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Default Extract all CN='Name' from a Active Directory data-dumped-cell

One of my Administrator types is dumping information from AD so some
mid-level manager can justify his position and salary (too sarcastic?? ;-)..
anyway.. AD dumps very verbose information into his cells.

Example: In cell A2 you have...

CN=Daniel ****,OU=Desktops,OU=Users,OU=Executive
Offices,OU=FCC,DC=Sugar,DC=corp;CN=Rich ******,OU=Laptops,OU=Users,OU=Service
Center,OU=FCC,DC=Sugar,DC=corp;CN=Charles ******... and on and on.

(names changed to protect the innocent)

these text stings get very long.. some even hit the character limit for
cells.. but all that my guy wants are the names of the users, which of course
are represented after the "CN=" and ends with the next ","

Desired Result: In cell B2 show...
Daniel ****, Rich ******, Charles ******

I can easily pull "Daniel ****" using text functions but I lose it when I
have then find Rich, and Charles, and Tom, Dick and Harry.. until somewhere,
someplace it all ends with the LAST name which could be 7 names, 32 names, or
124 names.

So off to the Excel Discussion Groups to nab.. Do'h... 'use' some VBA from
someone who really knows what they are doing.

I have been searching through your forums, reading VB questions from the
unwashed masses and checking out the suggestions from the enlightend ones.
Visited sites like contextures, peltiertech, cpearson and more. I have tried
to modify some code that was posted both on this forum and others and learned
alot of good, although ancillary, stuff in the process.

I now post this questions to the world, as I am brain fried, body tired, mad
at myself for not being smarter (or better looking) and besides, I am out of
alcohol.

Any help in this issue would be much appreciated and it sure would make me
look good to those mid-level managers as well. I have used this forum
numerous times in the past and you folks have always come through to
enlighten my brain and boost my intellect (at least in the eyes of those
managers).

So thanks in advance and I hope you make me look good yet again!

Version: Excel 2003 SP2



 
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