Getting a Contact in C#

After a Communicator object (implementing the IMessenger and other interfaces) is created, you can call methods and properties of the interfaces implemented by the object. The following C# code shows an attempt to retrieve a specified contact listed in the connected Communicator.

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CommunicatorAPI.Messenger communicator = new CommunicatorAPI.Messenger();

public IMessengerContact GetContact(string signinName)
{
	return communicator.GetContact(signinName, communicator.MyServiceId) as IMessengerContact;
}

Getting a Contact in C/C++

Retrieving a contact in C/C++ is more involved than in C#. The following C/C++ code shows an attempt to retrieve a specified contact that is listed in the connected Communicator.

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IMessenger m_pIMessenger = ...;

IMessengerContact* GetContact(BSTR bstrSigninName)
{
	// Get the ID of the service behind the connected Communicator.
	// Property invocation.
	BSTR bstrServiceId;
	hr = m_pIMessenger->get_MyServiceId(&bstrServiceId);
	if (FAILED(hr))
		 return NULL;

	// Get the named contact: method invocation
	IMessengerContact* pIMessengerContact;
	hr = m_pIMessenger->GetContact(bstrSigninName, bstrServiceId, 
									 (IDispatch**)&pIMessengerContact);
	if (FAILED(hr))
		 return NULL;

	return pIMessengerContact;
}

Getting a Contact in JavaScript

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var comm = new ActiveXObject("Communicator.UIAutomation");
var contact = GetContact("jaya@contoso.com");

function GetContact(signinUri)
{
   var c = comm.GetContact(signinUri, comm.MyServiceId);
   return c;
   
}
Note:
For reasons of security, not all methods or properties can be called using JavaScript or another scripting language. Such restrictions are documented in Office Communicator Automation API Reference.

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