>> o Need attribute that defines if an address book
>> is only searchable. This will define organisational
>> address books.
>
>Is it possible to query the AB and see how many records are in there
>before attempting to display? If so, how about a pref (defaulting to
>10K or whatever) that specifies the MAX_DISPLAY_RECORDS. If the AB has
>more than that number of records, it's search-only. This would require
>less interaction by the user. They don't have to know to set a specific
>AB as search-only... it's done automatically for large ABs, but the
>advanced user still has the option of seeing all records if they really
>want.
>
Interesting idea.
Could do it on an SQL database which supported the
appropriate statements. But for other data sources
i am not so sure.
>> - Is an attribute needed to define type so that
>> associated icons may be displayed?
>
>You mean have a diff icon per AB that indicates if it can be browsed or
>just searched?
>
Perhaps, but i really meant a diff icon to define
organisational directories.
Paul.
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