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Dynamically Browse Active Directory Objects

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A simple program which lets you browse containers of your Active Directory
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Text;
using Simple_AD_Browser_Helpers;

namespace Simple_AD_Browser
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for FrmConfig.
	/// </summary>
	public class FrmConnect : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.Panel panel1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label user;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txt_User;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txt_Pass;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnOK;
        private TextBox txt_Domain;
        private Button btnCancel;       
        public Credits LoginCredits = new Credits();

		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
		

		public FrmConnect()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();
			//
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
			//
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if(components != null)
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
            System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager resources = new System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(typeof(FrmConnect));
            this.panel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
            this.btnCancel = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.txt_Domain = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.btnOK = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.txt_Pass = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.txt_User = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.user = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.panel1.SuspendLayout();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // panel1
            // 
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.btnCancel);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.txt_Domain);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.btnOK);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.txt_Pass);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.txt_User);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.label2);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.user);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.label1);
            resources.ApplyResources(this.panel1, "panel1");
            this.panel1.Name = "panel1";
            // 
            // btnCancel
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this.btnCancel, "btnCancel");
            this.btnCancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel;
            this.btnCancel.Name = "btnCancel";
            // 
            // txt_Domain
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this.txt_Domain, "txt_Domain");
            this.txt_Domain.Name = "txt_Domain";
            // 
            // btnOK
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this.btnOK, "btnOK");
            this.btnOK.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK;
            this.btnOK.Name = "btnOK";
            this.btnOK.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnOK_Click);
            // 
            // txt_Pass
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this.txt_Pass, "txt_Pass");
            this.txt_Pass.Name = "txt_Pass";
            // 
            // txt_User
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this.txt_User, "txt_User");
            this.txt_User.Name = "txt_User";
            // 
            // label2
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this.label2, "label2");
            this.label2.Name = "label2";
            // 
            // user
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this.user, "user");
            this.user.Name = "user";
            // 
            // label1
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this.label1, "label1");
            this.label1.Name = "label1";
            // 
            // FrmConnect
            // 
            resources.ApplyResources(this, "$this");
            this.Controls.Add(this.panel1);
            this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
            this.MaximizeBox = false;
            this.MinimizeBox = false;
            this.Name = "FrmConnect";
            this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.FrmConnect_Load);
            this.panel1.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.panel1.PerformLayout();
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion
		
		private void btnOK_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
            if (ValidateUserInput() == true)
            {
                LoginCredits.Domain = txt_Domain.Text;
                LoginCredits.Username = txt_User.Text;
                LoginCredits.Pwd = txt_Pass.Text;

                FrmConnect.ActiveForm.Close();
            }
            else
            {
                DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.None;
            }
		}

        private bool ValidateUserInput()
        {
            try
            {
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(txt_Domain.Text)) { throw new Exception("Please maintain domain"); }
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(txt_User.Text)) { throw new Exception("Please maintain username"); }
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(txt_Pass.Text)) { throw new Exception("Please maintain password"); }
                return true;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(this, ex.Message, "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                return false;
            }
        }

		private void FrmConnect_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			btnOK.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
			AcceptButton = btnOK;
        }		
	}
}

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Written By
Software Developer (Senior) Ciber Germany
Germany Germany
Sebastian is an consultant who works at Ciber Germany. He engineers software in various languages but loves C# and C. In his past projects he did CAD SAP integration, SharePoint, software design with UML and coordinating fellow developers.

In his free time he likes to build&fly R/C airplanes and take his mountain bike out for a ride.

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