Microsoft - Information on the Contact Selector Needed!

[CharlieC]

Okay, I have seen this question asked numerous places on the internet and
never seen it answered so maybe you guys can help out.

Is it possible to add additional fields to the Contact Selector Control?
DisplayName, AccountID, and AccountName are all helpful but we have use for
more than just these particular fields. I know other fields are out there
because when I use the contact selector to search for a user, I see other
information about them in the Select Names window. Items such as Title,
Department, etc (which are probably unique to our Active Directory). Is
there any way the Contact Selector can pull these fields as well?

 

[Frank Mueller \(MSFT\)]

Hi Charlie,

I am pretty sure that you cannot change the data you're binding to. However,
I think you can still achieve what you'd like to do using a SharePoint web
service. Have a look at the User and Groups Web Service
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa152672.aspx. You could add a
"Changed Event" handler to the contact selector that will query the web
service and retrieve the data once a contact is selected.

Thanks,
Frank

 

[CharlieC]

Thanks for finally clearing that up. I appreciate it.

 

[steve]

Hi Charlie,

I am pretty sure that you cannot change the data you're binding to. However,
I think you can still achieve what you'd like to do using a SharePoint web
service. Have a look at the User and Groups Web Servicehttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa152672.aspx. You could add a
"Changed Event" handler to the contact selector that will query the web
service and retrieve the data once a contact is selected.

Thanks,
Frank

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thanks for the link - i know that info had to be somewhere.....

steve