Title: Outlook Automation - Contactlist
Question: How use Outlook's Contact list in Applications
Answer:
This is sample how look and change information in Outlook's Contactlist from external application.
unit Unit1;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
StdCtrls;
const
// constants from MSOUTL8.olb
olByValue = 1;
olByReference = 4;
olEmbeddedItem = 5;
olOLE = 6;
olMailItem = 0;
olAppointmentItem = 1;
olContactItem = 2;
olTaskItem = 3;
olJournalItem = 4;
olNoteItem = 5;
olPostItem = 6;
olFolderDeletedItems = 3;
olFolderOutbox = 4;
olFolderSentMail = 5;
olFolderInbox = 6;
olFolderCalendar = 9;
olFolderContacts = 10;
olFolderJournal = 11;
olFolderNotes = 12;
olFolderTasks = 13;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Label1: TLabel;
Label2: TLabel;
mName: TMemo;
mFamily: TMemo;
mFullName: TMemo;
mCompany: TMemo;
mSaveAs: TMemo;
mBody: TMemo;
btnSave: TButton;
sbContacts: TScrollBar;
btnConnect: TButton;
procedure btnConnectClick(Sender: TObject);
procedure mNameChange(Sender: TObject);
procedure sbContactsChange(Sender: TObject);
procedure btnSaveClick(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
IsDirty:boolean;
public
{ Public declarations }
OlApp,Namespace,ContactFolder:OleVariant;
procedure LoadContact(I:Integer; folder:OleVariant);
procedure SaveContact(I:Integer; folder:OleVariant);
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
uses ComObj;
{$R *.DFM}
procedure TForm1.btnConnectClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
OlApp:=CreateOleObject('Outlook.Application');
Namespace:=OlApp.GetNameSpace('MAPI');
ContactFolder:=Namespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts);
sbContacts.Max:=ContactFolder.Items.Count;
sbContacts.Position:=1;
LoadContact(1,ContactFolder);
end;
procedure TForm1.LoadContact(I: Integer; folder: OleVariant);
var Item:OleVariant;
begin
Caption:=' '+IntToStr(i)+ ' '+ IntToStr(sbContacts.Max);
Item:=folder.Items(I);
mName.Text:= Item.FirstName;
mFamily.Text:= Item.LastName;
mFullName.Text:= Item.FullName;
mCompany.Text := Item.CompanyName;
mSaveAs.Text := Item.FileAs;
mBody.Text := Item.Body;
end;
procedure TForm1.SaveContact(I: Integer; folder: OleVariant);
var Item:OleVariant;
begin
Item:=folder.Items(I);
Item.FirstName:=mName.Text;
Item.LastName:= mFamily.Text;
Item.FullName:= mFullName.Text;
Item.CompanyName:= mCompany.Text;
Item.FileAs := mSaveAs.Text;
Item.Body:= mBody.Text;
Item.Save;
isDirty:=False;
end;
procedure TForm1.mNameChange(Sender: TObject);
begin
IsDirty:=True;
end;
procedure TForm1.sbContactsChange(Sender: TObject);
begin
LoadContact(sbContacts.Position,ContactFolder);
end;
procedure TForm1.btnSaveClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
SaveContact(sbContacts.Position,ContactFolder);
end;
end.