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Addressbook.addRecord

Adds an person or group record to the Address Book database.

Deprecated

This function was deprecated. Use Contacts functions instead.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
RecordID	The unique ID for the target person or group.	$personID

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

Examples

Create person and save changes:

$personID = MBS( "Addressbook.NewPerson" )
$r = MBS( "Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty"; $personID; "FirstNameProperty"; "John" )
$r = MBS( "Addressbook.addRecord"; $personID )
$r = MBS( "Addressbook.save" )

Add a new person to addressbook.

# Fields to variables
#
Set Variable [$vn; Value:Adressen::Extra]
Set Variable [$nn; Value:Adressen::Nachname]
Set Variable [$org; Value:Adressen::Name]
Set Variable [$str; Value:Adressen::Straße]
Set Variable [$land; Value:Adressen::Land]
Set Variable [$plz; Value:Adressen::PLZ]
Set Variable [$ort; Value:Adressen::Stadt]
Set Variable [$email; Value:Adressen::EMail]
Set Variable [$tel; Value:Adressen::Tel]
Set Variable [$mob; Value:Adressen::Mobil]
#
# Create new person
#
Set Variable [$personID; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.NewPerson" )]
# Add first name
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty"; $personID; "FirstNameProperty"; $vn )]
# Add last name
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty"; $personID; "LastNameProperty"; $nn )]
# Organization
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty"; $personID; "OrganizationProperty"; $org )]
# Add one address
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.New"; 1 )
Set Variable [$id; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.addAddress"; $str; $plz; $ort; $land; ""; "" )]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.setPrimaryIdentifier"; $id )]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty"; $personID; "AddressProperty"; "multivalue" )]
# add an email
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.New")
Set Variable [$id; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.addValue"; $email; "EmailWorkLabel" )]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.setPrimaryIdentifier"; $id )]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty"; $personID; "EmailProperty"; "multivalue" )]
# Add phone numbers
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.New"]
Set Variable [$tel_id; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.addValue"; $tel; "PhoneWorkLabel" )]
Set Variable [$mob_id; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.addValue"; $mob; "PhoneMobileLabel" )]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.multivalue.setPrimaryIdentifier"; $mob_id )]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty"; $personID; "PhoneProperty"; "multivalue" )]
#
# Save record
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.addRecord"; $personID )]
Set Variable [$result; Value:MBS ( "Addressbook.save" )]

See also

• Addressbook.multivalue.addAddress
• Addressbook.multivalue.addValue
• Addressbook.multivalue.New
• Addressbook.multivalue.setPrimaryIdentifier
• Addressbook.NewGroup
• Addressbook.NewPerson
• Addressbook.record.SetValueForProperty
• Addressbook.record.UniqueID
• Addressbook.removeRecord
• Addressbook.save

Example Databases

• Mac and iOS/Addressbook/Addressbook

Blog Entries

• Filemaker and the Mac OS X Addressbook

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 24th September 2019

Addressbook.Record.Account   -   Addressbook.allAccounts

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