Hi Mark,

you're free to choose, of course, but the general opinion is that the table->field syntax is somewhat outdated. Most programmers prefer the newer table.field syntax. Personally I only use the aa->bb "syntax" to indicate a menu->submenu cpnstruct.

>would this do? you wil have to modify the code slightly
>

>CREATE CURSOR emaillist ;
> (Firstname C(30), Lastname C(30), email C(30))
>
>
>#define olFolderContacts 10
>
>outlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
>namesp = outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
>folder = namesp.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
>contacts = folder.Items
>cnt = contacts.Count
>
>SELECT 0
>SELECT emaillist
>
>For i = 1 To cnt
>	contact = contacts.Item(i)
>	
>	IF contact->FirstName = ' ' OR contact->LastName = ' ' OR contact->Email1Address = ' '
>		* do nothing
>	ELSE
>		APPEND BLANK
>		REPLACE Firstname WITH contact->FirstName
>		REPLACE Lastname WITH contact->LastName
>		REPLACE email WITH contact->Email1Address
>	ENDIF
>	****? contact->FirstName, contact->LastName, contact->Email1Address
>Next i
>
>BROWSE TITLE 'Contact list'
>outlook.Quit()
>

>~M
>
>>How can I call the outlook phonebook and get the email address ?
>>thanks a lot