Hi Szendrő,
On 10 January 2000 at 22:44:18 GMT +0100 (which was 21:44 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points:
Marck D. Pearlstone>> No, but that is because the premise is
Marck D. Pearlstone>> incorrect.
SI> Please correct me if I am wrong but as far as I know, the address book
SI> is the *source* repository for names.
Correct .. the *source*.
SI> It has a First Name field, a Last Name field, and a Display Name
SI> As field. So why is inserting the *wrong* part of the name a
SI> feature and not a bug?
Because the macro is referring to the name once it is in the
*destination*. In the destination - the address header - the first
name is the name which appears first in that field regardless of
address book settings.
Picture this: In a reply message, the address in the To field did
*not* come from your address book. Which is the first name then? How
should TB know the difference?
Marck D. Pearlstone>> Once the address is in the To: field, TB no
Marck D. Pearlstone>> longer has any reference to which address book
Marck D. Pearlstone>> entry it came from. It extracts the %TOFNAME as
Marck D. Pearlstone>> the sequence of characters preceding the first
Marck D. Pearlstone>> space in the RealName string part of the To:
Marck D. Pearlstone>> field.
SI> Then The Bat! could just as well provide a single field (RealName)
SI> for the entire name since it doesn't allow me to select the part
SI> that I want.
No - the name in the address book and the address in an e-mail header
are completely different and separate entities.
Marck D. Pearlstone>> TB is only doing that which it has been asked to do.
SI> No.
erm .. yes.
SI> If it offers a macro for first name and last name then it *should*
SI> use the proper fields of the address book to compose the name.
No. The macro is for the first name in an email address header. The
fields in the address book are no longer connected to the header once
the message exists. I wouldn't expect it to be any other way myself.
Cheers,
Marck
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