Microsoft KB Archive/169750

= OL97: How to Programmatically Resolve a Contact's E-mail Address =

Article ID: 169750

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q169750



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Outlook 97, if you programmatically set a Contact's e-mail address, the e-mail address is not checked (or "resolved") against an Address Book. Therefore, the Contact's e-mail address is not added to the Outlook Address Book.



CAUSE
This is a limitation of Outlook 97.



RESOLUTION
NOTE: This problem was fixed in Outlook 98. Outlook 98 will resolve the e-mail address when the item is saved.

You can use the CommandBars object model to execute the Check Names menu command and resolve the e-mail address. However, this workaround requires that you display the Contact window.



MORE INFORMATION
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This example code is designed to run from another Microsoft Office 97 program using Visual Basic for Applications, or from a separate Visual Basic (VB) application. In order to use this code you must reference the "Microsoft Outlook 8.0 Object Library" from within the editor. Consult your editor's documentation for how to reference available object libraries.

The following Outlook automation code is an example of how to workaround this issue: Sub ResolveContactAddressViaCheckNames Dim ol As Outlook.Application Dim olns As NameSpace Dim myContact As Object Dim Menu as Object Dim Command As Object Set ol = New Outlook.Application Set olns = ol.GetNamespace("MAPI") ' Create a new Contact item Set myContact = olns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts).Items.Add With myContact ' Set the relevant fields for the contact .FullName = "John Smith" .Email1Address = "jsmith@msn.com" .Email1AddressType = "SMTP" ' Display the contact (required) .Display End With ' Set the Tools menu on the item's menu bar Set Menu = ol.ActiveInspector.CommandBars("Tools") ' Sets the command on the menu Set Command = Menu.Controls("Check Names") ' Actually executes the Check Names command Command.Execute End Sub

