Accessing local address book
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Topic: Accessing local address book
Posted By: kadiyala_venu
Subject: Accessing local address book
Date Posted: 17 June 2005 at 3:02am
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Hi,
I want to access client's personnel address book(microsoft outlook).
My Requirement is as follows: I have to design a e-mail sending form. If i click on "To" field of that form i need to get the addresses displayed from client's local address book. From that address book i will select the required perosn to whom i need to send the mail. Thanks
Venu |
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 17 June 2005 at 10:58am
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You sound like a spammer
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Posted By: ub3rl337ch3ch
Date Posted: 19 June 2005 at 7:18pm
| why not just use outlook...? |
Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 20 June 2005 at 12:53am
or a really bad virus writer 
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dpyers wrote:Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 20 June 2005 at 12:57am
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What you're looking for can't be achieved in ASP... as ASP is server-side scripting. Meaning I could give you the readout for an address book on the server, but not on the client's computer.
You might be able to get the results you're looking for with Javascript or something similar but I'm not totally sure about that. I know you could use a Visual Basic application to do that but it wouldn't run in an internet browser. ------------- Paul A Morgan http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/ |
Posted By: solarfish
Date Posted: 22 June 2005 at 5:20am
| Javascript can't do it either as it is designed to only interact with the DOM in the browser, it has no access to local file system or applications. So what you are left with is creating an activeX package which is simply a piece of custom code, probably written in VB, delivered through the browser and executed on the client. Because of the obvious security risks in allowing packages to come through your browser and execute in this way, it is often something that people turn off when browsing the internet, but in a closed intranet environment it is more acceptable. |