Accessing Active Directory properties

[nmah]

What is the simplest method to import user information (propterties/attributes) stored in Active Directory into Filemaker 9/10?

[Lee Smith]

Relationships? It the data resides within FileMaker.

In a different format, we need more information about the file to be imported.

A sample of the data, and the file might be helpful.

Lee

Edited March 20, 2009 by Guest

[Ted S]

There are a couple ways I can think of to get Active Directory (LDAP) information into Filemaker. One is to use a 3rd party plug-in for Filemaker that has that capability. SmartPill PHP Edition from Scodigo can work with LDAP plus it can do loads of other things. If you go the Smartpill route you should be proficient with PHP because that's really what it's all about -- putting the power of PHP inside Filemaker.

The other method that comes to mind is to build a web page (internal only) that displays the information and then scrape the page with Filemaker's web viewer. This method assumes you have the know how and ability to build and deploy a web page on your intranet.

There may be other methods that aren't coming to mind right now but I do know that native FM doesn't have the ability to query Active Directory.

[Lee Smith]

Hi Ted,

Oops, I didn't realize that the OP was referring to a Microsoft Product.

Thanks for jumping in and straightening me out, and providing the OP with some options.

Lee

[mr_vodka]

A couple of other options. You can run an execute SQL statement that can Query your LDAP, or you can run a VB Script that produces a temp file etc.