Why are variables not working with Get-Aduser in powershell?

Question

Looking for a little explanation as to why this isn't working and what I might be doing wrong. Any Help would be great!

Expected Results : BSMITH

Get-Aduser -filter {(givenname -eq "Bob") -and (surname -eq "Smith"))} | select-object SamAccountName

Result : BSMITH

Works Fine. Good to go

Expected Result : BSMITH

$textbox_FirstName = "Bob"
$textbox_LastName = "Smith"

Get-Aduser -filter {(givenname -eq "$textbox_FirstName.text") -and (surname -eq "$textbox_LastName.text")} | select-object SamAccountName

Result : (Blank Nothing)

I have tried givenname -eq "$textbox_FirstName.text" without quotes, without .text, with no quotes at all. Still no results :(

Santiago Squarzon · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-24 03:06:10Z

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Both variables are of the type string they don't have a .text property, in addition adding double quotes to your variable would expand the variable and concatenate .text:

$textbox_FirstName = "Bob"
"$textbox_FirstName.Text" => Bob.Text

Any of these options should give you the output you expect:

Get-Aduser -Filter {GivenName -eq $textbox_FirstName -and Surname -eq $textbox_LastName}

Get-Aduser -Filter "GivenName -eq '$textbox_FirstName' -and Surname -eq '$textbox_LastName'"

Get-Aduser -LDAPFilter "(&(GivenName=$textbox_FirstName)(Surname=$textbox_LastName))"

answered Jul 24, 2021 at 3:06

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Kyle Mason Over a year ago

Ultimately this is what my final code looked like. Which is a little more outside the scope of the original question. But your answer certainly got me on the correct path. Thank you very much for your help!!

$textbox_psOutput.Text = Get-Aduser -Filter {(Surname -eq $Textbox_Lastname.Text -and GivenName -eq $Textbox_FirstName.Text)} | Select-Object SamAccountName | Out-String

Santiago Squarzon Over a year ago

Happy to help @KyleMason

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