getAttribute Method

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Returns the value of the named attribute from the userProfile object.

Syntax

sValue = userProfile.getAttribute(sAttributeName)

Parameters

sAttributeName Required. String that specifies one of the standard vCard names listed in Remarks. If one of these names is not used, the request is ignored.

Return Value

String. Returns a null value if read access for this attribute is not available.

Remarks

The following schema is used for the field names of the user data store. These names are specified when you use the getAttribute method on the userProfile object. Note that the format has changed from vCard_xxx to vCard.xxx, and that the older format no longer is supported.

vCard Names
vCard.Business.CityvCard.Business.CountryvCard.Business.Fax
vCard.Business.PhonevCard.Business.StatevCard.Business.StreetAddress
vCard.Business.URLvCard.Business.ZipcodevCard.Cellular
vCard.CompanyvCard.DepartmentvCard.DisplayName
vCard.EmailvCard.FirstNamevCard.Gender*
vCard.Home.CityvCard.Home.CountryvCard.Home.Fax
vCard.Home.PhonevCard.Home.StatevCard.Home.StreetAddress
vCard.Home.ZipcodevCard.HomepagevCard.JobTitle
vCard.LastNamevCard.MiddleNamevCard.Notes
vCard.OfficevCard.Pager

Note  An asterisk (*) denotes extensions to the vCard schema. Extensions are referenced as X- elements, as defined in the vCard schema.

Standards Information

This method is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

userProfile