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Access Addressbook from Browser

  • 14-06-2001 05:28PM
    #1
    bwoods
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭


    Part of the app. that I am writing is to send an e-mail (From within your browser) ie/netscape etc. Anyone know of any clientside (Java/VB script) where I can access the address book of the client to access a list of e-mail addresses. By selecting one would populate a textbox in the browser.

    Outlook for e.g.

    Thanks in advance.

    B


Comments

  • #2
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by bwoods:
    Part of the app. that I am writing </font>

    App? yeah right. Perhaps you should change your name to Melissa...



    [This message has been edited by Evil Phil (edited 14-06-2001).]


  • #3
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,311 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Doing exactly that will cause:

    a> lots of people not to like you

    and

    b> alarm bells to go off in some client side software (such as virus guards, and Outlook 10 (XP) )

    --

    thankfully, it (probably) can't be done - certainly not in JavaScript to the best of my knowledge.
    Bard
    Does exactly what it says on the tin.


  • #4
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Not from within a browser no, put the same script executed from:
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">
    Outlook for e.g
    </font>

    would work. Thus getting Mr bwoods hunted down until he points fingers and says "the Moderators on Boards.ie told me how to do it". The f*cker.


    This post has been brought to you by the number 12 and the letter C.

    [edited because I nearly gave away something]

    [This message has been edited by Evil Phil (edited 14-06-2001).]


  • #5
    Hobbes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Maybe I'm reading it wrong but it sounds like he wants to user to be able to select a name within an Address book and then it would take that selection and populate a text field on web form.

    Or maybe he did want to create a virus. Who knows. Sorry I can't answer it though.


  • #6
    bwoods
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭bwoods


    It was a serious question. ****... all I have is a text box in html, I wanted a link to say the outlook addressbook of that user and by clicking on that link would popup the addressbook. By clicking on a name on the addressbook would populate that field with the address.

    Simple question I thought!


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  • #7
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    You could probably do it using Java/DirectX, but the applet/application would need to be signed. And I have no idea how to go about it. But it's a start? smile.gif

    adam


  • #8
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Well maybe I was to quick of the mark there, and if I was I apologise, but I think you can see how dangerous what your asking for is. It can be done, but I'm not saying how.


  • #9
    kayos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭kayos


    You could use the microsoft mapi controls in a client side script but it very well could cause loads of warning bells to go off.

    kayos
    When you get to hell tell them I sent you,
    you'll get a group discount...

    tribes.gameshop.ie


  • #10
    ButcherOfNog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭ButcherOfNog


    you can't do this, as said above, its a major security issue, you can't use the browser to access info on the clients pc. its a nono, don't even think about it.

    perhaps some method of allowing the user to upload/sync their address books with the server, then reading the info from the server would be what you are after.


  • #11
    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    You can do it using client-side ActiveX. Needless to say this will limit your your user base to Win32/IE4+ and Outlook, etc.


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  • #12
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    You can't do it from a browser, but you can do it with a script.


  • #13
    bonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭bonkey


    bwoods....

    all this talk about "very dangerous", "alarms going off", "Melissa" and so on is completely missing the point.

    Heres the important question before *any* of that becomes important....

    Is this for running on an Intranet or Internet site?

    Intranet sites have no issues dealing with this stuff. You can write a simple ActiveX component and invoke that, or hey, even code to MAPI directly with some client-side scripting.

    As long as your browser recognises that you are in a trusted/Local Intranet site, then you should have no problems.

    If you are trying to do the same from an internet site, then you are facing the problems described....the client-side script and/or ActiveX stuff you write will *probably* send bells n whistles off.

    In either case....the best place to start looking is the object-model for Outlook.
    jc


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