ApplicationPartition.FindByName(DirectoryContext, String) Method   
Definition
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Returns an ApplicationPartition object for a given DirectoryContext object and distinguished name.
public:
 static System::DirectoryServices::ActiveDirectory::ApplicationPartition ^ FindByName(System::DirectoryServices::ActiveDirectory::DirectoryContext ^ context, System::String ^ distinguishedName);public static System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ApplicationPartition FindByName(System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DirectoryContext context, string distinguishedName);static member FindByName : System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DirectoryContext * string -> System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ApplicationPartitionPublic Shared Function FindByName (context As DirectoryContext, distinguishedName As String) As ApplicationPartitionParameters
- context
- DirectoryContext
A DirectoryContext object that contains the target and credentials to use for the search.
- distinguishedName
- String
A String that contains the distinguished name of the application partition to search for.
Returns
An ApplicationPartition object that represents the results of the search.
Exceptions
A target specified in the context parameter could not be found.
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The target is a configuration set and no AD LDS instance was found in that configuration set.
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The target is a forest and the application partition was not found in that forest.
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The target does not host the current application partition.
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No AD LDS instance was found for the application partition.
A call to the underlying directory service resulted in an error.
context or distinguishedName is null.
This exception will occur for any of the following reasons:
- The - contextparameter is not a valid forest, configuration set, or directory server.
- The - distinguishedNamehas a zero length.
- The - distinguishedNameparameter is in an invalid format.