> My question is should I be able to access the Mozilla addressbook
>information from javascript via XPConnect? So far I can get some stuff
>working but for the most part I have no idea what needs to be done to
>make this work. Are there any examples of this somewhere?
>
>Any help would be great,
>
Some bits are scriptable.
In the source see:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/
for JavaScript GUI code.
One problem is that the the nsIAbDirectory interface
uses the nsIEnumerator interface. It is not possible
to use this interface with XPConnect.
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpcom/ds/nsIEnumerator.idl
Thus it is not possible to obtain a list of sub-directories
or child cards from the nsIAbDirectory interface unless
you do one of two things. Use the corresponding
RDF data source, which i presume is not that easy or
friendly to use from js; or write a wrapper interface which
returns nsISimpleEnumerator for the appropriate methods.
I think a bug should be logged if one is not already
(if so anyone know the the number?).
We are currently in the process of modifying address
book code for multiple types of address book access
and i think i could fix this fairly quickly to ensure
address book functionality is fully scriptable.
Paul.
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