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Overview

Outlook Contacts is bound to be one of the most popular applications among the Windows Mobile device users. Even though the built-in Outlook Contacts provided by Microsoft suffices the average user, enterprise users often require integration with the business applications they use on everyday basis, and in many cases they need to customize it to make the Contacts application better suit their business needs.

Resco MobileContacts DevKit is a C# .NET sample project demonstrating how to integrate Outlook Contacts into your mobile applications. Since the MobileContacts DevKit is provided with Source code there is possibility to do also significant customizations.

Same Look and Behavior

The sample application’s main form shows a list of all contacts, allowing you to filter data the same way as the built-in one does. The contact list is implemented using the Resco AdvancedList .NET control, which handles all the necessary functionality.

Tapping a contact shows the contact detail form. This form displays all contact information such as the name, the telephone numbers, the addresses, etc., doing so the same way as the built-in Contacts. Moreover, the entire form again uses only the AdvancedList .NET, which fills the entire content of the form. Tapping any of the displayed information invokes a related action such as Make a Call, Compose an Email, or Edit contact data.

Another form provides for data editing. It uses the Resco DetailView .NET control allowing the user to edit contact data in TextBox items. For more complex items, such as the name or the address, another DetailView is displayed in front of the main one allowing the user to edit item details. This makes the form look and behave the same as the built-in Contacts.

Thanks to advanced controls designed specifically for mobile devices, the application runs seamlessly in portrait as well as in landscape mode, while this functionality is implemented through just two lines of code.