Hi Jim, I've not done exactly as you describe, but I do have a routine which allows you to search for a person's name in the Outlook or Exchange address book. It may be that if you look in the documentation for one of the following, it may have information on how to look up aliases as well. MAPI.Session MAPI.AddressEntries MAPI.AddressEntry MAPI.AddressEntryFilter MAPI.AddressList Most of the above MAPI object library methods are also present in the Outlook object library. So you could try looking in both, in case one gives different functionality from the other. David Lant I.T. Consultant Consultancy & Development ICT Services Tel: (01392) 382464 Devon County Council accepts no legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The views expressed do not reflect those of Devon County Council. -----Original Message----- From: Corbett, James [mailto:James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 14 September 2005 14:37 To: Program-L (E-mail) Subject: [program-l] VB6: Outlook Hello all: Is it possible to pass the Users ID to Outlook programmatically and evoke the Search by Alias functionality of the object model and return the users full name? If so, where do I get started! Jim James M. Corbett (613) 941-8303 | facsimile / télécopieur 613 941-8720 | TTY/ATS 1-800-665-0354 James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IT Programmer/Analyst | GST/HST Division | Information Technology Branch Programmeur/Analyste en technologie de l'information | Division de la TPS/TVH | Direction générale de l'informatique Canada Revenue Agency | 875 Heron Rd., Ottawa, ON K1A 0L5 Agence du revenu du Canada | 875 Ch. Heron, Ottawa ON K1A 0L5 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes; it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses." Elwood Blues ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** program-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq