ContactModify (Function)

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Principle of the modification by using the Contact structure
Remarks
Required application feature

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ContactModify (Function)

In french: ContactModifie

Modifies the current contact in:

the address book of a Lotus Notes or Outlook messaging.
Caution: This function cannot be used to read the last contact found in the address book of an Outlook Express messaging.
Versions 16 and later
the list of contacts on the device (Android, iPhone or iPad, Universal Windows).
New in version 16
the list of contacts on the device (Android, iPhone or iPad, Universal Windows).
the list of contacts on the device (Android, iPhone or iPad, Universal Windows).

Versions 16 and later

This function is now available for Android applications.

New in version 16

This function is now available for Android applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 22 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 22

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Start a Lotus Notes session
SessionID is int
SessionID = EmailStartNotesSession("Password", "MarsServer", ...
"email/julia.nsf", "C:\Lotus Notes\julia.id")
// Find the contact to modify
IF ContactSearch(SessionID, "Smith", mContactLastName, "Adriana", mContactFirstName) = True THEN
// Modify the phone number of the contact
mContact.MobilePhone = "06.15.14.84.52"
ContactModify(SessionID)
Info("The phone number was modified")
ELSE
Info("No contact was found")
END

Syntax

Modifying the current contact in the Lotus Notes or Outlook messaging Hide the details

<Result> = ContactModify(<Session identifier>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the modification was performed.
False otherwise. To find out the error details, use ErrorInfo associated with the errMessage constant.

<Session identifier>: Integer

Identifier of session to use. This identifier is returned by one of the following functions: EmailStartNotesSession, EmailStartOutlookSession, NotesOpenDatabase or OutlookStartSession.

Versions 17 and later

Modifying the current contact in the list of contacts on the device (Android 2.0 and later, iPhone ou iPad, Universal Windows) Hide the details

<Result> = ContactModify(<Contact>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the modification was performed,
False otherwise. To find out the error details, use ErrorInfo associated with the errMessage constant.

<Contact>: Contact variable

Name of the Contact variable corresponding to the contact for which the modified information must be updated.

New in version 17

Modifying the current contact in the list of contacts on the device (Android 2.0 and later, iPhone ou iPad, Universal Windows) Hide the details

<Result> = ContactModify(<Contact>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the modification was performed,
False otherwise. To find out the error details, use ErrorInfo associated with the errMessage constant.

<Contact>: Contact variable

Name of the Contact variable corresponding to the contact for which the modified information must be updated.

Modifying the current contact in the list of contacts on the device (Android 2.0 and later, iPhone ou iPad, Universal Windows) Hide the details

<Result> = ContactModify(<Contact>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the modification was performed,
False otherwise. To find out the error details, use ErrorInfo associated with the errMessage constant.

<Contact>: Contact variable

Name of the Contact variable corresponding to the contact for which the modified information must be updated.

Versions 16 and later
this syntax is kept for backward compatibility.

New in version 16
this syntax is kept for backward compatibility.

this syntax is kept for backward compatibility.

Modifying the current contact in the list of contacts on the device (before Android 2.0, iPhone ou iPad, Universal Windows) Hide the details

<Result> = ContactModify(<Type of contact>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the modification was performed,
False otherwise. To know the error details, use ErrorInfo associated with the errMessage constant.

<Type of contact>: Integer constant

Type of contact to modify. By default, this parameter corresponds to the contactPhone constant.

Remarks

Principle of the modification by using the Contact structure

When reading a contact (with ContactRead, ContactFirst, ContactLast, ...), the data of this contact is updated in the Contact structure.

To modify the current contact, you must:

Modify the values of the Contact structure.
Validate the modifications with ContactModify.

