With the 3.1 version certain properties of the Contact object don't work like IMAddress1 and JobTitle.  So this code would fail.

            OutlookSession s = new OutlookSession();
            Contact c = (Contact)s.Contacts.Items[0];
            c.JobTitle = "asdf";
            if(c.JobTitle !="asdf")      
               throw new Exception("value not set")         

 With the 3.2 version none of the properties that I tested (eg.  BusinessTelephoneNumber, Email2Address)seem to hold their values?   Help!

There are some properties which are only supported on Windows Mobile 5.0 and above and would not have any effect on WM2003 devices. Also you must call the Update() method to save changes on a PIM item, e.g.

c.JobTitle = "asdf";

c.Update();

Peter

Tried this on both WM5 and WM6 devices.  No luck.   

             OutlookSession s = new OutlookSession();
            Contact c = (Contact)s.Contacts.Items[0];
            c.JobTitle = "asdf";
            if (c.JobTitle != "asdf")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick1");
            c.Update();

            if (c.JobTitle != "asdf")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick2");
            OutlookSession s1 = new OutlookSession();
            Contact c1 = (Contact)s1.Contacts.Items[0];
            c1.JobTitle = "asdf";
            if (c1.JobTitle != "asdf")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick3");
            c1.Update();

            if (c1.JobTitle != "asdf")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick4");

It looks like the MS library works for this property.  When running the below on both WM5 and 6, I see the first 2 messageboxes but not 3 or 4.  Please Help!!!

            InTheHand.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.OutlookSession s = new InTheHand.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.OutlookSession();
            InTheHand.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.Contact c = (InTheHand.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.Contact)s.Contacts.Items[0];
            c.JobTitle = "asdf";
            if (c.JobTitle != "asdf")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick1");
            c.Update();

            if (c.JobTitle != "asdf")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick2");

            Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.OutlookSession s1 = new Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.OutlookSession();
            Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.Contact c1 = (Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.Contact)s1.Contacts.Items[0];
            c1.JobTitle = "asdf";
            if (c1.JobTitle != "asdf")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick3");
            c1.Update();

            if (c1.JobTitle != "asdf")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick4");

Some additional information - with InTheHand 3.1 on WM5 only a small number of contact properties do not "stick".   Most of the contact properties such as FirstName, LastName and Email1Address work as expected.  It is just a few like IM#Address, JobTitle, and Manager that cannot be retrieved from the contact via InTheHand - either right after they are set, or if they have a value in native Outlook. 

It does appear that the values in these properties are being set via InTheHand, because the values can be seen in the native Contacts application.  The issue seems to be in retrieving the values via InTheHand for a subset of Contacts properties.

There are two sets of properties, there are those which have been standard to Pocket Outlok from the first versions, and those (such as the IM addresses) which were added in WM5.0 through the PimPropertySet. I'm looking into why Update is not affecting those newer properties or what other caching is taking place.

Peter

In your test code you will never see the second set of tests fail because the code selects the same Contact item and by that time Update was called already and a fresh Contact was created pointing to that record. I've tested the code on a couple of WM5 and WM6 devices and have not been able to duplicate the problem - each returns the value as set. What specific WM5 platform are you targetting - Smartphone or Pocket PC and do you know the AKU release version?

Peter

Aha!! You are correct, I have a flawed test.  But I see the same result(I get "Didn't stick1" and "Didn't stick2") if I change the code like:

             InTheHand.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.OutlookSession s = new InTheHand.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.OutlookSession();
            InTheHand.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.Contact c = (InTheHand.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.Contact)s.Contacts.Items[0];
            c.JobTitle = "test1";
            if (c.JobTitle != "test1")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick1");
            c.Update();

            if (c.JobTitle != "test1")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick2");

            Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.OutlookSession s1 = new Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.OutlookSession();
            Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.Contact c1 = (Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook.Contact)s1.Contacts.Items[0];
            c1.JobTitle = "test2";
            if (c1.JobTitle != "test2")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick3");
            c1.Update();

            if (c1.JobTitle != "test2")
                MessageBox.Show("Didn't stick4");

For this test I'm using the evaluation version InTheHand 3.1 and I'm compiling for "Windows Mobile 5.0 PocketPC Device". 

I tested on 3 PPC devices a Cingular HP MobileMessenger(WM5), Verizon SAMSUNG i760(WM6), and a Cingular Palm 750(originally WM5 upgraded to WM6).

If I replace the JobTitle field with the AssistantName field then I don't see any messageboxes and I see the values being stored correctly in the debugger. 

I can duplicate this when run on the v3.1 version, when run on 3.2 I do not get any of the Didn't stick messages. I don't know of a workaround I can suggest to fix this on 3.1, I can only suggest you switch to 3.2 instead.

Peter