Creating and Additional Address Book Type in Outlook 2003

[Ax]

I have a need to link Outlook 2003 to a contact database. I believe this
should be possible by creating an "Additional Address Book Type" but I can't
find any documentation on how to do this.

In Outlook 2003, if one clicks Tools, Email Accounts, selects Add a new
directory or address book, and then selects Additional Address Books, one is
shown a list of Additional Address Book Types. I believe I should be able to
create an additional address book type that contains all the code to link to
my contacts database and list the contacts in the correct format.

I believe this because it is done by other contact databases, notably ACT!

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

Many thanks,
Ax

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

An "Additional Address Book Type" would be a MAPI address book provider,
created with C++ or Delphi and the Extended MAPI programming interface. Not
for the faint-hearted. See
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/groupcontacts_mapi.asp for existing MAPI
providers that can provide this connectivity to some standard databases.