GetRoleCollectionFromUser Method

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The GetRoleCollectionFromUser method of the Users and Groups service returns information about the collection of site groups of which the specified user is a member.

Parameters

userLoginName   A string that contains the user name (DOMAIN\User_Alias) of the user.

Return Value

An XML fragment in the following form that can be assigned to a System.Xml.XmlNode object:

<GetRoleCollectionFromUser xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/">
   <Roles>
      <Role ID="1073741830" Name="Site_Group1" Description="Description" Type="0" />
      <Role ID="1073741831" Name="Site_Group2" Description="Description" Type="0" />
      .
      .
      .
   </Roles>
</GetRoleCollectionFromUser>

Example

The following code example displays information about the site groups of which a specified user is a member.

This example requires that a using (C#) or Imports (Visual Basic .NET) directive be included for the System.Xml namespace.

Requirements

Platforms: Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Web Reference: http://Server_Name/[sites/][Site_Name/]_vti_bin/UserGroup.asmx