Renaming an Object

DirectoryEntry provides the Rename method for renaming objects in the directory.

The following code example shows how to use Rename to change the name of a User object.

[C#]
try
{
	// Bind to the user object to modify.
	DirectoryEntry child = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://CN=My User Name,OU=Marketing,DC=fabrikam,DC=com");
	// Rename the object to Jeff Smith.
	child.Rename("CN=New User Name");
}
catch (Exception Exception1)
{
	// If a COMException is thrown, then the following code can capture the text of the error.
	// For more information about handling COM exceptions, see Handling Errors.
	System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException COMEx = 
	(System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException) Exception1;
	Console.WriteLine(COMEx.ErrorCode);
)

[Visual Basic .NET]
Try
	' Bind to the user object to modify.
	Dim child As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://CN=My User Name,OU=Marketing,DC=fabrikam,DC=com")
	' Rename the object to Jeff Smith.
	child.Rename("CN=New User Name")
Catch Exception1 As Exception
	If (True) Then
		' If a COMException is thrown, then the following code can capture the text of the error.
		' For instructions about handling COM exceptions, see Handling Errors.
		Dim COMEx As System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException = CType(Exception1, System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException)
		Console.WriteLine(COMEx.ErrorCode)
	End If 'break;
End Try '}