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------- Additional comments from sphbec...@openoffice.org Wed Apr 14 04:07:27 +0000 2010 ------- >From what I can tell this isn't exactly a bug, more of a limitation coupled with a poorly worded description. According to the documentation the “Windows system address book” option is used to access the Outlook Express address book. The Vista version of Outlook Express does not include an address book (uses the Windows Contacts folder) and Windows 7 does not include Outlook Express at all. On versions of Windows through Windows XP the only PIM included was Outlook Express so this was logical. Now that Vista and higher systems truly have an independent system address book (the %userprofile%\Contacts folder) this is no longer logical and results in users thinking it is a bug. I suggest the following: 1.Rename “Windows system address book” feature to “Outlook Express address book” 2.Add error handling to detect the condition of Outlook Express' address book not being present on the system and prompt the user with a meaningful error message. 3.Add a few address book data source feature to utilize the Contacts folder on Vista and higher systems. NOTE: Microsoft now makes Windows Live Mail available as a free download mail client. It is the only free MS client available to Windows 7 users. Oddly it has its own address book and does not use the Contacts folder. Depending on how popular this client becomes it may be worth making available as a data source as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@dba.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@dba.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
