Use VBA to filter contacts

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This relates to Outlook 365 desktop version.

Diane showed me how to write VBA macros to search my email for certain criteria, such as all unread items across multiple accounts, etc.

Now I would like to use a VBA macro (which I will invoke with a custom button on a customized ribbon) that will search my CONTACTS for certain criteria - such as all contacts that have a certain category in common.

I know I can open the contacts, then in the top-most search field, type "category:sunnyslope" to find all my contacts to which I have assigned the category "sunnyslope"

But I would like to be able to do this with a single button - a button that invokes a VBA macro, I assume. I haven't found a way to save searches for contacts the way one can for emails (saved searches).

-Matt
 
Matt

Is the search criteria you want to use fixed? e.g. Do you always want to search for Categories contains "sunnyslope"?

If so, then a possible method would be a new Contacts View with your search criteria in the View Filter. (See How to Create Custom Views on Slipstick). After you get the View working, then create a simple macro that opens that View. (See Apply a View to a Folder using a Macro on Slipstick).
 
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