hey
On 7/17/08 11:44 PM, in article uLYmaiI6IHA.5012@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Janette" <jtowell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks Joe. I have been through Richard's resources and I must be
missing
> something because I can't find anything that helps me with updating
Integer8
> values. There is plenty on getting them and working with them, but I
want to
> Update things like maxPwdAge to new values using vbscript.
>
> For example if I do try to set the lockoutDuration to 20 minutes by
> assigning -12,000,000,000 in a vbs file, I get the error "Unspecified
error"
> 80004005 on the line with -1200*(1^7)
>
> Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
>
> strDNSDomain = objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
>
> Set objDomain = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDNSDomain)
>
> objDomain.Put "lockoutDuration", -1200*(1^7)
>
> objDomain.SetInfo
>
> Any ideas around this would be gratefully accepted. If it is at all
possible
> I would like to avoid using .NET for now.
> Regards
> Janette
>
>
>
> "Joe Kaplan" <joseph.e.kaplan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:%23Ef9L8H6IHA.404@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sure, you definitely can. I thought you mentioned ASP.NET in your
>> previous post which is why I replied with .NET advice. Sorry if I
didn't
>> catch what you were asking.
>>
>> Integer8 is a little clumsy in VBScript, primarily because it doesn't
>> sup****t 64 bit integers or unsigned 32 bit integers, but there are
>> numerous well-do***ented workarounds out there that overcome most of
these
>> issues.
>>
>> Richard's resources would be a good place to start on that.
>>
>> Joe K.
>>
>> --
>> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
>> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
>> Programming"
>> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
>> --
>> "Janette" <jtowell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:uZsiXdG6IHA.1200@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Hi Joe,
>>>
>>> Thanks for this information. Last resort I will go down the .NET path,
>>> but as I am not very proficient in .NET, and the existing application
>>> that I am extending is already written in classic ASP, I was still
>>> wondering is it in fact possible to perform an update to Integer8
>>> attributes in AD using vbscript?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Janette
>>>
>>> "Joe Kaplan" <joseph.e.kaplan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
message
>>> news:eiXvTzB6IHA.2260@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> We have some nice samples on writing all different types of AD
>>>> attributes in .NET in ch 6 of our book (including LargeInteger). If
you
>>>> go to the website in my signature, you can download all the code
>>>> samples.
>>>>
>>>> The book chapter contains all the details, but the free sample code
may
>>>> be enough.
>>>>
>>>> The bottom line with large integer is that you have more options in
.NET
>>>> because .NET has full sup****t for 64 bit integer types and also has a
>>>> bunch of sup****t for converting date/time into 64 bit integers which
>>>> makes many of the VBScript hacks somewhat obsolete.
>>>>
>>>> I hope that helps,
>>>>
>>>> Joe K.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
>>>> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services
>>>> Programming"
>>>> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
>>>> --
>>>> "Janette" <jtowell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:eLEYCe75IHA.3784@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have read Richard Muellers website about treatment of Integer8
>>>>> attributes in AD (http://rlmueller.net/Integer8Attributes.htm)
it is
>>>>> really useful. I am aware that vbscript doesn't sup****t integer8
unless
>>>>> using the IADsLargeInteger interface, which as far as I can gather
can
>>>>> only be invoked when "getting" a value from AD. Is there any way
using
>>>>> vbscript that one can update an integer8 value in AD 2003 by making
use
>>>>> of this interface? More specifically I want to be able to update
>>>>> maxPwdAge and minPwdAge via an ASP page, and therefore was going to
be
>>>>> using vbscript.
>>>>>
>>>>> If the answer is no this can't be done in any way using vbcript, is
>>>>> there any other way of scripting this kind of update? Would it be
any
>>>>> different if I was using ASP.NET?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Janette
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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