Where does the assistant come from?

[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

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It's ContactItem.AssistantName in the Outlook object model.

 

[Jerry Camel]

But how do I get to it from AD?

It's ContactItem.AssistantName in the Outlook object model.

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

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

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?

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

 

[Jerry Camel]

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

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

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

 

[Jerry Camel]

FYI: The "secretary" attribute in AD corresponds to the "assistant" in
Outlook.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Excellent detective work!

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