ResolveName Method - Can I enter a wildcard that returns all Active Directory Users?
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Monday, July 18, 2011 2:32 PM
Here is the code snippet I use to resolve a name:
NameResolutionCollection coll = service.ResolveName(gridfilters, folders, ResolveNameSearchLocation.ContactsThenDirectory, false);
What would be ideal is if I could enter a character/wildcard or something that would return all the contacts within the Active Directory and the Contacts folder.
I tried entering an empty string(i.e. " ") that resulted in an error.
Is is possible? Is there a way?
Thanks in advance
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Monday, July 18, 2011 2:52 PM
Hi,
unfortunately, that's not possible.
You'll have to search the Contacts folder using EWS and FindItems.
And use the DirectoryServices to search the GAL:
http://www.infinitec.de/post/2005/02/27/How-to-get-the-Global-Address-List-programatically.aspx
Kind regards,
Henning
"rbarr sandi" wrote in message news:47d9ff79-27cf-4e66-9137-ec95a10834b2@communitybridge.codeplex.com...Here is the code snippet I use to resolve a name:
NameResolutionCollection coll = service.ResolveName(gridfilters, folders, ResolveNameSearchLocation.ContactsThenDirectory, false);
What would be ideal is if I could enter a character/wildcard or something that would return all the contacts within the Active Directory and the Contacts folder.
I tried entering an empty string(i.e. " ") that resulted in an error.
Is is possible? Is there a way?
Thanks in advance
- Marked As Answer by Michael MainerMicrosoft Employee, Moderator Monday, July 18, 2011 6:43 PM
- Unmarked As Answer by rbarr sandi Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:55 AM
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:54 AMI found that if I entered "SMTP", without the quotes, then this returns all of the contacts in the GAL. Although there is currently only about 10 address in the GAL so I don't how many would be returned if the list was large.
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Friday, February 24, 2012 1:47 PMNice find, could anyone confirm if this is a proper way of listing the GAL ? (Also in huge directories)
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