Is the Windows Select Users, Service Accounts, or Groups dialog:
available through an API to 3rd party developers?
Is there a "AD Browser" common dialog?
Sample pseudo-code:
String SelectUsers(HWND hwndParent, IList<String> usersLdapPaths)
{
IDsObjectPicker objPicker;
IDataObject objData;
PDSOP_INIT_INFO pInfo;
LPWSTR[0..2] attr;
HRESULT hr;
/*
Returns the LDAP path to the selected user, e.g.:
LDAP://stackoverflow.com/CN=Ian Boyd,OU=Stack Users,DC=stackoverflow,DC=com
usersLdapPaths can be null.
If not null then the user can mutli-select users,
and the selected user's LDAP paths will be returned in usersLdapPaths
(with the function result containing just the first user)
If the user cancels the dialog, then the result (and usersLdapPaths ) will be empty
*/
Result := '';
objPicker = CreateComObject(CLSID_DsObjectPicker) as IDsObjectPicker;
System.New(pInfo);
try
{
ZeroMemory(pInfo, SizeOf(DSOP_INIT_INFO));
pInfo.cbSize = SizeOf(DSOP_INIT_INFO);
pInfo.pwzTargetComputer = nil; //local computer
pInfo.cDsScopeInfos := 1;
System.New(pInfo.aDsScopeInfos);
try
{
ZeroMemory(pInfo.aDsScopeInfos, SizeOf(DSOP_SCOPE_INIT_INFO));
pInfo.aDsScopeInfos.cbSize = SizeOf(pInfo.aDsScopeInfos);
pInfo.aDsScopeInfos.flType = DSOP_SCOPE_TYPE_UPLEVEL_JOINED_DOMAIN; //or DSOP_SCOPE_TYPE_TARGET_COMPUTER;
pInfo.aDsScopeInfos.flScope = DSOP_SCOPE_FLAG_WANT_PROVIDER_LDAP;
pInfo.aDsScopeInfos.FilterFlags.Uplevel.flBothModes = DSOP_FILTER_USERS;
pInfo.aDsScopeInfos.FilterFlags.flDownlevel = DSOP_DOWNLEVEL_FILTER_USERS;
if (UsersLdapPaths != null)
pInfo.flOptions = DSOP_FLAG_MULTISELECT;
pInfo.cAttributesToFetch := 3;
attr[0] = "description";
attr[1] = "name";
attr[2] = "fullName";
pInfo.apwzAttributeNames = @attr;
hr = objPicker.Initialize(pInfo);
OleCheck(hr);
hr = objPicker.InvokeDialog(hwndParent, objData);
OleCheck(hr);
//the result is false if the user cancelled the dialog
if hr = S_FALSE then
return '';
return ReadAttributes(objData, UsersLdapPaths);
}
finally
{
System.Dispose(pInfo.aDsScopeInfos);
}
}
finally
{
Dispose(pInfo);
}
}
And the helper function (that i won't bother to transcode from one pseudocode language to another pseudocode language):
function TActiveDirectory.ReadAttributes(ADataObject: IDataObject; AValues: TStrings): string;
var
fmtIn: TFormatEtc;
stgOut: TStgMedium;
pSelList: PDS_SELECTION_LIST;
i: Integer;
path: string;
// x: LongWord;
// pVar: POleVariant;
items: PDsSelectionArray;
begin
Result := '';
if Assigned(AValues) then
AValues.Clear;
if not Assigned(ADataObject) then
Exit;
stgOut.tymed := TYMED_HGLOBAL;
fmtIn.tymed := TYMED_HGLOBAL;
fmtIn.cfFormat := RegisterClipboardFormat(CFSTR_DSOP_DS_SELECTION_LIST);
fmtIn.dwAspect := DVASPECT_CONTENT;
fmtIn.lindex := -1;
if (ADataObject.GetData(fmtIn, stgOut) <> S_OK) then
Exit;
pSelList := GlobalLock(stgOut.hGlobal);
try
if pSelList.cItems > 0 then
items := PDsSelectionArray(@pSellist.aDsSelection)
else
items := nil;
for i := 0 to pSelList^.cItems-1 do
begin
// path := TDsSelectionArray(pSellist.aDsSelection)[i].pwzADsPath;
path := items[i].pwzADsPath;
if Assigned(AValues) then
AValues.Add(path);
if Result = '' then
Result := path;
{ Result := pSelList^.aDsSelection[i].pwzName+' ('+pSelList.aDsSelection[i].pwzADsPath+')';
AValues.Add(Result);
AValues.Add(' Class: '+pSelList^.aDsSelection[i].pwzClass); //"user"
AValues.Add(' UPN: '+pSelList^.aDsSelection[i].pwzUPN ); //e.g. "ian@stackoverflow.com"
pVar := pSelList^.aDsSelection[i].pvarFetchedAttributes;
for x := 0 to pSelList^.cFetchedAttributes-1 do
begin
AValues.Add(' '+VarToStr(pVar^));
if x < pSelList^.cFetchedAttributes then
Inc(pVar);
end;}
end;
finally
GlobalUnlock(stgOut.hGlobal);
end;
end;