Find contacts by custom property

The following example shows you how to find contacts by custom property.

C# example

using System;
using System.Net;
using Independentsoft.Exchange;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            NetworkCredential credential = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
            Service service = new Service("https://myserver/ews/Exchange.asmx", credential);

            try
            {
                PropertyName myPropertyName = new PropertyName("myfield1", StandardPropertySet.PublicStrings, MapiPropertyType.String);
                IsEqualTo restriction = new IsEqualTo(myPropertyName, "test");
                
                FindItemResponse response = service.FindItem(StandardFolder.Contacts, ContactPropertyPath.AllPropertyPaths, restriction);

                for (int i = 0; i < response.Items.Count; i++)
                {
                    if (response.Items[i] is Contact)
                    {
                        Contact contact = (Contact)response.Items[i];

                        Console.WriteLine("GivenName = " + contact.GivenName);
                        Console.WriteLine("Surname = " + contact.Surname);
                        Console.WriteLine("CompanyName = " + contact.CompanyName);
                        Console.WriteLine("BusinessAddress = " + contact.BusinessAddress);
                        Console.WriteLine("BusinessPhone = " + contact.BusinessPhone);
                        Console.WriteLine("Email1DisplayName = " + contact.Email1DisplayName);
                        Console.WriteLine("Email1Address = " + contact.Email1Address);
                        Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------------");
                    }
                }

                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (ServiceRequestException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.XmlMessage);
                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports Independentsoft.Exchange

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Dim credential As New NetworkCredential("username", "password")
            Dim service As New Service("https://myserver/ews/Exchange.asmx", credential)

            Try

                Dim myPropertyName As New PropertyName("myfield1", StandardPropertySet.PublicStrings, MapiPropertyType.String)
                Dim restriction As New IsEqualTo(myPropertyName, "test")

                Dim response As FindItemResponse = service.FindItem(StandardFolder.Contacts, ContactPropertyPath.AllPropertyPaths, restriction)

                For i As Integer = 0 To response.Items.Count - 1

                    If TypeOf response.Items(i) Is Contact Then

                        Dim contact As Contact = DirectCast(response.Items(i), Contact)

                        Console.WriteLine("GivenName = " + contact.GivenName)
                        Console.WriteLine("Surname = " + contact.Surname)
                        Console.WriteLine("CompanyName = " + contact.CompanyName)
                        Console.WriteLine("BusinessAddress = " + contact.BusinessAddress)
                        Console.WriteLine("BusinessPhone = " + contact.BusinessPhone)
                        Console.WriteLine("Email1DisplayName = " + contact.Email1DisplayName)
                        Console.WriteLine("Email1Address = " + contact.Email1Address)
                        Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------------")
                    End If
                Next

                Console.Read()

            Catch ex As ServiceRequestException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.XmlMessage)
                Console.Read()
            Catch ex As WebException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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