IADsContainer::MoveHere method (iads.h)

The IADsContainer::MoveHere method moves a specified object to the container that implements this interface.The method can be used to rename an object.

HRESULT MoveHere(
  [in]  BSTR      SourceName,
  [in]  BSTR      NewName,
  [out] IDispatch **ppObject
);

[in] SourceName

The null-terminated Unicode string that specifies the ADsPath of the object to be moved.

[in] NewName

The null-terminated Unicode string that specifies the relative name of the new object within the container. This can be NULL, in which case the object is moved. If it is not NULL, the object is renamed accordingly in the process.

[out] ppObject

Pointer to a pointer to the IDispatch interface on the moved object.

This method supports standard return values, including S_OK, for a successful operation. For more information about error codes, see ADSI Error Codes.

In Active Directory, you can move an object within the same domain or from different domains in the same directory forest. For the cross domain move, the following restrictions apply:

• The destination domain must be in the native mode.
• Objects to be moved must be a leaf object or an empty container.
• NT LAN Manager (NTLM) cannot perform authentication; use Kerberos authentication or delegation. Be aware that if Kerberos authentication is not used, the password transmits in plaintext over the network. To avoid this, use delegation with secure authentication.
• You cannot move security principals (for example, user, group, computer, and so on) belonging to a global group. When a security principal is moved, a new SID is created for the object at the destination. However, its old SID from the source, stored in the sIDHistory attribute, is preserved, as well as the password of the object.

Set ou = GetObject("LDAP://server1/OU=Support,DC=North,DC=Fabrikam,DC=COM")
ou.MoveHere("LDAP://server2/CN=jeffsmith,OU=Sales,DC=South,DC=Fabrikam,DC=Com", vbNullString)

A serverless ADsPath can be used for either the source or the destination or both.

The IADsContainer::MoveHere method can be used either to rename an object within the same container or to move an object among different containers. Moving an object retains the object RDN, whereas renaming an object alters the RDN.

For example, the following code example performs the rename action.

set cont = GetObject("LDAP://dc=dom,dc=com")
set newobj = cont.MoveHere("LDAP://cn=Jeff Smith,dc=dom,dc=com", "cn=Denise Smith")

The following code example performs the move.

set cont = GetObject("LDAP://dc=dom,dc=com")
set newobj = cont.MoveHere("LDAP://cn=jeffsmith,ou=sales,dc=dom,dc=com", "cn=jeffsmith")

In Visual Basic applications, you can pass vbNullString as the second parameter when moving an object from one container to another.

Set newobj =  cont.MoveHere("LDAP://cn=jeffsmith,ou=sale,dc=dom,dc=com", vbNullString)

However, you cannot do the same with VBScript. This is because VBScript maps vbNullString to an empty string instead of to a null string, as does Visual Basic. You must use the RDN explicitly, as shown in the previous example.

The following code example shows how to use this method to rename an object.

Dim cont As IADsContainer
Dim usr As IADsUser

On Error GoTo Cleanup
' Rename an object.
Set cont = GetObject("LDAP://OU=Sales, DC=Fabrikam,DC=com")
Set usr = cont.MoveHere("LDAP://CN=jeffsmith,OU=Sales, DC=Fabrikam,DC=com", "CN=jayhenningsen")
 
' Move an object.
cont.MoveHere("LDAP://CN=denisesmith,OU=Engineer,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com", vbNullString)

Cleanup:
    If (Err.Number<>0) Then
        MsgBox("An error has occurred. " & Err.Number)
    End If
    Set cont = Nothing
    Set usr = Nothing

The following code example moves a user object using the IADsContainer::MoveHere method.

/////////////////////////////////////////////
// First, bind to the destination container.
////////////////////////////////////////////
HRESULT hr;
IADsContainer *pCont=NULL;
CoInitialize(NULL);
hr = ADsGetObject(
        L"LDAP://OU=MCS,DC=windows2000,DC=mytest,DC=fabrikam,DC=com",
        IID_IADsContainer,
        (void**) &pCont );
 
if ( !SUCCEEDED(hr) )
{
    goto Cleanup;
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Second, move the object to the bound container.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
IDispatch *pDisp=NULL;
 
hr = pCont->MoveHere(CComBSTR("LDAP://CN=Jeff Smith,OU=DSys,DC=windows2000,DC=mytest,DC=fabrikam,DC=com"), NULL, &pDisp );
pCont->Release();
 
if (SUCCEEDED(hr) )
{ 
// You can perform another operation here, such as updating attributes.
pDisp->Release();
}

Cleanup:
    if(pCont)
        pCont->Release(); 

    if(pDisp)
        pDisp->Release();

    CoUninitialize();

ADSI Error Codes

ADS_AUTHENTICATION_ENUM

ADsOpenObject

IADsContainer

IADsContainer::CopyHere

IADsOpenDSObject::OpenDsObject

IDispatch