ContactDelete (Function)

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ContactDelete (Function)

In french: ContactSupprime

Deletes the current contact:

Versions 16 and later
from the list of contacts on the device (Android, iPhone or iPad, Universal Windows).
New in version 16
from the list of contacts on the device (Android, iPhone or iPad, Universal Windows).
from the list of contacts on the device (Android, iPhone or iPad, Universal Windows).

Versions 16 and later

This function is now available for Android applications.

New in version 16

This function is now available for Android applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 22 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 22

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Start a Lotus Notes session
SessionID is int
SessionID = EmailStartNotesSession("Password", "MarsServer", "email/julia.nsf", ...
"C:\Lotus Notes\julia.id")
// Find the contact to delete
IF ContactSearch(SessionID, "Smith", mContactLastName, "Adriana", mContactFirstName) = True THEN
// Delete contact
ContactDelete(SessionID)
Info("This contact was deleted")
ELSE
Info("No contact was found")
END

gCurrentContact is Contact
garrContacts is array of Contact
garrContacts = ContactList(Null)

// Delete the selected contact
gCurrentContact = garrContacts[LOOP_CONTACTS]

IF YesNo(Yes, "Do you want to delete this contact?") = Yes THEN
// Delete contact
ContactDelete(gCurrentContact)
// Refresh contacts
RefreshContacts()
END

Syntax

Deleting a contact from the Lotus Notes or Outlook messaging Hide the details

<Result> = ContactDelete(<Session identifier>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the deletion was performed,
False otherwise. To get the details of the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<Session identifier>: Integer

Identifier of session to use. This identifier is returned by EmailStartNotesSession, EmailStartOutlookSession, NotesOpenDatabase or OutlookStartSession.

Versions 17 and later

Deleting a contact from the list of contacts on the device (from Android 2.0, iPhone, iPad, Universal Windows) Hide the details

<Result> = ContactDelete(<Contact>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the deletion was performed,
False otherwise. To get the details of the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<Contact>: Contact variable

Name of the Contact variable corresponding to the contact to delete.

New in version 17

Deleting a contact from the list of contacts on the device (from Android 2.0, iPhone, iPad, Universal Windows) Hide the details

<Result> = ContactDelete(<Contact>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the deletion was performed,
False otherwise. To get the details of the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<Contact>: Contact variable

Name of the Contact variable corresponding to the contact to delete.

Deleting a contact from the list of contacts on the device (from Android 2.0, iPhone, iPad, Universal Windows) Hide the details

<Result> = ContactDelete(<Contact>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the deletion was performed,
False otherwise. To get the details of the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<Contact>: Contact variable

Name of the Contact variable corresponding to the contact to delete.

Versions 16 and later

Warning
From version 17 (69), this syntax is kept for backward compatibility.

New in version 16

Warning
From version 17 (69), this syntax is kept for backward compatibility.

Deleting a contact from the list of contacts on the device (before Android 2.0, iPhone, iPad, Universal Windows) Hide the details

<Result> = ContactDelete(<Type of contact>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the deletion was performed,
False otherwise. To find out the name of the error, use the function ErrorInfo with the constant errMessage.

<Type of contact>: Integer constant

Type of contact to delete. By default, this parameter corresponds to the contactPhone constant.

Remarks

Versions 22 and later

Required application feature

The use of this function triggers the declaration of one application feature in the application generation wizard.

Required feature: Contacts

This feature allows the applications to access the contacts.

New in version 22

Required application feature

The use of this function triggers the declaration of one application feature in the application generation wizard.

Required feature: Contacts

This feature allows the applications to access the contacts.

Required application feature

The use of this function triggers the declaration of one application feature in the application generation wizard.

Required feature: Contacts

This feature allows the applications to access the contacts.

Related Examples:

Cross-platform examples (WINDEV Mobile): WM Managing Contacts

[ + ] This example presents the management of contacts for Android et iOS.
It is used o:
- list the contacts found on the phone
- call the contacts
- send SMSs to the contacts
- ...

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