System, method, and computer program product for communicating with an LDAP server

1. A method processing a function call, comprising:

receiving a first function call in a first programming language;

translating the first function call into a second function call in a second programming language;

transmitting a lightweight directory access protocol function call, corresponding to the second function call, to a software service;

receiving results from the software service;

formatting the results to correspond to the first programming language; and

returning the formatted results.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first programming language is Visual Basic.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first programming language is C#.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second programming language is C.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the software service is Microsoft Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Software Development Kit.

6. A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory, comprising:

means for receiving a first function call in a first programming language;

means for translating the first function call into a second function call in a second programming language;

means for transmitting a lightweight directory access protocol function call, corresponding to the second function call, to a software service;

means for receiving results from the software service;

means for formatting the results to correspond to the first programming language; and

means for returning the formatted results.

7. The data processing system of claim 6 , wherein the first programming language is Visual Basic.

8. The data processing system of claim 6 , wherein the first programming language is C#.

9. The data processing system of claim 6 , wherein the second programming language is C.

10. The data processing system of claim 6 , wherein the software service is Microsoft Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Software Development Kit.

11. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a first machine-readable medium, comprising:

instructions for receiving a first function call in a first programming language;

instructions for translating the first function call into a second function call in a second programming language;

instructions for transmitting a lightweight directory access protocol function call, corresponding to the second function call, to a software service;

instructions for receiving results from the software service;

instructions for formatting the results to correspond to the first programming language; and

instructions for storing the formatted results in a second machine-readable medium and returning the formatted results.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the first programming language is Visual Basic.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the first programming language is C#.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the second programming language is C.

15. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the software service is Microsoft Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Software Development Kit.