Re: Apple's Address Book File Format
Re: Apple's Address Book File Format
- Subject: Re: Apple's Address Book File Format
- From: Normand Rivard <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:21:36 -0500
I have the same concern. I do have a project that would benefit from
having read/write access to the Address Book too. But actually, it would
be enough to just have an Applescript dictionary in the Address Book
application.
By the way, I noticed that several other applications in Mac OS X don't
have an Applescript dictionary : Clock, Calculator, DVD Player, Image
Capture, Preview and Stickies. The only one that should definitely NOT
have an Applescript dictionary is System Preferences (can be very
dangerous).
Thanks
On Mercredi, janvier 2, 2002, at 04:04 , Brant Vasilieff wrote:
On Wednesday, January 2, 2002, at 11:52 AM, Henri Lamiraux wrote:
Be careful. If your app uses anything not declared in a public header
it may not work with a future release of the system. Just a warning...,
On Wednesday, January 2, 2002, at 10:35 AM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
- whose client side might even be wrapped into a nice Cocoa kit
(including
an IB pallette with main address views).
It already is a nice Cocoa kit. class-dump Message.framework.
Care to comment on this API in particular? When can we expect it to
move from Private to Public? I am almost finished with one of my
applications, but will be leaving off group scheduling because of this
issue. As I have stated before, I will not wait forever. If apple is
unwilling or unable to provide access to the Address Book, and very
soon, I will be forced to code my own. It's not that hard really. My
only reluctance, is the lack of integration it affords the user.
It looks like I'm not the only one here with interest in accessing the
address book. Some of them may be interested to know, that my calendar
application, will include an API for accessing its server. It was a
requirement to support my other applications. That API will be public.
And at some point documented. :-)
If Apple can help us out before we find alternatives, all of our
applications should cooperate well. Assuming Palm ever adopts the same
API or provides conduits for keeping contacts synchronized between a
palm and AB, we should get that functionality for free.
I'm still waiting, but not nearly as patiently anymore.
Cheers,
Brant
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