Read contact

The following example shows you how to open an existing file and display some of contact's properties.

C++ example

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "independentsoft/msg/message.hpp"

using namespace independentsoft::msg;

int main()
{
    Message contact("c:/temp/contact.msg");

    auto str = [](const opt_text& s) -> std::string {
        if (!s) return {};
        std::string r;
        for (char16_t c : *s) r += static_cast<char>(c);
        return r;
    };

    std::cout << "Subject: " << str(contact.subject()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "DisplayNamePrefix: " << str(contact.display_name_prefix()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "DisplayName: " << str(contact.display_name()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "GivenName: " << str(contact.given_name()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "MiddleName: " << str(contact.middle_name()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "Surname: " << str(contact.surname()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "CompanyName: " << str(contact.company_name()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "Title: " << str(contact.title()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "Email1DisplayName: " << str(contact.email1_display_name()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "Email1DisplayAs: " << str(contact.email1_display_as()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "Email1Address: " << str(contact.email1_address()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "BusinessPhone: " << str(contact.business_phone()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "CellularPhone: " << str(contact.cellular_phone()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "BusinessAddress: " << str(contact.business_address()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "BusinessAddressStreet: " << str(contact.business_address_street()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "BusinessAddressPostalCode: " << str(contact.business_address_postal_code()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "BusinessAddressCity: " << str(contact.business_address_city()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "BusinessAddressState: " << str(contact.business_address_state()) << "\n";
    std::cout << "BusinessAddressCountry: " << str(contact.business_address_country()) << "\n";
    return 0;
}

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