OL97: How to Programmatically Resolve a Contact's E-mail Address
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: REFERENCES
For more information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook 97,
please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
166368 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/166368/EN-US/) OL97: How to Get Help Programming with Outlook
170783 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170783/EN-US/) OL97: Q&A: Questions about Customizing or Programming Outlook
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