Directory Services

IDirectoryObject::CreateDSObject

The IDirectoryObject::CreateDSObject method creates a child of the current directory service object.

HRESULT CreateDSObject( 
  LPWSTR pszRDNName,
  PADS_ATTR_INFO pAttributeEntries,
  DWORD dwNumAttributes,
  IDispatch** ppObject
);

Parameters

pszRDNName: [in] Provides the relative distinguished name (relative path) of the object to be created.
pAttributeEntries: [in] An array of ADS_ATTR_INFO structures that contain attribute definitions to be set when the object is created.
dwNumAttributes: [in] Provides a number of attributes set when the object is created.
ppObject: [out] Provides a pointer to the IDispatch interface on the created object.

Return Values

This method returns the standard return values, including S_OK for a successful operation. For more information and other return values, see ADSI Error Codes.

Remarks

Specify all attributes to be initialized on creation in the pAttributeEntries array. You may also specify optional attributes. When creating a directory object with this method, attributes with any of the string data types cannot be empty or zero-length.

Example Code [C++]

The following C/C++ code example shows how to create a user object using the IDirectoryObject::CreateDSObject method.

[C++]
HRESULT	hr;
IDirectoryObject *pDirObject=NULL;
ADSVALUE   sAMValue;
ADSVALUE   uPNValue;
ADSVALUE   classValue;
LPDISPATCH pDisp;
 
ADS_ATTR_INFO  attrInfo[] = 
{  
   { L"objectClass", ADS_ATTR_UPDATE, 
					 ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING, &classValue, 1 },
   {L"sAMAccountName", ADS_ATTR_UPDATE, 
					 ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING, &sAMValue, 1},
   {L"userPrincipalName", ADS_ATTR_UPDATE, 
					ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING, &uPNValue, 1},
};
DWORD dwAttrs = sizeof(attrInfo)/sizeof(ADS_ATTR_INFO); 
 
classValue.dwType = ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING;
classValue.CaseIgnoreString = L"user";
 
sAMValue.dwType=ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING;
sAMValue.CaseIgnoreString = L"jeffsmith";
 
uPNValue.dwType=ADSTYPE_CASE_IGNORE_STRING;
uPNValue.CaseIgnoreString = L"jeffsmith@Fabrikam.com";
 
hr = ADsGetObject(L"LDAP://OU=Sales,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com",
		IID_IDirectoryObject, (void**) &pDirObject );
 
if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) )
{
	hr = pDirObject->CreateDSObject( L"CN=Jeff Smith",  attrInfo, 
									dwAttrs, &pDisp );

	if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) )
	{
		 // Use the DS object.

		 pDisp->Release();
}

	pDirObject->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.