I want to return from outlook, a list of names and email address and populate them in a listbox so that I can select the ones I want.
I'm looking to do this from the users local contact list and also the global address list on an exchange server.
I've seen many examples (Below) and nothing works, so any help would be most welcomed.
Thanks
Graham
I am using
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop
for both examples:
Dim itemx As ListViewItem
'Create an Outlook application.
Dim oApp As Outlook._Application = New Outlook.Application()
' Get the MAPI namespace.
Dim oNS As Outlook.NameSpace = oApp.Session
' Get the Global Address List.
Dim oALs As Outlook.AddressLists = oNS.AddressLists
Dim oGal As Outlook.AddressList = oALs.Item("Global Address List")
' Get all the entries.
Dim oEntries As Outlook.AddressEntries = oGal.AddressEntries
' Get the first user.
Dim oEntry As Outlook.AddressEntry = oEntries.GetFirst
For i As Long = 1 To 10 ' Cut down to 100 as I dont want to load the full AB ** Need to Search rather than Loop **
If oEntries(i).DisplayType = Outlook.OlDisplayType.olUser Then
itemx = ListView1.Items.Add(oEntries(i).Name)
itemx.SubItems.Add(oEntries(i).GetExchangeUser.JobTitle)
itemx.SubItems.Add(oEntries(i).GetExchangeUser.BusinessTelephoneNumber)
itemx.SubItems.Add(oEntries(i).GetExchangeUser.OfficeLocation)
itemx.SubItems.Add(oEntries(i).GetExchangeUser.PrimarySmtpAddress)
itemx.SubItems.Add(oEntries(i).GetExchangeUser.CompanyName)
itemx.SubItems.Add(oEntries(i).GetExchangeUser.Alias)
End If
Next
' Clean up.
oApp = Nothing
oNS = Nothing
oALs = Nothing
oGal = Nothing
oEntries = Nothing
oEntry = Nothing
Also tried:
' Create Outlook application.
Dim oApp As Outlook.Application = New Outlook.Application()
'Get NameSpace and Logon.
Dim oNS As Outlook.NameSpace = oApp.GetNamespace("mapi")
'oNS.Logon("Outlook", , False, True) ' TODO:
oNS.Logon("Outlook", Nothing, False, True)
' Get the first contact from the Contacts folder.
Dim cContacts As Outlook.MAPIFolder = oNS.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts)
Dim oItems As Outlook.Items = cContacts.Items
Dim oCt As Outlook.ContactItem
Try
oCt = oItems.GetFirst()
' Display some common properties.
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.FullName)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.Title)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.Birthday)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.CompanyName)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.Department)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.Body)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.FileAs)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.Email1Address)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.BusinessHomePage)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.MailingAddress)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.BusinessAddress)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.OfficeLocation)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.Subject)
ListBox1.Items.Add(oCt.JobTitle)
Catch
ListBox1.Items.Add("an error occurred")
'Finally
' Display
'oCt.Display(True)
' Log off.
oNS.Logoff()
' Clean up.
oApp = Nothing
oNS = Nothing
oItems = Nothing
oCt = Nothing
End Try
It appears that the sample code in your first example is correct, except for the "Global Address List" access string. Try using 1 as the array index:
Dim oGal As AddressList = oALs.Item(1)
I was able to access my contacts by doing this.