¤ i want to get the first name of the logged in user on the current machine,
¤ windows application
¤
¤ i used the following code but i get System.NullReferenceException when it
¤ reaches the Console.Writeline line
¤
¤ string myADSPath = "LDAP://myadelaide.com/CN=Users,DC=myadelaide,DC=com"    ;
¤      DirectoryEntry myDirectoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry(myADSPath);
¤          DirectoryEntry mySearchRoot = new DirectoryEntry(myADSPath);
¤      DirectorySearcher myDirectorySearcher =new DirectorySearcher(mySearchRoot);
¤      myDirectorySearcher.Filter="(objectClass=user)";
¤      SearchResult mySearchResult = myDirectorySearcher.FindOne();
¤    
¤ myDirectoryEntry.Name
¤      if ( mySearchResult != null )
¤      {
¤         myDirectoryEntry =mySearchResult.GetDirectoryEntry();
¤        
¤         Console.WriteLine(myDirectoryEntry.Properties["First
¤ name"].Value.ToString() );
¤        
¤        
¤      }
¤
¤ though i  can get the DirectoryEntry.Name but any other-
¤ DirectoryEntry.Properties["Property name"]- dosen't work though the property
¤ count is 35 when i put DirectoryEntry.Properties into quick watch.
¤
¤ any help please

I think you're looking for givenName:

.GetDirectoryEntry().Properties.Item("givenName").Value

Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

That seems a bit complicated - you could do it a lot easier:

1) Add a reference to the COM "Active DS Type Library" to your project
2) Add a "using ActiveDs; " line to your .cs file

3) Get the current user from the IADsADSystemInfo interface:

IADsADSystemInfo oSysInfo = new ADSystemInfoClass();
string sCurrentUserDN = oSysInfo.UserName;

4) Bind to that user and get it's first name ("givenName")

DirectoryEntry deCurrentUser = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" +
sCurrentUserDN);

if(deCurrentUser != null &&
deCurrentUser.Properties.Contains("givenName"))
{
 string sFirstName =
deCurrentUser.Properties["givenName"].Value.ToString();
}

HTH
Marc