Directory Services

ADSI Functions

Active Directory® Service Interfaces expose the following helper functions to clients that do not use Automation.

Function	Description
ADsBuildEnumerator	Creates an enumerator object for the specified ADSI container object.
ADsBuildVarArrayInt	Builds a variant array from an array of DWORDs.
ADsBuildVarArrayStr	Builds a variant array from an array of Unicode strings.
ADsEncodeBinaryData	Converts a blob of binary data to the format suitable for a search filter.
ADsEnumerateNext	Populates a variant array with elements retrieved from the specified enumerator object.
ADsFreeEnumerator	Frees an enumerator object previously created by ADsBuildEnumerator.
ADsGetLastError	Retrieves the last error code value of the calling thread.
ADsGetObject	Binds to an ADSI object using the current credentials.
ADsOpenObject	Binds to an ADSI object using specified credentials
ADsSetLastError	Sets the error code value of the calling thread.
AllocADsMem	Allocates a block of memory.
AllocADsStr	Allocates memory for a given string.
FreeADsMem	Frees the memory allocated by AllocADsMem.
FreeADsStr	Frees the memory allocated for the given string.
ReallocADsMem	Assigns the existing memory content to a newly created memory location.
ReallocADsStr	Replaces an existing string with a new one.

The following ADSI functions are obsolete.