Re: Address Book manipulations - best approach
Re: Address Book manipulations - best approach
- Subject: Re: Address Book manipulations - best approach
- From: Vince DeMarco <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 08:04:16 -0800
There is a public plug in api for Address Book in Panther. You can
write a plugin in Apple Script, Objective-C or C.
The plugin is centered around adding new entries to the action menu for
items in the card.
vince
On Nov 15, 2003, at 5:29 PM, Wade Tregaskis wrote:
I want to store some non-standard info in the address book for various
entries, and am wondering how best to go about providing a user
interface for this. I'd like to do all this transparently, so the
user never need worry about the details, but unfortunately I don't
think it's possible - to much user interaction is required.
My first thought is to whip up a little app just for the purpose,
which shows enough of the generic entry information (e.g. name, title,
email, whatever) to distinguish between entries, and not a whole lot
else. But then this might be a bit strange for the user, who might be
a bit disorientated by my app showing only some info, and the Address
Book showing more. Then they might become confused when, after adding
data using my app, Address Book doesn't show any indication it's
there.
There's no documentation relating to it, but I wonder if there's any
sort of secret plugin architecture for the Address Book? I'd just
like to be able to add my own subview to the record view, for my own
data types. That would solve the inconsistency issues, and save me
having to reinvent the wheel with regards to an Address Book program.
Any ideas if such a mechanism exists, or will in future?
Wade Tregaskis
-- Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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