Hello Leni,

Please find my replies below:

thanks
anjali

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Zindus Development
<[email protected]>wrote:

>
> Hi Anjali -
>
>  > I guess extended property allows a single name value pair.
>
> A contact can have more than one extended property.  There is a limit,
> I'm not sure what it is - '10' is a number I recall reading somewhere.
>

Yes you are right

>
> You can extended property name/value like this to do the job:
> name=mycompany
> value=<myxml><dob>blah</dob><anniversary>blah</anniversary></myxml>
>
>  > One issue unrelated to this thread, i tried to add some
>  > extended properties to a contact with java client library
>  > (with projection full) but when I opened the contact in Gmail
>  > screen, I did not see those extended properties
>  > coming up on UI. Is this a bug or I am missing something?
>
> Extended properties don't appear in the Gmail UI.
>


> Then what is the purpose of extended properties if they are not viewable?
> You mean I can't see extended properties in the UI??
>


>
>  > The combo has three entries Home, Work and
>  > Other. Now if I want to add say DOB, Anniv Date, etc in the combo
>  > list then how can i do that?
>
> This is the hard part.  You would have to write some javascript code
> which would run at the same time as the user interacts with Gmail.  Your
> code would on the one hand use the Contacts API to read your additional
> fields and on the other modify the Gmail UI to provide a way for the use
> to set/get those fields.  So you would need to learn about how to
> develop mozilla addons.  I don't suggest this would be easy but I think
> it'd be a feasable thing to do.  This is the wrong mailing list for
> talking about developing firefox addons.




> Thanks !


But Leni, when you are building you web application, it is basic requirement
that you would like to have your own web pages/ or google web page
customized according to your requirements. Does not  google allow you to do
any of these? From your reply, it seems that second option (customizing
google page ) is not possible, but can't we host our own web page on to
google app ?? (offcourse in our domain).


Also, I will definitely post this query separately to google folks!

Anjali



Leni.

>
> Anjali Jain wrote:
> > Hello Leni,
> >
> > I appreciate and thanks for your reply.
> >
> > I guess extended property allows a single name value pair. What I am
> looking
> > at is adding client specific options in the combo. Pls see the image
> > snapshot attached. The combo has three entries Home, Work and Other. Now
> if
> > I want to add say DOB, Anniv Date, etc in the combo list then how can i
> do
> > that?
> >
> > I downloaded and installed the add on that you have provided, but I am
> not
> > sure how it can help me in incorporating the desired combo box.
> >
> > One issue unrelated to this thread, i tried to add some extended
> properties
> > to a contact with java client library (with projection full) but when I
> > opened the contact in Gmail screen, I did not see those extended
> properties
> > coming up on UI. Is this a bug or I am missing something?
> >
> > Hoping to hear from you soon.
> >
> > thanks
> > anjali
> >
> >
> > On 2/5/09, Zindus Development <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> It depends whether you are asking a technical question or a commercial
> >> question.
> >>
> >> If you are asking a commercial question like "if google will do this for
> >> us we may consider using Google Apps" then I have nothing to say because
> >> I don't work at Google.
> >>
> >> If you are asking technical question "is this possible" then the answer
> >> is 'maybe'.  One approach would be to put DOB and anniversary in the
> >> extended properties of a contact:
> >>
> >>
> http://code.google.com/apis/contacts/docs/2.0/reference.html#ProjectionsAndExtended
> >>
> >> Of course you also need to modify the UI.  If your organization uses
> >> firefox you may create an addon or modify one like this to do the job:
> >> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6076
> >>
> >> I am not sure about Internet Explorer but I guess a similar approach is
> >> possible.
> >>
> >> Regards -
> >>
> >> Leni.
> >>
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >>> Can anybody comment on this? Is this possible?
> >>> thanks
> >>> anjali
> >>>
> >>> On Feb 4, 5:17 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> We are looking to use google apps for our organisation.For that
> >>>> purpose we are learning and looking at different customizations that
> >>>> we would want.
> >>>>
> >>>> The contacts screen contains various sections like personal, other. In
> >>>> each section there are combo boxes with list of values like Email,
> >>>> Phone, Fax, Pager. How can I add a custom option over here, like for
> >>>> ex I want DOB, Anniv Date to come in the combo.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is this possible? If yes could anybody provide me with the information
> >>>> and any examples.
> >>>>
> >>>> Will appreciate quick response.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Anjali
> >>>>
> >>
> >
> > >
> >
>
>
> >
>

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