto = Server.CreateObject("NameTranslate")
  nto.InitEx ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_SERVER, server,user,domain,passwd
  nto.Set ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779, dn
  result = nto.Get(ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)
 
  Response.Write "<p>Name in the translated format: " & result
 
%>
</body>
</html>

Requirements

  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.