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Hello,

I would like to be able to display the "Select Names" dialog, if not access the GAL, using my VSTO add-in. I see references to CDO being a requirement for this but CDO is not supported in managed code. Setting aside the promised Outlook 2007 functionality, is this possible in Outlook 2003?

Thanks, Tad

Tadwick

Hi Tad,

The only way to display the Select Names dialog for Outlook 2003 is by using CDO, which as you stated is not supported from managed code. If re-writing your solution in native code isn't an option, you will either need to target your add-in for Outlook 2007 (which supports this in the object model), or use an alternative APIs to display this dialog.

--Ryan

Ryan Gregg
If you can use a third-party library, then look at Redemption (http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/), which can also show the address book (as well as do a lot of other things that you'd need to wait for Outlook 2007 or later to accomplish).
Sue Mosher - Outlook MVP
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