This component is part of the IP Works Enterprise ASP.NET Component Library.

The LDAP component is used to communicate with LDAP Directory Servers using the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access) protocol.

NOTE: What follows is a very short description of the component interfaces. For more information, please consult the help files that come with the respective package.

Remarks
The LDAP component implements a standard LDAP client as specified in RFC 1777, 2251, and other LDAP RFCs. Support for both LDAP v2 and v3 is provided.

The first step in using the component is specifying the ServerName, a DN (Distinguished Name) to bind as, and optionally a Password. Then you can call one or more of the component methods to act upon the server. Server responses are normally received through the Result event. The only exception are search requests which result in one or more SearchResult events, followed by a final SearchComplete event.

Attributes are set and returned through attribute arrays such as AttrType and AttrValue. Other command arguments are specified through other properties. These are specified in detail in each method.

Search filters are to be specified as string arguments to the Search method. The format must be a standard LDAP search string as specified in RFC 1558. Other search attributes are set in properties such as SearchScope, SearchTimeLimit, SearchSizeLimit, SearchReturnValues, and SearchDerefAliases.

The component operates synchronously by default (waits for a response before returning control to the caller), however, the component may also operate asynchronously (return control immediately), by setting Timeout to 0. Please refer to the Timeout property for more information.

More Information: http://www.nsoftware.com/products/component/ldap.aspx