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  • Saturday, July 04, 2009 7:07 AMSamCosta Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Hi Everyone,

    I am developing a console app that iterates through a list of usernames from our HR system and updates user properties for users that exist in WSS 3.0.  I'm running into an issue where I am unable to check if the username is a valid SharePoint user first before entering the loop.  When I do this:  SPWeb.AllUsers("USERNAME") it throws an exception if the username is invalid.  Is there a method in the SDK that checks if the user exists?  I tried EnsureUser however I do want to create a user if it does exist.

    Thank You

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  • Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:13 PMSébastien Sougnez Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hello,

    I already had this issue. Actually, the only solution that I found is to nest you statement (SPWeb.AllUser) with a try ... catch. If the user doesn't exist, the catch is raised, otherwise, I can excecute some code...
    http://www.areaprog.com

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  • Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:13 PMSébastien Sougnez Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hello,

    I already had this issue. Actually, the only solution that I found is to nest you statement (SPWeb.AllUser) with a try ... catch. If the user doesn't exist, the catch is raised, otherwise, I can excecute some code...
    http://www.areaprog.com
  • Saturday, July 04, 2009 5:49 PMSamCosta Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Thanks for your response.  That is exactly what I am doing today, I guess I'll have to stick with it.
  • Monday, July 06, 2009 11:27 AMkesav7902 Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    i dont  think u need to loop it around..try checking the username with the domain included.

    lets be optimistic.....
  • Monday, July 06, 2009 2:18 PMSamCosta Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    How do I check the username? I am posting this question here because I cannot find a way to check.
  • Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:32 PMAWMM Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
    Hi,

    Did you ever find out if there was another way to check if the user exists besides using a try/catch?