Represents a Contact item in the Contact collection. Contacts represent information records on friends, colleagues, acquaintances, or even a company. They can be used for a variety of purposes (for example, addressing mail, e-mail, and text messages). A sizable Contact collection containing richly populated Contact items, is an enormously powerful database.

The following tables list the members exposed by the Contact type.

Public Properties

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	Name	Description
	AccountName	Gets or sets the Contact's account name. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Anniversary	Gets or sets the Contact's wedding anniversary date. The date must fall between 1/1/1900 and 12/31/2999 inclusive.
	AssistantName	Gets or sets the name of Contact's assistant. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	AssistantTelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's assistant's telephone number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Birthday	Gets or sets the Contact's birthdate. The birthdate must fall between 1/1/1900 and 12/31/2999 inclusive.
	Body	Gets or sets the text notes for the Contact. Maximum size is 60 KB.
	Business2TelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's second business telephone number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	BusinessAddressCity	Gets or sets the city name in the Contact's business address.
	BusinessAddressCountry	Gets or sets the country/region name in the Contact's business address.
	BusinessAddressPostalCode	Gets or sets the postal code in the Contact's business address.
	BusinessAddressState	Gets or sets the state name in the Contact's business address.
	BusinessAddressStreet	Gets or sets the street name in the Contact's business address.
	BusinessFaxNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's business fax number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	BusinessTelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's business telephone. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	CarTelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's car telephone number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Categories	Gets or sets the categories for Contact. Maximum length is 1023 characters. Categories are comma delimenated.
	Children	Gets or sets the names of Contact's children. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	CompanyName	Gets or sets the Contact's company name. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	CompanyTelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's company telephone number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	CustomerId	Gets or sets the Contact's customer ID. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Department	Gets or sets the Contact's department name. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Email1Address	Gets or sets the Contact's e-mail address. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Email2Address	Gets or sets the Contact's second e-mail address. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Email3Address	Gets or sets the Contact's third e-mail address. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	FileAs	Gets or sets the filing string for the Contact. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	FirstName	Gets or sets the Contact's first name. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	GovernmentId	Gets or sets the Contact's government ID. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Home2TelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's second home telephone number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	HomeAddressCity	Gets or sets the city name in the Contact's home address.
	HomeAddressCountry	Gets or sets the country/region name in the Contact's home address.
	HomeAddressPostalCode	Gets or sets the postal code in the Contact's home address.
	HomeAddressState	Gets or sets the state name in the Contact's home address.
	HomeAddressStreet	Gets or sets the street name in the Contact's home address.
	HomeFaxNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's home fax number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	HomeTelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's home telephone number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	IM1Address	Gets or sets the Contact's first IM address. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	IM2Address	Gets or sets the Contact's second IM address. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	IM3Address	Gets or sets the Contact's third IM address. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	ItemId	Gets the PIM item’s ID. (inherited from PimItem)
	JobTitle	Gets or sets the Contact's job title. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	LastName	Gets or sets the Contact's last name. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Manager	Gets or sets the Contact's manager's name. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	MiddleName	Gets or sets the Contact's middle name. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	MobileTelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's mobile telephone number. Maximum length is 1023 characters. This property also represents the SMS address.
	Nickname	gets or sets the Contact's nickname. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	OfficeLocation	Gets or sets the Contact's office location. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	OtherAddressCity	Gets or sets the city name in the Contact's other address.
	OtherAddressCountry	Gets or sets the country/region name in the Contact's other address.
	OtherAddressPostalCode	Gets or sets the postal code in the Contact's other address.
	OtherAddressState	Gets or sets the state name in the Contact's other address.
	OtherAddressStreet	Gets or sets the street name in the Contact's other address.
	PagerNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's pager number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Picture	Gets the Contact's picture.
	Properties	Gets the PimPropertySet. This object is used for creating custom PIM item properties. (inherited from PimItem)
	RadioTelephoneNumber	Gets or sets the Contact's radio telephone number. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	RingTone	Gets or sets the custom ring tone for the Contact. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Spouse	Gets or sets the Contact's spouse's name. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Suffix	Gets or sets the Contact's name suffix. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	Title	Gets or sets the Contact's title. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	WebPage	Gets or sets the address of the Contact's web page. Maximum length is 1023 characters.
	YomiCompanyName	Gets or sets the Contact's company name rendered in the Japanese Yomigana phonetic system. Maximum length is 1023 characters. Attempting to get or set this property on non-Japanese products causes an exception.
	YomiFirstName	Gets or sets the Contact's first name rendered in the Japanese Yomigana phonetic system. Maximum length is 1023 characters. Attempting to get or set this property on non-Japanese products causes an exception.
	YomiLastName	Gets or sets the Contact's last name rendered in the Japanese Yomigana phonetic system. Maximum length is 1023 characters. Attempting to get or set this property on non-Japanese products causes an exception.

