EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT

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This enumeration contains values that specify a format for a directory service object name.

typedef enum {
  NameUnknown = 0,
  NameFullyQualifiedDN = 1,
  NameSamCompatible = 2,
  NameDisplay = 3,
  NameUniqueId = 6,
  NameCanonical = 7,
  NameUserPrincipal = 8,
  NameCanonicalEx = 9,
  NameServicePrincipal = 10,
  NameWindowsCeLocal = 0x80000001
} EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT, *PEXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT;

Elements

  • NameUnknown
    Unknown name type. Not supported.
  • NameFullyQualifiedDN
    Fully qualified distinguished name. For example, CN=Jeff Smith,OU=Users,DC=Engineering,DC=Microsoft,DC=Com. Not supported.
  • NameSamCompatible
    Account name, like Engineering\JSmith. The domain-only version includes trailing backslashes (\\).
  • NameDisplay
    A "friendly" display name, like Jeff Smith. The display name is not necessarily the defining relative distinguished name (RDN). Not supported.
  • NameUniqueId
    GUID string that the IIDFromString function returns, for example {4fa050f0-f561-11cf-bdd9-00aa003a77b6}. Not supported.
  • NameCanonical
    Complete canonical name. The domain-only version includes a trailing forward slash (/). Not supported.
  • NameUserPrincipal
    User principal name. Not supported.
  • NameCanonicalEx
    Same as NameCanonical except that the rightmost forward slash (/) is replaced with a newline character (\n), even in a domain-only case. Not supported.
  • NameServicePrincipal
    Generalized service principal name. Not supported.
  • NameWindowsCeLocal
    Returns the local name passed to the SetCurrentUser function.

Remarks

Only NameSamCompatible and NameWindowsCeLocal are supported.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later.
Header: Windows.h.

See Also

IIDFromString | SetCurrentUser

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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