How to: Programmatically add an entry to Outlook contacts

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac

This example creates a new contact and enters data into the new contact.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to VSTO Add-in projects for Outlook. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.

Example

Private Sub AddContact()
    Dim newContact As Outlook.ContactItem = Me.Application.CreateItem(Outlook. _
        OlItemType.olContactItem)
    Try
        With newContact
            .FirstName = "Jo"
            .LastName = "Berry"
            .Email1Address = "somebody@example.com"
            .CustomerID = "123456"
            .PrimaryTelephoneNumber = "(425)555-0111"
            .MailingAddressStreet = "123 Main St."
            .MailingAddressCity = "Redmond"
            .MailingAddressState = "WA"
            .Save()
            .Display(True)
        End With
    Catch
        MsgBox("The new contact was not saved.")
    End Try
End Sub

private void AddContact()
{
    Outlook.ContactItem newContact = (Outlook.ContactItem)
        this.Application.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olContactItem);
    try
    {
        newContact.FirstName = "Jo";
        newContact.LastName = "Berry";
        newContact.Email1Address = "somebody@example.com";
        newContact.CustomerID = "123456";
        newContact.PrimaryTelephoneNumber = "(425)555-0111";
        newContact.MailingAddressStreet = "123 Main St.";
        newContact.MailingAddressCity = "Redmond";
        newContact.MailingAddressState = "WA";
        newContact.Save();
        newContact.Display(true);
    }
    catch
    {
        MessageBox.Show("The new contact was not saved.");
    }
}

See also

• Work with contact items
• How to: Programmatically create appointments
• How to: Programmatically access Outlook contacts
• How to: Programmatically search for an email address in contacts