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Public Methods

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(see also Protected Methods )

	Name	Description
	Copy	Creates a copy of a Contact item.
	CreateObjRef	(inherited from MarshalByRefObject )
	Delete	Overloaded.
	Equals	Overloaded. (inherited from Object )
	GetHashCode	(inherited from Object )
	GetLifetimeService	(inherited from MarshalByRefObject )
	GetType	(inherited from Object )
	InitializeLifetimeService	(inherited from MarshalByRefObject )
	ReferenceEquals	(inherited from Object )
	SetPicture	Sets the Contact's picture.
	ShowDialog	Opens the PIM item’s standard summary card. (inherited from PimItem)
	ToString	Overridden. Gets the Contact's display name.
	Update	Overridden. Saves the changes made to a Contact item by updating its enty in the Contact collection.

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Protected Methods

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	Name	Description
	Delete	Overloaded. (inherited from PimItem )
	Finalize	The PimItem class destructor. (inherited from PimItem)
	MemberwiseClone	(inherited from Object )

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Public Events

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	Name	Description
	AccountNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's account name changes.
	AnniversaryChanged	Occurs when the Contact's anniversary changes.
	AssistantNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's assistant's name changes.
	AssistantTelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's assistant telephone number changes.
	BirthdayChanged	Occurs when the Contact's birthday changes.
	BodyChanged	Occurs when the Contact's note text changes.
	Business2TelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's second business telepone number changes.
	BusinessAddressCityChanged	Occurs when the Contact's business address city name changes.
	BusinessAddressCountryChanged	Occurs when the Contact's business address country/region name changes.
	BusinessAddressPostalCodeChanged	Occurs when the Contact's business address postal code changes.
	BusinessAddressStateChanged	Occurs when the Contact's business address state name changes.
	BusinessAddressStreetChanged	Occurs when the Contact's business address street name changes.
	BusinessFaxNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's business fax number changes.
	BusinessTelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's business telephone number changes.
	CarTelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's car telephone number changes.
	CategoriesChanged	Occurs when the Contact's categories change.
	ChildrenChanged	Occurs when the Contact's children's names change.
	CompanyNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's company name changes.
	CompanyTelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's company phone number changes.
	CustomerIdChanged	Occurs when the Contact's customer ID changes.
	DepartmentChanged	Occurs when the Contact's department changes.
	Email1AddressChanged	Occurs when the Contact's e-mail address changes.
	Email2AddressChanged	Occurs when the Contact's second e-mail address changes.
	Email3AddressChanged	Occurs when the Contact's third e-mail address changes.
	FileAsChanged	Occurs when the Contact's FileAs name changes.
	FirstNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's first name changes.
	GovernmentIdChanged	Occurs when the Contact's government ID changes.
	Home2TelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's second home telephone number changes.
	HomeAddressCityChanged	Occurs when the Contact's home address city name changes.
	HomeAddressCountryChanged	Occurs when the Contact's home address country/region name changes.
	HomeAddressPostalCodeChanged	Occurs when the Contact's home address postal code changes.
	HomeAddressStateChanged	Occurs when the Contact's home address state name changes.
	HomeAddressStreetChanged	Occurs when the Contact's home address street name changes.
	HomeFaxNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's home fax number changes.
	HomeTelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's home telephone number changes.
	IM1AddressChanged	Occurs when the Contact's IM address changes.
	IM2AddressChanged	Occurs when the Contact's second IM address changes.
	IM3AddressChanged	Occurs when the Contact's third IM address changes.
	JobTitleChanged	Occurs when the Contact's job title changes.
	LastNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's last name changes.
	ManagerChanged	Occurs when the Contact's manager's name changes.
	MiddleNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's middle name changes.
	MobileTelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's mobile telephone number changes.
	NicknameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's nick name changes.
	OfficeLocationChanged	Occurs when the Contact's office location changes.
	OtherAddressCityChanged	Occurs when the Contact's other address city name changes.
	OtherAddressCountryChanged	Occurs when the Contact's other address country/region name changes.
	OtherAddressPostalCodeChanged	Occurs when the Contact's other address postal code changes.
	OtherAddressStateChanged	Occurs when the Contact's other address state name changes.
	OtherAddressStreetChanged	Occurs when the Contact's other address street name changes.
	PagerNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's pager number changes.
	PictureChanged	Occurs when the Contact's picture changes.
	RadioTelephoneNumberChanged	Occurs when the Contact's radio telephone number changes.
	RingToneChanged	Occurs when the Contact's ring tone changes.
	SpouseChanged	Occurs when the Contact's spouse's name changes.
	SuffixChanged	Occurs when the Contact's suffix changes.
	TitleChanged	Occurs when the Contact's title changes.
	WebPageChanged	Occurs when the Contact's web page address changes.
	YomiCompanyNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's Japanese phonetic Yomigana rendering of the company name changes.
	YomiFirstNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's Japanese phonetic Yomigana rendering of the first name changes.
	YomiLastNameChanged	Occurs when the Contact's Japanese phonetic Yomigana rendering of the last name changes.

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