dahall / Active-Directory-Object-Picker

The standard Active Directory object picker dialog for .NET

Active Directory Object Picker

The standard Active Directory object picker dialog for .NET

This project is based on a Active Directory Common Dialogs .NET (ADUI) created in 2004 by Armand du Plessis. It has been updated and make it working with 64 bit Windows Editions. Now it works in all .Net framework versions, including version 2.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and .NET Core.

How to use it

You can install the latest version using NuGet

Install-Package Tulpep.ActiveDirectoryObjectPicker

And use it this way:

DirectoryObjectPickerDialog picker = new DirectoryObjectPickerDialog()
{
    AllowedObjectTypes = ObjectTypes.Users | ObjectTypes.Groups | ObjectTypes.Computers,
    DefaultObjectTypes = ObjectTypes.Computers,
    AllowedLocations = Locations.All,
    DefaultLocations = Locations.JoinedDomain,
    MultiSelect = true,
    ShowAdvancedView = true
};
using (picker)
{
    if (picker.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
    {
        foreach (var sel in picker.SelectedObjects)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(sel.Name);
        }
    }
}

This repository contains a Visual Studio Test Project if you want a working example.