Versions 16 and later

Remarks

To display the window for contact creation of the native application for managing the device contacts, use ContactCreate.
Syntax that is using the Contact structure (before Android 2.0): Only the following members of the Contact structure will be taken into account when modifying the contact:
- mContact.Name
  The name of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.Name and mContact.FirstName members.
- mContact.FirstName
  The name of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.Name and mContact.FirstName members.
- mContact.Notes
- mContact.HomeAddress
  The home address of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.HomeAddress, mContact.HomeCity, mContact.HomeZip, mContact.HomeState and mContact.HomeCountry members.
- mContact.HomeCity
- mContact.HomeZipCode
- mContact.HomeState
- mContact.HomeCountry
- mContact.HomePhone
- mContact.HomeFax
- mContact.MobilePhone
- mContact.Company
- mContact.Department
- mContact.OfficeAddress
  The business address of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.OfficeAddress, mContact.OfficeCity, mContact.OfficeZip, mContact.OfficeState and mContact.OfficeCountry members.
- mContact.OfficeCity
- mContact.OfficeZipCode
- mContact.OfficeState
- mContact.OfficeCountry
- mContact.OfficePhone
- mContact.OfficeFax
- mContact.OfficeMobilePhone
- mContact.OfficePager
- mContact.Email

New in version 16

Remarks

To display the window for contact creation of the native application for managing the device contacts, use ContactCreate.
Syntax that is using the Contact structure (before Android 2.0): Only the following members of the Contact structure will be taken into account when modifying the contact:
- mContact.Name
  The name of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.Name and mContact.FirstName members.
- mContact.FirstName
  The name of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.Name and mContact.FirstName members.
- mContact.Notes
- mContact.HomeAddress
  The home address of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.HomeAddress, mContact.HomeCity, mContact.HomeZip, mContact.HomeState and mContact.HomeCountry members.
- mContact.HomeCity
- mContact.HomeZipCode
- mContact.HomeState
- mContact.HomeCountry
- mContact.HomePhone
- mContact.HomeFax
- mContact.MobilePhone
- mContact.Company
- mContact.Department
- mContact.OfficeAddress
  The business address of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.OfficeAddress, mContact.OfficeCity, mContact.OfficeZip, mContact.OfficeState and mContact.OfficeCountry members.
- mContact.OfficeCity
- mContact.OfficeZipCode
- mContact.OfficeState
- mContact.OfficeCountry
- mContact.OfficePhone
- mContact.OfficeFax
- mContact.OfficeMobilePhone
- mContact.OfficePager
- mContact.Email

Remarks

To display the window for contact creation of the native application for managing the device contacts, use ContactCreate.
Syntax that is using the Contact structure (before Android 2.0): Only the following members of the Contact structure will be taken into account when modifying the contact:
- mContact.Name
  The name of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.Name and mContact.FirstName members.
- mContact.FirstName
  The name of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.Name and mContact.FirstName members.
- mContact.Notes
- mContact.HomeAddress
  The home address of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.HomeAddress, mContact.HomeCity, mContact.HomeZip, mContact.HomeState and mContact.HomeCountry members.
- mContact.HomeCity
- mContact.HomeZipCode
- mContact.HomeState
- mContact.HomeCountry
- mContact.HomePhone
- mContact.HomeFax
- mContact.MobilePhone
- mContact.Company
- mContact.Department
- mContact.OfficeAddress
  The business address of the contact on the device will be built from the mContact.OfficeAddress, mContact.OfficeCity, mContact.OfficeZip, mContact.OfficeState and mContact.OfficeCountry members.
- mContact.OfficeCity
- mContact.OfficeZipCode
- mContact.OfficeState
- mContact.OfficeCountry
- mContact.OfficePhone
- mContact.OfficeFax
- mContact.OfficeMobilePhone
- mContact.OfficePager
- mContact.Email

Versions 22 and later

Required application feature

The use of this function triggers the declaration of an application feature in the wizard for generating the application.

Required feature: Contacts

This feature allows the applications to access the contacts.

New in version 22

Required application feature

The use of this function triggers the declaration of an application feature in the wizard for generating the application.

Required feature: Contacts

This feature allows the applications to access the contacts.

Required application feature

The use of this function triggers the declaration of an application feature in the wizard for generating the application.

Required feature: Contacts

This feature allows the applications to access the contacts.

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