ACT! contact retrieval help!

[EnduranceMan]

Hi, im am busy researching the new ACT version.
A previous employee had written a few sample methods, the following outlines a method to return contact information:

public static string getFullNameFromID(string pUniqueKey)
        {
            Boolean found = false;
            string name = "";
            ArrayList allContacts = new ArrayList();

            //Define objects 
            Act.Framework.Contacts.ContactList oContactList;
            Act.Shared.Collections.SortCriteria[] oSortCriteria;
            Act.Framework.Contacts.ContactFieldDescriptor oFieldDescriptor;

            //Get Field Descriptor for Contacts table 
            oFieldDescriptor = FrameWork.oFrameWork.Contacts.GetContactFieldDescriptor("TBL_CONTACT.FULLNAME", true);

            //Build ascending Sort Crietria 
            oSortCriteria = new Act.Shared.Collections.SortCriteria[] { new Act.Shared.Collections.SortCriteria(oFieldDescriptor, System.ComponentModel.ListSortDirection.Ascending) };

            //Get Collection of Contacts 
            oContactList = FrameWork.oFrameWork.Contacts.GetContacts(oSortCriteria);

            foreach (Act.Framework.Contacts.Contact contact in oContactList)
            {
                if (Convert.ToString(contact.ID) == pUniqueKey & !found)
                {
                    name = contact.FullName;
                    found = true;
                }
            }[code/]

The method requires a parameter - pUniqueKey, where would i find the primary key for each contact in act?
Thanks for any help.
Adrian

 

[EnduranceMan]

PS: Im using ACT 2008

 

[EnduranceMan]

Iv managed to retrieve some form of ID:

test = oContact.ID.ToString();

However this returns a large value which looks like a registry key: 43897773-37ad-4ac1-95c4-ce4f6ca3784c

Surely this isnt the primary key for a contact in ACT? Seems a bit crazy.

 

[GLComputing]

It does look like a GUID...

Regards,
Mike Lazarus
ACT! Evangelist
GL Computing, Aust

http://www.GLComputing.com.au