Where does the assistant come from?

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Jerry Camel

When you look at the properties of a user in Outlook, there's a field
labeled assistant. I can't find a way to populate that field. There is an
AD attribute called "assistant" but when I populate it (via ADSIEdit) it
doesn't show up in Outlook. Anyone have any idea how to work this field?

Thanks

Jerry
 
But how do I get to it from AD?

Sue Mosher said:
It's ContactItem.AssistantName in the Outlook object model.

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Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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You'd use normal ADSI programming techniques. I have a feeling there's an
unspoken question here. What is it you're really trying to do?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Nothing unspoken... I just want to know what AD attribute corresponds to
that assistant field so I can populate it in my code without having to deal
with CDO. The ADSI code is not a problem, but when I added a value to the
assistant field, it did not show up in Outlook along with the other changes
I made via ADSI. SO I figure maybe there's a different AD field that Oulook
pulls that from. Thanks for your replies...

Jerry
 
I'm not clear on where you're looking in Outlook. In an individual contact?
In the address book?

In any case, the only way I know to find out is to use trial and error.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Excellent detective work!

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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