Active Directory Information : The Official Microsoft ASP.NET Forums

Reply

danieldunn10

Member

389 Points

Active Directory Information

Feb 29, 2012 11:50 AM|LINK

Hi, I'm using the function below to retrieve the full name of the logged on person, by retrieving the Display Name from Active Directory

Protected Function GetLogonUserFullName() As String

        Dim strFullName As String = String.Empty

        Dim wi As System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()
        Dim a As String() = Context.User.Identity.Name.Split("\"c)

        Dim userName As String = Me.Context.User.Identity.Name

        Dim domain As String = "Domain Name"

        Dim properties As String() = New String() {"displayname"}

        Dim adRoot As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" & domain, Nothing, Nothing, AuthenticationTypes.Secure)

        ' Create a DirectorySearcher object using the user name ' as the LDAP search filter. If using a directory other

        ' than Exchange, use sAMAccountName.

        Dim searcher As DirectorySearcher = New DirectorySearcher("(sAMAccountName=" + a(1) + ")")

        '' Search for the specified user.

        Dim Result As SearchResult = searcher.FindOne()

        ' Make sure the user was found.
        If Result Is Nothing Then

            strFullName = "User not found " + userName

        Else
            ' Create a DirectoryEntry object to retrieve the collection' of attributes (properties) for the user.

            Dim employee As DirectoryEntry = Result.GetDirectoryEntry()

            ' Assign the specified properties to string variables.
            Dim UserFullName As String = employee.Properties("displayname").Value.ToString

            strFullName = UserFullName

            'clean up

            searcher.Dispose()

            Result = Nothing

            employee.Close()

        End If

        Return strFullName

    End Function

Is there a way I could get the initials of the user instead, or the description?

Thanks very much