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Desktop PhoneBook search


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Hi, All,

Been a while since i got in last. Good to be back.

I have a project that requires me to put a search box on the desktop of our domain users that allow them to search the phone book of our organization.

After a couple of readings, i came up with two approaches. I prefer to put a textbox on the taskbar of windows, which will be always visible and hence won't interfere the windows open by the user. But so far, i havent got much for this approach, except for a project at codeproject.com, which obviously didnt work for me (still trying it, though).

A second option is to put a border less window on users' desktop that will be always on top (z-index?) and hence the user can type any lookup strings, even in the middle of somework.

I would like to know you all experienced programmers views on this. Feel free to pour any related info.

Thanks,

Salaams,

Hameed

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most companies just use outlook to hold Contact info. You can search the address book on any data (company name, person, phone, etc) and everyone always has the application open.

Why remake the wheel?

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