Recommend book please. Outlook programming with Visual Basic.

To get contacts, try:

Private Sub cmdGetContact_Click()
    Dim myolApp As Outlook.Application
    Dim mynamespace As Outlook.NameSpace
    Dim myitem As Outlook.ContactItem
    Dim myFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
   
    Set myolApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

    Set mynamespace = myolApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set myFolder = mynamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)

    Debug.Print "Contacts count = " & myFolder.Items.Count

    For i = 1 To myFolder.Items.Count
        Set myitem = myFolder.Items(i)
        Debug.Print myitem.FullName & ": " & myitem.Email1Address
    Next i

    Set myitem = Nothing
    Set mynamespace = Nothing
    Set myFolder = Nothing
    Set myolApp = Nothing
   
End Sub

thanks ryancys. however, i'm looking for a book to learn, not only those examples but more.
p.s. the 2nd code will display items in Contacts but not in sub-folders like "hot contacts" under "contacts".

Try like:

...
Set myFolder = mynamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
   
    For j = 1 To myFolder.Folders.Count
        Set myFolder = myFolder.Folders(j)
       
        For i = 1 To myFolder.Items.Count
            Set myitem = myFolder.Items(i)
            Debug.Print myFolder.Name & "> " & myitem.FullName & ": " & myitem.Email1Address
        Next i
    Next j
...

I'm closing this question out. Thanks both of you.
I decided on "Developing Applications using Outlook 2000, CDO, Exchange, and Visual Basic..." from amazon.
ryan, you didn't recommend a book but learned from your code so awarding points also.