Working with Contact Items

The ContactItem class contains the methods and properties you use to perform tasks with contacts.

Task

Procedure

Retrieve all contacts whose last name contains a specified string.

How to: Programmatically Access Outlook Contacts

Search for a contact by first and last name.

How to: Programmatically Search for a Specific Contact

Create a new contact and fill in contact information.

How to: Programmatically Add an Entry to Outlook Contacts

Search for contacts whose e-mail address contains a specific domain.

How to: Programmatically Search for an E-Mail Address in Contacts

Delete a contact that has a specified name.

How to: Programmatically Delete Outlook Contacts

For more information about Outlook tasks and the Outlook object model, see Outlook Object Model Overview.

See Also

Concepts

Working with Mail Items

Working with Folders

Working with Calendar Items

Other Resources

Outlook Solutions