Solved: Display Outlook Contacts in Word

[DomFino]

Jame,
I did as you suggested and found that the code errors on the line that reads For Each oItm In oItems

[VBA]
Public Sub InsertIntoDoc(All As Boolean)
Dim itm As Variant
With lstFieldList
For x = 0 To .ListCount - 1
If All Then .Selected(x) = All
If .Selected(x) = True Then
With Selection
.InsertAfter (lstFieldList.List(x))
.Collapse (wdCollapseEnd)
.Paragraphs.Add
End With
End If
Next x
End With
End Sub
Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim oNspc As NameSpace
Dim oItm As ContactItem
Dim oItems As Items


Dim x As Integer
If Not DisplayStatusBar Then
DisplayStatusBar = True
End If

StatusBar = "Please Wait..."
x = 0

Set oApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set oNspc = oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set oItems = oNspc.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts).Items

'Make sure the Contacts folder contains entries

If oItems.Count > 0 Then

For Each oItm In oItems ' Error Occurs Here

'Make sure the oItm is a contact and not a DL
'Remove this If...Then condition if you want to include DLs

If oItm.Class = olContact Then
'If oItm.Class <> olDistributionList Then
With Me.cboContactList
.AddItem (oItm.FullName)
.Column(1, x) = oItm.BusinessAddress
.Column(2, x) = oItm.BusinessTelephoneNumber
End With
x = x + 1


End If
Next oItm
End If

StatusBar = ""
Set oItems = Nothing
Set oItm = Nothing
Set oNspc = Nothing
Set oApp = Nothing

End Sub
Private Sub cboContactList_Change()
Dim x As Integer
With lstFieldList
If .ListCount > 0 Then
For x = 0 To .ListCount - 1
.RemoveItem (0)
Next x
End If
For x = 0 To cboContactList.ColumnCount - 1
.AddItem (Me.cboContactList.Column(x))
Next x
End With
End Sub

Private Sub cmbAll_Click()
Call InsertIntoDoc(True)
End Sub
Private Sub cmbDetail_Click()
Call InsertIntoDoc(False)
End Sub
Private Sub cmbClose_Click()
Unload Me
End Sub
[/VBA]

[jamescol]

Hi Dom,
The code you posted looks right, and works on my computer. I think you might be missing a reference. From your VBE, choose the Tools | References menu. In the list that appears, make sure that you have the checkbox marked for "Microsoft Outlook xx.0 Object Library", where xx is the version number for your Outlook.

This reference will make the Outlook object model visible to Word. Also, when you DIM your Outlook variables, be sure to qualify them with "Outlook" to differentiate them from Word objects. For instance:

[vba]
Dim oNspc As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim oItm As Outlook.ContactItem
Dim oItems As Outlook.Items
[/vba]

Otherwise, VBA assigns the default application's object to the variable. I should have caught that earlier for you.

Let us know what happens.

Cheers,
James

[DomFino]

James,
I checked the Microsoft Outlook Object Library and it is checked.
I also changed the DIM Outlook variables to read as you suggested, however, I still get the same error.

FYI
If oItems.Count > 0 Then

In the line of code above the count shows as 22 which is correct. There are 22 contacts and 1 distribution list.

For Each oItm In oItems

The above line of code shows as oItm=Nothing

[jamescol]

Dom,
It must be something related to the VBA in Off2000, and I do not have that version to test.

Try this way instead:
[vba]
Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim oNspc As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim oItems As Outlook.Items
Dim i, x As Integer

If Not DisplayStatusBar Then
DisplayStatusBar = True
End If

StatusBar = "Please Wait..."
x = 0

Set oApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set oNspc = oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set oItems = oNspc.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts).Items

'Make sure the Contacts folder contains entries

If oItems.Count > 0 Then

For i = 1 to oItems.Count

'Make sure the oItems(i) is a contact and not a DL
'Remove this If...Then condition if you want to include DLs

If oItems(i).Class = olContact Then

With Me.cboContactList
.AddItem (oItems(i).FullName)
.Column(1, x) = oItems(i).BusinessAddress
.Column(2, x) = oItems(i).BusinessTelephoneNumber
End With

x = x + 1

End If
Next i
End If

StatusBar = ""
Set oItems = Nothing
Set oNspc = Nothing
Set oApp = Nothing

End Sub
[/vba]

Hopefully this one will work for you.

James

[DomFino]

James,
We have ignition

Worked like a charm. I am not sure why your latest version did the trick, but as you said, it must be a quirk with VBA in Off2000.

Thank you so much for your efforts. I certainly would have never figured this one out by myself.

Dom

[jamescol]

Dom,
Glad it's working!

James