ActiveXperts Network Component DnsServer Object

DNS is the Domain Name System. DNS converts machine names to the IP addresses that all machines on the net have. It translates (i.e. 'maps') from name to address and from address to name, and some other things. The Network Component DNS objects can be used to query servers running a domain name service (DNS) application. It will send domain name query packets to any designated DNS server. There are three data elements required in order to formulate a DNS query using Network Component:

DNS servername/address
Internet style address that is being queried
Type of record you are searching for

The Dns objects are part of the Network Component. Overview of all Network Component objects:

DnsServer & DnsRecord - Ftp & FtpFile - Http - Icmp - IPtoCountry - Msn - Ntp - Radius - Rsh - Scp - SFtp - Ssh - SnmpManager - SnmpTrapManager - SnmpMibBrowser - Tcp - Tftp - TraceRoute - Udp - Xen - Wake-on-LAN - Xen (Citrix)

Dns Sample code

VBScript sample: Query a DNS server for all records of a given domain name

 Set objDnsServer = CreateObject ( "ActiveXperts.DnsServer")     ' Create object
 Set objConstants = CreateObject ( "ActiveXperts.ASConstants")
 
 objDnsServer.Host       = "ns1.interstroom.nl"                  ' DNS server
        
 objDnsServer.Lookup "activexperts.com", objConstants.asDNS_TYPE_ANY  ' Show all DNS records
 WScript.Echo "Lookup, result: " & objDnsServer.LastError    
 If( objDnsServer.LastError <> 0 ) Then
     WScript.Quit
 End If
 
 If ( objDnsServer.IsAuthoritative = True ) Then
     WScript.Echo "Server is an authority for this domain"
 Else
     WScript.Echo "Server is not an authority for this domain"
 End If
     
 Set objDnsRecord = objDnsServer.GetFirstRecord  ' Iterate over all records; get first     
 While ( objDnsServer.LastError = 0 )
     Select Case objDnsRecord.Type 
       Case objConstants.asDNS_TYPE_A
         WScript.Echo "Type             : A"
         WScript.Echo "Name             : " & objDnsRecord.Name
         WScript.Echo "IPv4 Address     : " & objDnsRecord.Address
       Case objConstants.asDNS_TYPE_AAAA
         WScript.Echo "Type             : AAAA"
         WScript.Echo "Name             : " & objDnsRecord.Name
         WScript.Echo "IPv6 Address     : " & objDnsRecord.Address
       Case objConstants.asDNS_TYPE_CNAME
         WScript.Echo "Type             : CNAME"
         WScript.Echo "Name             : " & objDnsRecord.Name
         WScript.Echo "Alias            : " & objDnsRecord.Address
       Case objConstants.asDNS_TYPE_MX 
         WScript.Echo "Type             : MX"
         WScript.Echo "Name             : " & objDnsRecord.Name
         WScript.Echo "Preference       : " & objDnsRecord.Preference
         WScript.Echo "Mail Exchange    : " & objDnsRecord.MailExchange
       Case objConstants.asDNS_TYPE_NS
         WScript.Echo "Type             : NS"
         WScript.Echo "Name             : " & objDnsRecord.Name
         WScript.Echo "Name Server      : " & objDnsRecord.NameServer
       Case objConstants.asDNS_TYPE_PTR
         WScript.Echo "Type             : PTR"
         WScript.Echo "Name             : " & objDnsRecord.Name
         WScript.Echo "Host             : " & objDnsRecord.Address
       Case objConstants.asDNS_TYPE_SOA
         WScript.Echo "Type             : SOA"
         WScript.Echo "Name             : " & objDnsRecord.Name
         WScript.Echo "Name Server      : " & objDnsRecord.NameServer
         WScript.Echo "MailBox          : " & objDnsRecord.MailBox
         WScript.Echo "Serial           : " & objDnsRecord.SerialNumber
         WScript.Echo "Refresh          : " & objDnsRecord.RefreshInterval
         WScript.Echo "Retry Interval   : " & objDnsRecord.RetryInterval
         WScript.Echo "Expiration Limit : " & objDnsRecord.ExpirationLimit
         WScript.Echo "Minimum TTL      : " & objDnsRecord.MinimumTTL
     End Select
   
     WScript.Echo "TTL              : " & objDnsRecord.TTL
     WScript.Echo
     
     Set objDnsRecord = objDnsServer.GetNextRecord  ' Iterate over all records; get next
 Wend

On ftp.activexperts-lab.com, you can find a lot of Network Component samples. These samples are also part of the Network Component installation.

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