Getting a contact list using C#

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Gary Rynearson - 08 Nov 2005 16:20 GMT

Can anyone direct me to sources / code examples showing how I can access my
outlook contact list using C# and a Web application.

Here is what I am using:
Windows XP Professional
Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise
Outlook 2003

I have Googled the web for information:
I have tried to add the Safe Address Book wrapper into my VStudio project
but cannot, and I have added the CDO 1.21 library but am really unsure how I
can leverage this class.

Any help on links or code would be greatly appreciated.

Gary

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Dan Mitchell - 08 Nov 2005 16:34 GMT

> Can anyone direct me to sources / code examples showing how I can
> access my outlook contact list using C# and a Web application.
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> project but cannot, and I have added the CDO 1.21 library but am
> really unsure how I can leverage this class.

You shouldn't really be using CDO1.21 with C#, because it's one of the
non-.net-friendly APIs:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813349

If you're stuck with C#, your best bet is to use the Outlook object model
-- that one's okay with .Net:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/872895

See www.outlookcode.com for how to code with the OOM.

-- dan

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Gary Rynearson - 08 Nov 2005 17:41 GMT

Dan

Thanks alot - I will check out the links you provided. This is just the
information I was looking for.

Gary

>> Can anyone direct me to sources / code examples showing how I can
>> access my outlook contact list using C# and a Web application.
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>
> -- dan

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