Editing outlook contacts using C#

Question

I am developing a desktop application using C#, and I do not know how to edit a contact info in outlook, I Google-d it but no use.

any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Ok, sorry maybe I was not clear enough, I know how to retrieve and add contacts to outlook, what I am asking about is updating contacts.

Answer 1

http://geekswithblogs.net/timh/archive/2006/05/26/79720.aspx

I might try to above. It looks like first you reference the Outlook COM object, and then create a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application from which you should be able to edit outlook objects.

Answer 2

Download and install VSTO, then add a reference to Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook to your project. This will give you access to the Outlook object model.

Answer 3

The solution is quite easy, though I did not find it using google.

1. retrieve the outlook contact.

       Outlook.Items ctcItems = cf.Items;
       Outlook.Items items = ctcItems;
       Outlook.ContactItem ctc = (Outlook.ContactItem)items[index];
   

cf in the code above is the Outlook.MAPIFolder.

1. update the Outlook.ContactItem .

   ctc.FullName = "Laurel";
   

   . . . . .

2. save Outlook.ContactItem .

   ctc.Save();

Thanks for any replies.