Address Book Central
For Accountants Office

Address Book Connect
For Accountants Office

Address Book Connect

Prerequisites.

1. Outlook 2000 or greater
2. Version 7 of MYOB Accountants Office installed and operational.

Installation:

• Download and run the myobabcsetup.msi Windows Installer file.

• Start Outlook or restart Outlook if it is already running.

• By default a new Contacts folder named MYOB Contacts is created.

• To Set the scheduler options select Tools, then the Address Book Connect from the menu.

• Set the appropriate settings.

• Selecting the Synchonise now button, will force an update.

• Done

• Note: You can change the location the MYOB Contacts to download directly into your Outlook Contacts folder. This will enable you to sync these to your PDA or Email enabled mobile phone.

• Note: all your MYOB Contacts will have a category name of MYOBABC

Address Book Central

Prerequisites.

1. MAPI Enabled Email Client.
    (i.e. Microsoft Outlook 98/2000 in Corporate Workgroup Mode, Outlook XP and Outlook 2003).

2. Version 7 of MYOB Accountants Office installed and operational.

Simple Install:

If you have not already downloaded the software, click here to download the latest software.

Now run the installer, ( dnzmyobao.exe the file you have downloaded).

Once you have installed the software, you will need to add the the new MAPI Service to you email profile.
As part of the install you will have 2 shortcuts created under the Address Book Central For Accountants Office Program Group.
    1. Install Address Book Central - AO Client.
    2. Remove Address Book Central - AO Client

Selecting the Install Address Book Central - AO Client will install the MAPI  Service into your Email Profile.
Then Restart Outlook.
You can view the Address Book Central data by selecting the Address Book Icon from the Tool bars or by selecting Tools then Address Book from the menu.
Your Default Address Book will appear which is usually Contacts. By selecting the drop down bar 'Show Names from' will show the list of available address books, then select the Address Book Central from the list.

You can set the default Address Book, and Resolve order by selecting the Tools then Options from within the Address Book.
Set the 'Show this address list first' and the 'When sending mail, check names using this address list in the following order'  options.

Manual Install:

If you have not already downloaded the software, click here to download the software.
Now run the installer, ( dnzmyobao.exe the file you have downloaded).

Configure the Address Book Central MAPI Service

For Outlook 98/2000

To add the service to the MAPI Profile:
* Select the Properties of your Outlook or Inbox icon using either:
the Email client (Tools / Services) or
the Desktop (right Click the Inbox or Outlook Icon and select Properties)
the Control Panel clicking on the Mail Icon
* Then select Add
* Choose the Address Book Central for Accountants Office and select OK
* With the Address Book Central for Accountants Office highlighted select Properties
* Enter in a descriptive name for the Address Book (i.e Address Book Central) and select O.K
Note: To use the new address book, you will need to close the Email client and wait (approx. 40 seconds) for the MAPI spooler to shut down, before restarting the Email client.
On restarting Outlook, you can view the Address book, from the Address Book button from the menu bar, or from Tools then Address Book.
You can also set the Address Book Central for Accountants Office, to show as your default Address Book by setting the Addressing Tab when configuring the Address Book.
NB. The Address Book Central for Accountants Office Book does not replace your existing Outlook Contacts


Outlook XP / Outlook 2003
In Outlook
Select 'Tools' then 'Email Accounts'
Select the 'Add new directory or Address book' then select 'Next'
Select 'Additional Address Books then select 'Next'
The Address Book Central for Accountants Office will appear in the list
Select this and then select 'Next'
You will now need to configure the Address Name
The Address Book Name can be anything you like (i.e Address Book Central).
Restart Outlook
The Address Book Central will be available from the Address Book Icon.
 

Automating the Client Install:

To assist with automating the install a command line utility is now available 'MYOBAOCFG.EXE' to configure the MAPI Profile, so now you can run this from within a login script to install the Address Book Central Client software

Sample:
DNZMYOBAO.EXE /s
MYOBAOCFG.EXE /A /N "Address Book Central"
Or
DNZMYOBAO.EXE /s
MYOBAOCFG.EXE /A /P %username% /N "Address Book Central"
Variables can also be used.

Note: The MYOBAOCFG.EXE has several other options, like remove and reconfigure the Address Book, run the command from a DOS Window to see all the options.