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POModifying Microsoft Outlook contacts from Python
 

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    <p>I have written a few Python tools in the past to extract data from my Outlook contacts. Now, I am trying to <em>modify</em> my Outlook Contacts. I am finding that my changes are being noted by Outlook, but they aren't sticking. I seem to be updating some cache, but not the real record.</p> <p>The code is straightforward.</p> <pre><code>import win32com.client import pywintypes o = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application") ns = o.GetNamespace("MAPI") profile = ns.Folders.Item("My Profile Name") contacts = profile.Folders.Item("Contacts") contact = contacts.Items[43] # Grab a random contact, for this example. print "About to overwrite ",contact.FirstName, contact.LastName contact.categories = 'Supplier' # Override the categories # Edit: I don't always do these last steps. ns = None o = None </code></pre> <p>At this point, I change over to Outlook, which is opened to the Detailed Address Cards view. </p> <p>I look at the contact summary (without opening it) and the category is unchanged (not refreshed?). </p> <p>I open the contact and its category HAS changed, <em>sometimes</em>. (Not sure of when, but it feels like it is cache related.) If it has changed, it prompts me to Save Changes when I close it which is odd, because I haven't changed anything in the Outlook UI.</p> <p>If I quit and restart Outlook, the changes are gone.</p> <p>I <em>suspect</em> I am failing to call <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc842181.aspx" rel="noreferrer">SaveChanges</a>, but I can't see which object supports it.</p> <p>So my question is:</p> <ul> <li>Should I be calling SaveChanges? If so, where is it?</li> <li>Am I making some other silly mistake, which is causing my data to be discarded?</li> </ul>
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