Addressbook: print contacts?

[neomac]

Hello!

Am I totally stupid or is it really not possible to print the contact list with all details from the new Addressbook in Jaguar?

All I can manage to do is to print a telephone list if I select "print"...

 

[rharder]

I'm pretty sure that's all you can do.

I half expect versiontracker to pop up with someone's over-priced shareware app to do it. In the meantime I'm working on an applescript to build something in TextEdit.

-Rob

 

[neomac]

In Versiontracker there is a Freeware named "Address Book Exporter":

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=14667&db=mac

But after all I have heared and read about address book and ical is that it is better to stick with entourage...

 

[rharder]

Yeah, some people like Entourage, but it's not for me. It sits idle.

I've got a crude script here that exports Address Book info to TextEdit. No, it's not double columns and infinitely customizable. I'm going to keep refining the script though, but I thought I'd share it for those who needed to dump their data to paper quickly.

BTW there seems to be a bug that causes people's organizations to be returned when their birth date is requested (via AppleScript). At least it's a bug on my machine.

Also, props go to Apple for the excellent address book api for Objective C (and Carbon too I guess). You're fully covered whether you use AppleScript or Objective C or Carbon in your apps.

Cheers.

-Rob