Update contact

The following example shows you how to update 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
            {
                IsEqualTo restriction = new IsEqualTo(ContactPropertyPath.Email1Address, "john@mydomain.com");

                FindItemResponse response = service.FindItem(StandardFolder.Contacts, restriction);

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

                        Property businessPhoneProperty = new Property(ContactPropertyPath.BusinessPhone, "555-666-777");

                        itemId = service.UpdateItem(itemId, businessPhoneProperty);
                    }
                }
            }
            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 restriction As New IsEqualTo(ContactPropertyPath.Email1Address, "john@mydomain.com")

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

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

                    If TypeOf response.Items(i) Is Contact Then

                        Dim itemId As ItemId = response.Items(i).ItemId

                        Dim businessPhoneProperty As New [Property](ContactPropertyPath.BusinessPhone, "555-666-777")

                        itemId = service.UpdateItem(itemId, businessPhoneProperty)

                    End If
                Next

            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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