To use ADTD, launch
ADTD.exe. When executed for the first-time, ADTD is initialized to
default settings. Subsequent executions will preload settings saved
from the prior execution. These preferences are stored in the
registry, on a per-user basis, in the following key:
HKCU\Software\VB and VBA
Program Settings\ADTD\Settings
Enter the desired
settings, guided by the descriptions below. When ready to draw,
click the
Discoverbutton. ADTD will then open the connection to the
defined Active Directory Domain Controller to read some basic
information about the
After entering your
desired settings click the
Drawbutton. ADTD will then open again the connection to the
active directory, launch Visio, and begin drawing the topology.
Note:
This is a process that
cannot be interrupted. Control returns to ADTD when it has
completed the drawing. At that time a confirmation dialog will be
presented, where the remaining option will be to exit ADTD.
ADTD also offers the
Option to update previously with ADTD created Visio drawings.
Unfortunately only drawings created with ADTD Version 1.7 or higher
can be updated (and of course they need to be from the same
forest).
Note:
ADTD currently does not
delete any Objects which do no longer exist. The current version
can just add newly created objects to the drawing.