OL97: How to Programmatically Resolve a Contact's E-mail Address

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The following Outlook automation code is an example of how to workaround this issue:

   Sub ResolveContactAddressViaCheckNames()
      Dim ol As Outlook.Application
      Dim olns As NameSpace
      Dim myContact As Object
      Dim Menu as Object
      Dim Command As Object
      Set ol = New Outlook.Application
      Set olns = ol.GetNamespace("MAPI")
      ' Create a new Contact item
      Set myContact = olns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts).Items.Add
      With myContact
         ' Set the relevant fields for the contact
         .FullName = "John Smith"
         .Email1Address = "jsmith@msn.com"
         .Email1AddressType = "SMTP"
         ' Display the contact (required)
         .Display
      End With
      ' Set the Tools menu on the item's menu bar
      Set Menu = ol.ActiveInspector.CommandBars("Tools")
      ' Sets the command on the menu
      Set Command = Menu.Controls("Check Names")
      ' Actually executes the Check Names command
      Command.Execute
   End Sub