[2005] retrieve Contact directly from Outlook

[Coool]

Hi all, Is there any third party component that directly fetch contacts from Outlook..?

[HoraShadow]

This should do it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310260

HTH,
HoraShadow

[Coool]

Well i know that but it may be possible to retrieve contact from outlook express? That's why i am asking for third party component.

[mendhak]

To clarify: Are you looking to use an ActiveX control that works with Outlook Express?

[Coool]

Actually, I am looking for ActiveX control that can fetch contact from both MS Outlook and Outlook Express.

I Used Mircosoft Interop Assembly for fetching contact from MS Outlook in VB.NET. But don't know abt it's backward compitibility with ASP.NET.

If u have any suggestion, then it's most welcome.

[mendhak]

I have a suspicion that you are confusing two issues.

ActiveX controls run on the client side. On the user's machine, even though they sit on the web page. Therefore this ActiveX control, if it exists, will read from the user's Outlook/Outlook Express.

On the other hand, you are mentioning Interop and using VB.NET and its... compatibility with ASP.NET. That will not read from the client's Outlook/OE. It only works on the server side.

If you are doing this server side, the best you can do is read from Active Directory (which is used by Exchange Server) and get a list of all the users there.

If you, however, meant client side, then you need to find an ActiveX control. COM controls, if you remember them. They sit on the web page and the user needs to install it when they load the page. ActiveX is also not trusted and regarded as malicious these days. But if it's the ActiveX you're after, you ought to do a search for such a control, or write one yourself in VB6.

It will only sit on your page, there is no interop involved.

[Coool]

Thanks mendhak to pointing me the right direction..

[mendhak]

What did you choose then?

[Coool]

Well I tried using Plaxo, but not working properly for Outlook / Outlook Express.

So, Will try to use Exchange Server and Extended MAPI.
Some important Links i found so far are..


http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.outlook.vba&cat=en_us_64bc8f51-2dd9-413a-b143-5e092532840c&lang=en&cr=us

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadF...b-b1f1f677dde6