MAC: Integration with Address Book

[tck1000]

I would love to see integration with Address Book. The ability to right click on an address book entry and have a "Call with Eyebeam" entry, or better yet a menu:
Call with Eyebeam ->
-> SIP Account #1
-> SIP Account #2

That would be awesome.

[tck1000]

I'm new to Macs. Tonight I learned AppleScript and now I have Address Book integration.

[gmelotto]

tck1000
Sounds like a great feature. Would you be willing to share your script?
.... please

[tck1000]

Sure. The script is pretty simple. I found a couple of others, but none of them worked to actually dial. By Trial and Error I came up with this:

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property DialPlan : "#1"
property DialAccount : "Vonage"

using terms from application "Address Book"
   
   on should enable action for p with e
      return true
   end should enable action
   
   on action property
      return "phone"
   end action property
   
   on action title for p with e
      set StrToDial to value of e as string
      return ("eyeBeam: Dial " & StrToDial & " with " & DialAccount)
   end action title
   
   on perform action for p with e
      set NumToDial to value of e
      with timeout of 30 seconds
         tell application "eyeBeam"
            activate
            return «event Xtendial» (DialPlan & NumToDial)
         end tell
      end timeout
   end perform action
   
end using terms from


Put that in ~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/.

With the first 2 lines, I can create a script for each of the VOIP accounts
I have, and get a new menu item for each phone number when I right
click in Address Book. Prepending the Dial Plan Prefix to the number to
dial, tells eyeBeam to use that VOIP account.

Simple.

Carpe Telefono

[gmelotto]

Works great! Thank you!

[oysteinr]

When will you have a full integration with Mac Addressbook both ways? Both ways meaning:
1: The Contactlist in Eyebeam is integrated with the Addressbook. Acess til all contacts directly in the list
2: Right-click in Adressebook with possibillity to call via Eyebeam.

I have tried various ways of exporting/importing the Addressbook, but nothing has been successful so far. And even if it went OK, it is far to inconveniant to to this all the time. Macusers are used to simple but powerful interface...

I hope this item is high on your priority list for new versions for Eyebeam.