Yes System.DirecotryServices does accomplish some of the ADSI tasks in "managed code", but remember it is only a very thing wrapper around the ADSI Com component, there are many instances where you will need to invoke underlying ADSI COM components to do some somewhat simple tasks (for example SetPasswords..)
There is only so much that System.DirectoryServices can do, and it's not with out its hiccups either.
There is a thread on another Active Directory Programming group on these bugs/memory leaks if you are interested mail me offline.
Carlos Magalhaes
Active directory Programming MVP
Active directory programming? - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adsianddirectoryservices
-----Original Message-----
From: Lou Vega [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 5:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] a bit OT: vbscript to vb.net
One thing to consider is by using VB.NET you can take advantage of the
System.DirectoryServices namespace and that will make some of your coding
much easier - of course VB.NET will happily work with ADSI code as well.
I've noticed some things that took a lot more code under ADSI can be
accomplished with a few lines of code using System.DirectoryServices. Of
course the trade-off there is you're re-writing some code and not just
re-using it.
I've worked with .NET programming for the past year now with Active
Directory . If you've got more specific questions, let me know.
r/
Lou Vega
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Baudino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: [ActiveDir] a bit OT: vbscript to vb.net
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> All,
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> How difficult is it to take vbscript code and convert it to compiled
vb.net
> code? We're discussing automating many functions and would prefer to use
> compiled code in order to eliminate improper/unexpected modification to
the
> code.
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> Thanks,
> Mike Baudino
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