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Re: address book data without opening app?


  • Subject: Re: address book data without opening app?
  • From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:36:56 -0700

On 2009-05-27, at 10:05:16, Michael Grant wrote:

Is there any way to access Mac Address Book data in AppleScript
without actually opening the application? Maybe through shell
commands?

There are interfaces available in C and Objective-C.
The framework for both is /System/Library/Frameworks/ AddressBook.framework.


ABActions.h
ABGlobals.h
ABMultiValue.h
ABRecord.h
AddressBookUI.h
ABActionsC.h
ABGlobalsC.h
ABPeoplePickerC.h
ABSearchElement.h
ABAddressBook.h
ABGroup.h
ABPeoplePickerView.h
ABTypedefs.h
ABAddressBookC.h
ABImageLoading.h
ABPerson.h
AddressBook.h

Philip Aker
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