How to access the HS Phone PhoneBook from VB.Net or C#

[mlucas]

Does anyone know how to access the HS Phone's PhoneBook from VB.Net or C#

In vbscript or classic asp pages, the reference to hsp is automatically created before the script or asp page is loaded.

In .NET you need to create the hs reference (hs = (Scheduler.hsapplication)Context.Items["Content"];)
Then, I believe create the hsp reference (var hsp = hs.GetHSPRef();)

I get the following error when trying to call GetHSPRef:

Type 'Scheduler.PhoneApp' in Assembly 'Scheduler, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' is not marked as serializable.

[Uncle Michael]

I've never had to do that. I just use functions like <String> = hsp.CIDName(1) or <String> = hsp.LastCallerInfo(1)
I've never tried to get info from the address book, but assume you'd need to retrieve the reference with ADRGet, then use that to read the ContactClass.
What is it that you want to do?

[ITguyHS]

For VB:

Use "Dim objContact As Scheduler.clsContact" to define the addressbook class.
Then use "objContact = hsp.ADRGet(I)" to retrieve the record for addressbook index I.

Unfortunately, HS doesn't provide an easy way to determine the index you need, so you'll have to read through all the entries, testing each one until you find what you're looking for!

You can find an example here:
https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/le...cript?t=172265

Look for the section of the script that starts with a comment of " *** Search the address book for a match".

Fred

[sparkman]

The address book is an XML file, so you should be able to use vb XML commands to get the data out.

[mlucas]

The address book is an XML file, so you should be able to use vb XML commands to get the data out.

I have tried that, but when Homeseer is stopped and started, the XML is reverted back to what ever was loaded. I assume there is code which writes the XML out when HS is shutting down.

Great idea though!

[mlucas]

I forgot to mention I'm trying to do this from an ASPX page in the html folder.

I got a little further, but this seems to load a new empty address box everytime it runs instead of the actual addresses from the xml file:


Scheduler.hsp hsp = new Scheduler.hsp();
hsp.gPhoneApp = new PhoneApp();

Scheduler.ClsPhoneData data = new ClsPhoneData();
data.Init(hsp.gPhoneApp);
data.LoadAddressBook();

[sparkman]

Are you just trying to display your address book?

Here's a script snippet I use to find specific entries in the address book:

    ​​​​​​​    ​​​​​​​    ​​​​​​​    Dim pContact As Scheduler.clsContact
                For i = 1 To hsp.ADRCount
                    pContact = hsp.ADRGet(i)
                    If Number = Trim(pContact.home_phone) or Number = Trim(pContact.home_phone_2) or Number = Trim(pContact.cell_phone) or Number = Trim(pContact.cell_phone_2) or Number = Trim(pContact.business_phone) or Number = Trim(pContact.business_phone_2) Then
                        If pContact.first <> "" Then
                            Name = pContact.first & " " & pContact.last
                        ElseIf pContact.company_name <> "" Then
                            Name = pContact.company_name
                        Else
                            Name = "Unknown"
                        End If
                    End If

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