C# MVC controller function to set the ID as value & Name as Text from the AD Data Source.

[Nikul Vyas]

I am fetching the list of AD Groups in the DropDownList, however the I am trying to set the ObjectGUID property as value & Name property as text for the dropdownlist selections. I have created the function using System.Management.Automation library to interact directly with PowerShell commands. The only place where I am not able to figure out is setting up the text & value property. Here's my C# Code.


public List<SelectListItem> PowerShellExecutorLst(string scriptPath, string arg)
{
string outString = "";
var shell = PowerShell.Create();
shell.Commands.AddCommand(scriptPath).AddArgument(arg);
var results = shell.Invoke();
if (results.Count > 0)
{
var builder = new StringBuilder();
foreach (var psObj in results)
{
builder.Append(psObj.BaseObject.ToString() + "\r\n");
}
outString = Server.HtmlEncode(builder.ToString());
}
List<string> strLst = outString.Split(new char[] { '\n' }).ToList();
List<SelectListItem> listItems = strLst.Select(s => new SelectListItem { Value = s, Text=s }).ToList();
shell.Dispose();
return listItems;
}


Because my script is giving output of 2 properties Name & ObjectGUID, the outString variable is not able to determine proper value. Just for reference this is my script:


Get-ADGroup -Filter {Name -eq 'TestGroup'} -Properties Name, ObjectGUID |
Select Name, ObjectGUID



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