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• Q. Is it possible to only display Active Directory entries from a specific organizational unit (OU) or container?
• A. Yes. The BaseDN parameter in the extVIEW.ini configuration file allows you to specify a "starting point" for all directory queries. For example:
  
  BaseDN=OU=Users,OU=Enterprise,OU=ExtSoft,OU=Local
  
  The above setting instructs extVIEW to only search to Enterprise/Users OU (and all of its sub-OUs) of the ExtSoft.Local domain.

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• Q. Can employee photographs be displayed on extVIEW directory listings?
• A. Yes. Employee photos can be displayed from two sources:
  
  
  • Active Directory's built-in picture attribute (jpegPhoto in Windows® 2003 and later, thumbnailPhoto in Windows® 2000)
  • The ..\extVIEW\Pics folder on the web server
  
  To display pictures stored in Active Directory, set the UseADPictureAttribute parameter in the extVIEW.ini configuration file to Y. If no picture is found for a particular user in Active Directory (or if the UseADPictureAttribute) option is turned off, then extVIEW will look in the ..\extVIEW\Pics folder on the web server for a picture file.
  
  Pictures not stored in Active Directory must follow the naming scheme of Username.ext or FirstnameLastname.ext, where ext is either JPG, GIF, PNG, or BMP. Note that the FirstnameLastname.ext format must be used for AD Contacts, since they have no username attribute.
  
  Examples:
  
  
  • jsmith.jpg (JPG photo for an AD user with the username "jsmith")
  • JohnSmith.png (PNG photo for an AD user or contact named John Smith)
  • JaneSmith.gif (GIF image for an AD user or contact named Jane Smith)
  
  A default picture file (named Default.ext, where ext is either JPG, GIF, PNG, or BMP) may be added for user/contact entries which do not have a picture.