Directory Services

IADs::GetInfoEx

The IADs::GetInfoEx method loads the values of specified properties of the ADSI object from the underlying directory store into the property cache.

HRESULT GetInfoEx( 
  VARIANT vProperties,
  LONG lnReserved
);

Parameters

vProperties: [in] Array of null-terminated Unicode string entries that list the properties to load into the Active Directory property cache. Each property name must match one in this object's schema class definition.
lnReserved: [in] Reserved for future use. Must be set to zero.

Return Values

This method supports the standard return values, as well as the following.

For more information, see ADSI Error Codes.

Return Code	Description
S_OK	The current set of property values for this object have been refreshed.
E_ADS_OBJECT_UNBOUND	The specified ADSI object is not bound to the remote resource.

Remarks

The IADs::GetInfoEx method overwrites any previously cached values of the specified properties with those in the directory store. Therefore, any change made to the cache will be lost if IADs::SetInfo was not invoked before the call to IADs::GetInfoEx.

Use IADs::GetInfoEx to refresh values of the selected property in the property cache of an ADSI object. Use IADs::GetInfo to refresh all the property values.

For an ADSI container object, IADs::GetInfoEx caches only the property values of the container, but not those of the child objects.

Example Code [Visual Basic]

The following code example shows how to use the IADs::GetInfoEx to obtain values of the selected properties, assuming that the desired property values can be found in the directory.

Dim x As IADs
On Error GoTo Cleanup

Set x = GetObject("LDAP://CN=JeffSmith,CN=Users,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com")
 
' Retrieve givenName and sn from the underlying directory storage.
' Cache should have givenName and sn values.
x.GetInfoEx Array("givenName", "sn"), 0 
Debug.Print x.Get("givenName")  ' Property is in the cache.
Debug.Print x.Get("sn")		 ' Property is in the cache.
 
' If the "homePhone" property is not in the cache (in the next line), 
' GetInfo is called implicitly.
Debug.Print x.Get("homePhone")

Cleanup:
   If(Err.Number<>0) Then
	MsgBox("An error has occurred. " & Err.Number);
   End If

   Set x = Nothing

Example Code [C++]

The following code example shows how to use the IADs::GetInfoEx to obtain values of the selected properties, assuming that the desired property values can be found in the directory. For brevity, error checking has been omitted.

IADs *pADs = NULL;
VARIANT var;
HRESULT hr = S_OK;
 
hr = ADsGetObject(L"WinNT://somecomputer,computer",
				IID_IADs,
				(void**)&pADs);

if(!(hr==S_OK)){return hr;} 

VariantInit(&var);
 
// Get "Owner" and "Division" attribute values.
LPWSTR pszAttrs[] = { L"Owner", L"Division" };
DWORD dwNumber = sizeof( pszAttrs ) /sizeof(LPWSTR);
hr = ADsBuildVarArrayStr( pszAttrs, dwNumber, &var );
hr = pADs->GetInfoEx(var, 0);
VariantClear(&var);
 
hr = pADs->Get(CComBSTR("Division"), &var);  
printf("	division   = %S\n", V_BSTR(&var));
VariantClear(&var);
hr = pADs->Get(CComBSTR("Owner"), &var);
printf("	owner	= %S\n", V_BSTR(&var));
VariantClear(&var);

if(pADs)
   pADs->Release();

Requirements

Client: Included in Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional.
Server: Included in Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server.
Redistributable: Requires Active Directory Client Extension on Windows NT 4.0 SP6a and Windows 95/98/Me.
Header: Declared in Iads.h.