Selecting a contact from the address book.

Hi,

I would like to find a way to select a contact and add their address to a
textbox. I want my controls to be similar to the To button and its textbox.
When my button is clicked the GAL dialog should open and when a contact is
selected their address should appear in the textbox. I do not want the
message then to be sent to this contact. How can I do this? (I am coding in
C# for Outlook 2003)

Thanks.

Using the Outlook 2003 object model there's no way to show the address book
dialog. You can with the Outlook 2007 object model.

Since CDO 1.21 and Extended MAPI (C++ or Delphi only) aren't supported for
use with managed code, you really have 2 options given your constraints. You
can use the 3rd party Redemption library (www.dimastr.com/redemption) and
its RDOSession.AddressBook.ShowAddressBook() method to display the GAL and
return a selection from it, or you can iterate the GAL as an
Outlook.AddressList and get each AddressEntry from its AddressEntries
collection and display them in your own custom address book dialog.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Lucy" <Lucy.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I would like to find a way to select a contact and add their address to a
> textbox. I want my controls to be similar to the To button and its
> textbox.
> When my button is clicked the GAL dialog should open and when a contact is
> selected their address should appear in the textbox. I do not want the
> message then to be sent to this contact. How can I do this? (I am coding
> in
> C# for Outlook 2003)
>
> Thanks.