Re: How to interact with Address Book or Mail App

FROM : Sven-S. Porst
DATE : Fri Jan 18 23:20:06 2002

>Well. If you had searched the archives you would know just about as much
>as the rest of us (except for the people making these things). As it is
>there is a private framework (called AddressServices no less). But since
>it's a private framework there is no documented ways of using. And to my
>knowledge noone had published information about successfully using it.

Looking at the capabilities of the current Address Book, I assume there
may be good reasons for Apple _not_ to publish the interface for it:
Firstly it's very simple in its current state, not allowing for multiple
addresses and arbitrary contact information types in a way that is
extendable by other applications (think of the PowerTalk address book!)
and secondly as every virus email that is sent by one of our Windows
friends/colleagues shows, you probably shouldn't have a publicly
available way to access address information unless you have, say,
keychain-style access control for it. 

So perhaps Apple don't want to embarass themselves by prematurely
publicising a framework that isn't ready for prime time (but may well do
a good job in their 'private' use for the time being).

Anyway, I guess this is going a bit off-topic.

            Sven

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