Initials Property

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Contains the initials of the person contact.

[Visual Basic, VBScript]
Property Initials as String
[C++]
HRESULT get_Inititals(BSTR* pVal);
HRESULT put_LastName(BSTR Val);
[IDL]
HRESULT [propget] Initials([out,retval] BSTR* pVal);
HRESULT [proput] Initials([in] BSTR Val);

Remarks

In CDO, Initials is calculated from the capitalized first letters of the first, middle, last name. Each initial is separated by a period. The Initials field has a maximum of six characters.

Note   In the DS, the Initials field represents the capitalized first letter of the middle name followed by a period. When a new user is created in the DS, the Initials field can be set to a string with a maximum of four characters.

This property is also available as the urn:schemas:contacts:initials entry in the schema.

Example

In CDO: "D.E.S."

In the DS: "E."