ABAddressBookMBS.kABPrefixMatchCaseInsensitive = 10
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the search comparison modes.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABRelatedNamesProperty = "ABRelatedNames"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: names related to this person - kABMultiStringProperty
Notes: This property is used for persons only.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABShowAsCompany = 1
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the flags constants for the integer value stored in the properrty kABPersonFlags.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABShowAsMask = 7
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the flags constants for the integer value stored in the properrty kABPersonFlags.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABShowAsPerson = 0
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the flags constants for the integer value stored in the properrty kABPersonFlags.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABSisterLabel = "_$!!$_"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, !$_"">Feedback.

Function: One of the labels for the related names.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABSpouseLabel = "_$!!$_"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, !$_"">Feedback.

Function: One of the labels for the related names.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABSuffixMatch = 15
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the search comparison modes.
Notes: Supported in Mac OS X 10.4 and newer versions.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABSuffixMatchCaseInsensitive = 16
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the search comparison modes.
Notes: Supported in Mac OS X 10.4 and newer versions.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABSuffixProperty = "Suffix"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: The name suffix - kABStringProperty
Notes:
e.g. "Sr." "Jr." "III"
This property is used for persons only.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABTitleProperty = "Title"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: the title of the person - kABStringProperty
Notes:
e.g. "Sir" "Duke" "General" "Lord"
This property is used for persons only.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABUIDProperty = "UID"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: The UID property - kABStringProperty
Notes: A property for all records.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABURLsProperty = "URLs"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: URLs - kABMultiStringProperty
Notes: This property is used for persons only.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABWithinIntervalAroundToday = 17
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the search comparison modes.
Notes: Supported in Mac OS X 10.4 and newer versions.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABWithinIntervalAroundTodayYearless = 18
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the search comparison modes.
Notes: Supported in Mac OS X 10.4 and newer versions.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABWithinIntervalFromToday = 21
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the search comparison modes.
Notes: Supported in Mac OS X 10.4 and newer versions.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABWithinIntervalFromTodayYearless = 22
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: One of the search comparison modes.
Notes: Supported in Mac OS X 10.4 and newer versions.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABWorkLabel = "_$!!$_"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, !$_"">Feedback.

Function: A generic label.
Notes: All kABXXXXWorkLabel are equivalent to this label

ABAddressBookMBS.kABYahooHomeLabel = "_$!!$_"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, !$_"">Feedback.

Function: A label for the home yahoo Instant Messaging account.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABYahooInstantProperty = "YahooInstant"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Yahoo Instant Messaging - kABMultiStringProperty
Notes: This property is used for persons only.

ABAddressBookMBS.kABYahooWorkLabel = "_$!!$_"
const, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, !$_"">Feedback.

Function: A label for the work yahoo Instant Messaging account.

ABAddressBookMBS.LocalizedPropertyOrLabel(propertyOrLabel as string) as string
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Returns the localized version of built in properties, labels or keys
Notes: Returns propertyOrLabel if not found (e.g. if not built in).

ABAddressBookMBS.NewPersonWithVCardRepresentation(data as string) as ABPersonMBS
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Create a person from a vCard.
Notes:
Returns nil on failure.
Convenience function which cen be used instead of the ABPersonMBS constructor.

ABAddressBookMBS.owner as ABPersonMBS
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Returns the person that represents the user.
Notes:
Returns nil if "me" was never set.
(function is not named me as me is a reserved word in Realbasic)

ABAddressBookMBS.people as ABPersonArrayMBS
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Returns an array of all the people in the AddressBook database
Notes:
Returns an empty array in case the DB doesn't contain any body.
Returns nil on any error.

ABAddressBookMBS.recordClassFromUniqueId(uniqueid as string) as string
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Given a record uniqueId returns the record class name.
Notes: Return "ABPerson" or "ABGroup" or "" for a given uniqueid.

ABAddressBookMBS.recordForUniqueId(uniqueid as string) as ABRecordMBS
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Returns a record (ABPerson or ABGroup) matching a given unique ID.
Notes:
Returns nil if the record could not be found.
Available in Mac OS X 10.3.

ABAddressBookMBS.recordsMatchingSearchElement(search as ABSearchElementMBS) as ABRecordArrayMBS
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Returns an array of records matching the given search element
Notes:
Returns an empty array if no matches.
Returns nil on any error.

ABAddressBookMBS.removeRecord(record as ABRecordMBS) as boolean
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Removes a record (ABPerson or ABGroup) from the AddressBook Database
Notes: Returns true if the removal was successful.

ABAddressBookMBS.save as boolean
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Saves changes made since the last save.
Notes: Return true if successful (or there was no change).

ABAddressBookMBS.save(byref error as NSErrorMBS) as boolean
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.7, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Saves changes made since the last save.
Notes:
Return true if successful (or there was no change).
On Mac OS X 10.5 the error object is returned. On Mac OS X 10.4 this error property is nil and you only can use the result.

ABAddressBookMBS.searchElementForConjunction(conjunction as integer, children() as ABSearchElementMBS) as ABSearchElementMBS
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Creates a search element combining several sub search elements.
Notes: Convenience function which can be used instead of ABSearchElementMBS.searchElementForConjunction.

ABAddressBookMBS.searchElementForGroupProperty(PropertyName as string, Label as string, Key as string, value as variant, comparison as integer) as ABSearchElementMBS
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Returns a search element that will search groups.
Notes: Convenience function to be used instead of the searchElementForProperty method in the ABGroupMBS class.

ABAddressBookMBS.searchElementForPersonProperty(PropertyName as string, Label as string, Key as string, value as variant, comparison as integer) as ABSearchElementMBS
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Returns a search element that will search people.
Notes: Convenience function to be used instead of the searchElementForProperty method in the ABPersonMBS class.

ABAddressBookMBS.setMe(moi as ABPersonMBS)
method, Addressbook, MBS Cocoa Plugin (ABAddressbook), class ABAddressBookMBS, Console safe, Plugin version: 7.1, Mac OS X: Works, Windows: Does nothing, Linux x86: Does nothing, Feedback.

Function: Sets "Me" to moi.
Notes: Pass nil to clear "Me".