Standard "Choose contact" dialog

Elrick · #1 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 02:48 PM

Hello. As i see in "Help", we can only get contacts's details. In many programs (include ones written on .NET) i saw standard dialog (attached) like "choose file" one. Is it possible to add this functionality to Basic4PPC? I need to choose a contact but i have to create my own contact lists what is not beautiful

Mr_Gee · #2 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Elrick

I need to choose a contact but i have to create my own contact lists what is not beautiful

It requires a bit of coding, but you can get pretty close, I did this in 2 minutes

You could use the treeview together with the outlook lib and even have those little images in front of the names

Elrick · #3 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 03:30 PM

No, i believe i can "code" it. But, i'm too lazy, my program will be more complicated, less attractive, and if i have more than one number for contact i'll have to provide another "choose contacts's phone" dialog

Really can it be implemented in b4p? We all use the "Open file" dialog, it will be so nice to see this dialog too. It is (as i can see) the standard functionality of .NET compact. I really need this feature...

Erel · #4 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 05:07 PM

I've attached a module which allows you to show the built in contacts dialog.
It requires the door library and Outlook/OutlookDesktop libraries.

The usage is pretty simple. You should first call ChooseContact.Initialize with the dialog's title.
Later you call ChooseContact.Show and the Contact will be returned in ChooseContact.SelectedContact.

A small program is also attached.

agraham · #5 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 05:14 PM

This dialog is available in .NET on WM5.0 and later devices. Try the attached dlls. If it looks OK I will tidy it up as a proper library.

Erel · #6 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 05:17 PM

agraham · #7 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Erel

Lol

Erel · #8 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 05:28 PM

Basic4ppc starts faster than Visual Studio

taximania · #9 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by agraham

This dialog is available in .NET on WM5.0 and later devices. Try the attached dlls. If it looks OK I will tidy it up as a proper library.

Your example doesn't work for me.

You can achieve the contact dialog directly by using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Forms.dll on the device.
What you don't get are any other details than the contact name.

Here's my previous attempt at such a project.
On my website
It was all done using standard Basic4ppc libraries, outlook etc.
Still a bit buggy though.

I've just noticed that when you relist the contacts array,
there's no way to reset it back to the original list.
(Which seems to be ok on most devices)

I don't really see the OP's point of wanting a contact dialog.
Everything he wants is available via Basic4ppc.

agraham · #10 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by taximania

Your example doesn't work for me.

In what way? Doesn't it bring up the dialog?

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You can achieve the contact dialog directly by using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Forms.dll on the device.

That's what this library and Erel's example do. Or did you mean something else?

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What you don't get are any other details than the contact name.

The Dialog contains a SelectedContact object. After assigning this to an Outlook library Contact object you should be able to access all the details of the contact - but I haven't gone on to check this out yet.