Outlook Distribution List contents

[scottb2]

I have a folder hierarchy of

Public folders
...All Public Folders
......Dept
.........Distribution List

Distribution List has a DefaultItemType of "olContactItem" and
DefaultMessageClass of "IPM.Contact".

I have scanned the folder chain and have a Folder object fo
"Distribution List" if that helps.

I wish to take a list of Contacts and create a distribution list i
"Distribution List", of course I understand that a DL contains onl
a name and email address but my requirement is that the user be able t
see all of the contact information when clicking on a DL member.

Any help to accomplish this is appreciated. My attempt is at the en
of this message.

Thanks,
Scott


Code
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Outlook.DistListItem oDL;
Outlook.MailItem tempItem;
Outlook.Recipients oRecipients;
bool resolveRet;

oDL = oApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olDistributionListItem)
as Outlook.DistListItem;

tempItem = oApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem) as Outlook.MailItem;
oRecipients = tempItem.Recipients;
oDL.DLName = "Associate Email Distribution List";
foreach (Outlook.ContactItem oContact in contactList)
{
oRecipients.Add(oContact.Email1Address);
}
resolveRet = oRecipients.ResolveAll();
oDL.AddMembers(oRecipients);
oDL.Save()

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm not sure what you're asking. If you double-click on a member of a DL
when the DL is opened that should open the contact representing that DL
member. You do need to double-click to open the contact.

When you have the contact from your list you need to create a Recipient
object to add to the DL. You can either use the NameSpace.CreateRecipient()
method to do that or you can create a dummy email and add the contact
information to that to create the recipient object by using
dummyEmail.Recipients.Add().
Once you have your recipient from the contact you use that to add a new DL
member.