Automating Outlook with Ruby: Address Books (See related posts)

   1  
   2  require 'win32ole'
   3  
   4  outlook = WIN32OLE.new('Outlook.Application')
   5  mapi = outlook.GetNameSpace('MAPI')
   6  
   7  #   Get list of available Address Lists
   8  mapi.Session.AddressLists.each do |list|
   9      puts list.Name
  10  end
  11  
  12  #   Access an Address List:
  13  address_list = mapi.Session.AddressLists('Contacts')
  14  address_list = mapi.Session.AddressLists('Personal Address Book')
  15  address_list = mapi.Session.AddressLists('Global Address List')
  16  
  17  #   Outlook security dialog will prompt to allow access to AddressEntries:
  18  address_entries = address_list.AddressEntries
  19  
  20  #   Iterate over the AddressEntries collection:
  21  address_entries.each do |address_entry|
  22      if address_entry.Name =~ /Sinatra/
  23          puts address_entry.Name, address_entry.Address
  24      end
  25  end
  26  
  27  #   Search for an Address:
  28  address_entry = address_entries.Item("sinatra, frank")
  29  puts address_entry.Name
  30  puts address_entry.Address