Well - you can't subvert that dialog, but you *could* use IAddrBook::Address
to display the dialog yourself so you get the list of items that were
selected. You can then do what you want with them.
"Eric" <bauersachs[ at ]kull.ch.cuthere.nospam.me.com> wrote in message
news:em7vTZkjHHA.2440[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
[Quoted Text] > Hello all, I hope someone in these two newsgroups knows something about
> this subject (or point me to somewhere else to ask if I'm wrong here).
>
> Problem: In Outlook 2007 (and all the older ones too) there is an "Address
> Book" application which shows all the MAPI address books, normally the
> "Global Address List" etc. We need to expand the functionality there so
> that it is possible to make a phone call to a selected entry within the
> results. Perhaps replacing the doubleclick functionality, through a
> context-menu extension or an additional button in the toolbar (or
> something similar). It must work with all existing address book providers
> within Outlook 2007.
>
> I thought of an Outlook Add-In, but I think (although not sure) it isn't
> possible to make changes or catch events within the Outlook address book.
>
> What can we do? Write our own Address Book application and replacing the
> Outlook menu and button to direct to this application would be a solution,
> but I think this is too much work for the needed functionality. Any better
> idea?
>
> Eric
>
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