Moving Directory Objects
To move objects to a new container, use the MoveTo method.
The following code example shows how to use MoveTo to move a user object.
[Visual Basic .NET]
Try ' Bind to the object to be moved. Dim NewUser As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://CN=User Name,OU=Sales,DC=fabrikam,DC=com") ' Use the MoveTo property to define the new container where you wish to move the object to. NewUser.MoveTo(New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://OU=HR,DC=fabrikam,DC=com")) Catch Exception1 As Exception Select Case Exception1.GetType().ToString() ' If InvalidOperationException is thrown, then the DirectoryEntry is not a container. Case "InvalidOperationException" Dim InvOpEx As New InvalidOperationException() ' Handle error, for example Console.WriteLine(InvOpEx.Message); Exit ' If a COMException is thrown, then the following code can catch the text of the error. ' For more information about handling COM exceptions, see Handling Errors. Case "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException" Dim COMEx As System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException = CType(Exception1, System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException) ' Handle error, for example Console.WriteLine(COMEx.ErrorCode); Exit End Select End Try
[C#]
try { // Bind to the object to be moved. DirectoryEntry NewUser = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://CN=User Name,OU=Sales,DC=fabrikam,DC=com"); // Use the MoveTo property to define the new container where you wish to move the object to. NewUser.MoveTo( new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://OU=HR,DC=fabrikam,DC=com")); } catch (Exception Exception1) { switch (Exception1.GetType().ToString()) { // If InvalidOperationException is thrown, then the DirectoryEntry is not a container. case "InvalidOperationException": { InvalidOperationException InvOpEx = new InvalidOperationException(); // Handle error, for example Console.WriteLine(InvOpEx.Message); break; } // If a COMException is thrown, then the following code can catch the text of the error. // For more information about handling COM exceptions, see Handling Errors. case "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException": { System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException COMEx = (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException) Exception1; // Handle error, for example Console.WriteLine(COMEx.ErrorCode); break; } } }