"InvokeSet should not be used"

[thx1200]

InvokeSet is the only way I can see that allows you to set the value of an attribute that currently has no value. The Properties collection can only be used to update attributes that have a value. Even if you specify additional properties to return in the DirectorySearcher, the entry will not contain them and there is no way to set them.

There is a method "Add" but you cannot use it because the collection is a fixed size.

If there is a better way for this scenario, the documentation should specify how because InvokeSet is the only way I can see to do it...

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• ID: 1db88fe4-b886-0ba0-6d0a-08abc2e836ac
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• Content: DirectoryEntry.InvokeSet(String, Object[]) Method (System.DirectoryServices)
• Content Source: xml/System.DirectoryServices/DirectoryEntry.xml
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[mairaw]

@tquerec, @josephisenhour, @bongiovimatthew-microsoft can you help with this feedback? Can you please let us know if there's something we should add to improve the docs for this API? Thanks.

[josephisenhour]

It should work if you try it this way. You should of course replace the ***** with your real values.

` var de = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://.net/CN=,CN=Users,DC=,DC=net",
"", // Replace with username
"******", // Replace with password
AuthenticationTypes.Secure);

        de.Properties["Description"].Add("New Description");
        de.CommitChanges();

`

[thx1200]

That code did the trick. Thank you.

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