For read-only access, the Table object delivers performance similar to that of CDO 1.21.

Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

"Mike" <diespam@not.com> wrote in message news:j0fl54dsga2ps3jftsvsbkhgf2t462vnja@4ax.com...
"Mike" <diespam@not.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm currently using "For Each" to examine all the items in a folder
> and considering my 300 contact test bed results I'm not excited by the
> prospects of using this against public folders with several thousand
> contacts in it.
>
> Is there a faster method such as reading the pst file directly?
>
> -mike

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote:

>Not with Outlook objects in versions before 2007, although you can get some performance improvement by using SetColumns. The alternatives are Extended MAPI, CDO 1.21, Outlook Redemption, and Outlook 2007.


What is the new Outlook Objects method in Outlook 2007 for searching
multiple contact fields?

Best Regards,
-mike
19 JunRe: Need for speed (parsing all contacts).Mike
19 Jun\ Re: Need for speed (parsing all contacts).Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
19 Jun   \ Re: Need for speed (parsing all contacts).Mike
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