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Addressbook.record.displayname

Convenience function to return a display name for a record.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Addressbook 3.1 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes

Deprecated

This function was deprecated. Use Contacts functions instead.

MBS( "Addressbook.record.displayname"; RecordID )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
RecordID The unique ID for the target person or group. $personID

Result

Returns name or error.

Description

Convenience function to return a display name for a record.
Returns firstname & lastname for persons, organization name for organizations and group name for groups.

Examples

Query display name of first group:

MBS( "Addressbook.record.displayname"; ElementLeft ( MBS( "Addressbook.groups" ) ; 1 ))

Query display name of addressbook's owner:

MBS( "Addressbook.record.displayname"; MBS( "Addressbook.me" ))

Query display name based on a ID:

MBS( "Addressbook.record.displayname"; "CFD73A44-24DD-480F-A1DE-A31926BC4AC7:ABPerson" )

See also

Example Databases

Blog Entries

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 18th February 2016


Addressbook.record.UniqueID - Addressbook.record.isReadOnly

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