How to create Hyperlink to launch Address Book?

[marcia_mcmahon]

On my coorporate intranet I would like to publish a link that would launch
the address book (Outlook 2003 Address Book is configured to open the GAL,
which is what I want)(Exchange 2000). I can not find an Outlook command line
switch that will launch the address book, I can get the contacts list to
launch via a command line switch, but this is not what I want. So, I was
hoping someone might have a macro that would perform the task of launching
Outlook with the Address book Open from a web page.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What features from the address book do you want users to be able to use after it's launched? The reason I ask is that Microsoft provides a separate ActiveX address book control for use in web pages ( C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSOSVABW.DLL, invoked with CreateObject(MsSvAbw.AddrBookWrapper), but it has limited functionality.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[marcia_mcmahon]

I want them to use the link as an online telephone directory to replace
printed directories available on our intranet. They look up telephone numbers
from GAL, not from their personal contacts. Ideally, with the same "look and
feel" of the Outlook address book. Display to include, Display name phone
number and Office.

I admit I am not a code guru. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Now, I'm confused. It sounds like you don't want to launch the Outlook Address Book, but something with the "look and feel" of the Outlook address book. But why you'd want to do that is baffling, because the UI for looking up phone numbers is not great (which sort of makes sense given that it was never intended to be a phone directory).

What I'd probably do is use ADSI (see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/adsi.htm) to create a custom phone directory as a web page. That way, it will work regardless of whether the user has Outlook running.

In the meantime, if you want to show the address book despite its limitations, see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/selectnames.htm for sample code that shows how to display it using CDO. Code like this will, however, run into security prompts for the users.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[marcia_mcmahon]

Sue,
Sorry to add confusion. I really want to lauch the address book. Regardless
of my baffling reasoning. I'll try your suggestions.