Create contact

The following example shows you how to create a contact.

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
            {
                Contact contact = new Contact();
                contact.GivenName = "John";
                contact.Surname = "Smith";
                contact.FileAsMapping = FileAsMapping.LastSpaceFirst;
                contact.CompanyName = "Independentsoft";
                contact.BusinessPhone = "555-666-777";
                contact.Email1Address = "john@independentsoft.de";
                contact.Email1DisplayName = "John Smith";
                contact.Email1DisplayAs = "John Smith";
                contact.Email1Type = "SMTP";

                ItemId itemId = service.CreateItem(contact);
            }
            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 contact As New Contact()
                contact.GivenName = "John"
                contact.Surname = "Smith"
                contact.FileAsMapping = FileAsMapping.LastSpaceFirst
                contact.CompanyName = "Independentsoft"
                contact.BusinessPhone = "555-666-777"
                contact.Email1Address = "john@independentsoft.de"
                contact.Email1DisplayName = "John Smith"
                contact.Email1DisplayAs = "John Smith"
                contact.Email1Type = "SMTP"

                Dim itemId As ItemId = service.CreateItem(contact)

            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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