[maemo-developers] Accessing contacts via d-bus

[From: Tatu Lahtela]

Ok talking to my self now :)

Thanks Antonio, that QT library loading seemed to do the trick. I was able
to access the data with the libebook c api, that osso api wasn't required.




On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Tatu Lahtela <lahtela at iki.fi> wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
>> --
>> Tatu Lahtela <lahtela at iki.fi>
>>
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> Tatu Lahtela <lahtela at iki.fi>
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