ActiveX controls use backslashes as delimiters between components...
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Dec 2002
Q.
ActiveX controls use backslashes as delimiters between components (Tree, O, OU, and CN) of a directory object name. A backslash can also be an escape for a special character. What special characters do I need to check for when parsing object names?
A.
eDirectory reserves a few character symbols for denotative purposes. The reserved characters are the period (.), the comma (,), the equal sign (=), the plus sign (+), and the backslash (\).
If these characters are a part of a name, then they must be escaped with a backslash (\). In the following example, the comma and period before and after the Inc are escaped:
"NDS:\\GlobalCorp\Subsidiary\, Inc\.\Marketing\Carol Smith"
For more on delimiters, see http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/ndslib/dsov_enu/data/h0yh1byj.html
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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