Export to AddressBook with marked Company checkbox

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#1

Can’t seem to figure out the X-ABShowAs function in Apple AddressBook.
In AddressBook you can click the checkbox ‘Company’ making the card show the company name. When creating a vCard from AB this is shown as ‘X-ABShowAs:COMPANY’.

With a applescript I am exporting from FileMaker but how can I set the card automaticallly with the Company checkbox?

I get Access not Allowed when i try to add the X-ABShowAs with applescript.
Does anyone have experience with this particular function?

Would be great to hear it, thanks.

#2

Hi,

The person element in Address Book (Address Book dictionary> Address Book Script Suite> Person) has the property company. This is a boolean (true/false). If you want an Address Book record to be a company set this to true when you are setting up the record.

Best wishes

John M

#3

That’s Great!
Thanks for the tip.

Perhaps you also know how to use the image property from FileMaker to AB? I seem to be getting a class error with it.
Can only tiff images be used?

Can I add extra properties? Because I have more fields in FM the there are properties in AddressBook.

All the best…

#4

I don’t know about picture files in Address Book as I don’t use them.

I’m not sure what you mean by this. You can have multiple phone numbers/email addresses/postal addresses and there is the notes field.

John M

#5

Was hoping that there would be a blank property with a type label. Like ‘make new item’ so I can use my other fields like banknumber.
When exporting a vCard you get item1: with a label. So I was wondering if it would be possible to use something like this for importing.

Guess I need to use the email or url properties to add other information.
It’s a pitty because when I update the card I need to clear all the url or email lines.

Thanks for your time again.