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Address Book Data Types Reference

Overview

This chapter describes the data types and constants found in the Address Book framework.

Data Types

ABPropertyType

Defines the possible types of ABRecord properties.

enum _ABPropertyType {
   kABErrorInProperty           = 0x0,
   kABStringProperty            = 0x1,
   kABIntegerProperty           = 0x2,
   kABRealProperty              = 0x3,
   kABDateProperty              = 0x4,
   kABArrayProperty             = 0x5,
   kABDictionaryProperty        = 0x6,
   kABDataProperty              = 0x7,
   kABMultiStringProperty       = kABMultiValueMask | kABStringProperty,
   kABMultiIntegerProperty      = kABMultiValueMask | kABIntegerProperty,
   kABMultiRealProperty         = kABMultiValueMask | kABRealProperty,
   kABMultiDateProperty         = kABMultiValueMask | kABDateProperty,
   kABMultiArrayProperty        = kABMultiValueMask | kABArrayProperty,
   kABMultiDictionaryProperty   = kABMultiValueMask | kABDictionaryProperty,
   kABMultiDataProperty         = kABMultiValueMask | kABDataProperty
};
typedef CFIndex ABPropertyType;

Discussion

These constants are described in “Constants” in “ABRecord”.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared In

ABTypedefs.h

ABSearchComparison

Defines constants used to construct search elements.

enum _ABSearchComparison {
   kABEqual,
   kABNotEqual,
   kABLessThan,
   kABLessThanOrEqual,
   kABGreaterThan,
   kABGreaterThanOrEqual,
   kABEqualCaseInsensitive,
   kABContainsSubString,
   kABContainsSubStringCaseInsensitive,
   kABPrefixMatch,
   kABPrefixMatchCaseInsensitive,
   kABBitsInBitFieldMatch,
   kABDoesNotContainSubString,
   kABDoesNotContainSubStringCaseInsensitive,
   kABNotEqualCaseInsensitive,
   kABSuffixMatch,
   kABSuffixMatchCaseInsensitive,
   kABWithinIntervalAroundToday,
   kABWithinIntervalAroundTodayYearless,
   kABNotWithinIntervalAroundToday,
   kABNotWithinIntervalAroundTodayYearless,
   kABWithinIntervalFromToday,
   kABWithinIntervalFromTodayYearless,
   kABNotWithinIntervalFromToday,
   kABNotWithinIntervalFromTodayYearless
};
typedef CFIndex ABSearchComparison;

Discussion

These constants are described in “Constants” in “ABSearchElement”.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared In

ABTypedefs.h

ABSearchConjunction

Defines constants used to combine search elements.

enum _ABSearchConjunction {
   kABSearchAnd,
   kABSearchOr
};
typedef CFIndex ABSearchConjunction;

Discussion

These constants are described in “Constants” in “ABSearchElement”.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Declared In

ABTypedefs.h

ABPeoplePickerSelectionBehavior

typedef enum {
   ABNoValueSelection   = 0,
   ABSingleValueSelection   = 1,
   ABMultipleValueSelection = 2
} ABPeoplePickerSelectionBehavior;

Discussion

These constants are described in “Constants” in “ABPeoplePickerView”.

Availability

• Available in Mac OS X v10.3 and later.

Declared In

ABPeoplePickerView.h

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