[maemo-developers] Accessing contacts via d-bus

[From: Tatu Lahtela]

I initially tried to use the maemo-examples and the example_abook as a base
but the headers don't compile with c++:


In file included from
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-tree-model.h:18,
                 from
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-account-model.h:13,
                 from
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook.h:16,
                 from ContactSearch.cpp:15:
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-caps.h: In
function `OssoABookCapsFlags
osso_abook_caps_from_account_type(OssoABookAccountTypeFlags)':
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-caps.h:76: error:
invalid conversion from `int' to `OssoABookCapsFlags'
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-caps.h:77: error:
invalid conversion from `int' to `OssoABookCapsFlags'
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-caps.h:79: error:
invalid conversion from `int' to `OssoABookCapsFlags'
In file included from
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook.h:30,
                 from ContactSearch.cpp:15:
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-contact-editor.h:
At global scope:
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-contact-editor.h:81:
error: expected `,' or `...' before "new"
In file included from
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook.h:32,
                 from ContactSearch.cpp:15:
/usr/include/osso-addressbook-1.0/libosso-abook/osso-abook-contact.h:31:
error: expected `,' or `...' before "new"




On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Tatu Lahtela <lahtela at iki.fi> wrote:

> Yes I'm doing QT. I initially tried to use the c apis but I had some
> troubles compiling/using them. Maybe that gconf example will help, but If
> know any app that uses e-book (preferrably a c++ app) that I could look at,
> that would be great.
>
> -Tatu
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Antonio Aloisio <antonio.aloisio at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I don't know if a D-Bus API exists or it it is public, but you could use
>> the C API as Fred told before.
>> In case you are using Qt, you have to use QLibrary [1] as we have done
>> with GConf [2].
>>
>> BR,
>> Antonio
>>
>> [1] http://doc.qtsoftware.com/4.5/qlibrary.html
>> [2]
>> http://qt.gitorious.org/+qt-maemo-developers/qt/qt-maemo/trees/maemo-internet-connectivity/src/network/maemo
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Fred <Fred at lefevere-laoide.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Contact-infos does access contact but not via DBus (via libebook API if
>>> I remember correctly) !
>>> It then offers a DBus interface to allow users to choose the contact
>>> they want via a dialog.
>>>
>>> ContactInfos can access built-in contact or GPE contacts ...
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>>
>>> Tatu Lahtela a écrit :
>>> > Hi,
>>> > Are there any examples on how I can access the addressbook via d-bus?
>>> By
>>> > looking at the dbus-monitor logs I seet that interfaces such as
>>> > org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.AddressBook are used, but I've had no
>>> > luck getting anything out of them.
>>> >
>>> > If anyone has done it, a short example with e.g. dbus-send or code
>>> would
>>> > be really appreciated on how I can e.g. get a list of my contacts.
>>> >
>>> > cheers,
>>> > --
>>> > Tatu Lahtela <lahtela at iki.fi <mailto:lahtela at iki.fi>>
>>> >
>>> >
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>
>
>
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> Tatu Lahtela <lahtela at iki.fi>
>



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