Get list of all users from Active Directory

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ok so im wanting to get list of all users from Active Directory and display in Word 97 drop downlists.

I found the following post which is similiar and helpful

http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/index.php?showtopic=766573&view=&hl=”active%20directory”&fromsearch=1

my question is:
has anyone been successful in doing something similiar?

im managed to query active directory and return data. should i be doing this each time the forms are loaded? seems abit excessive?
or on Word startup or another trigger eg on login script should I do an active directory query, and store data in an excel file or txt file. – to then be used and called throughout the
words session

I suppose either method the data is going to be retrieved.
Im just wanting the fastest method
my other concern is if Word crashes, there maybe multiple sessions of winword.exe – which may effect code running during the AD data retrieval

Im not sure about the data retrieval/storage process?

many thanks

diana

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LDAP (AD) queries are pretty efficient if you just pull in the standard values – names etc – and limit the query to specific OUs, but they start to get out of hand and place big loads on the DCs if you request large multi criteria queries. I would test the query in a script to see how long it takes and if it’s only a few seconds then go with the simpler “query every time” option.

cheers, Paul

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thanks Paul

diana

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