TID100859 (gw5dob01) GW 5 Display Name format preferences

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TITLE: GW 5 Display Name format preferences AUTHOR: RL DOCUMENT ID: TID100859 DOCUMENT REVISION: A DATE: 09/16/96 3:43 PM ALERT STATUS: Yellow INFORMATION TYPE: Issue README FOR: GW5DOB01.EXE NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS:

NetWare API

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:

NetWare SDK 1.0e

CATEGORY:

GroupWare

ABSTRACT:

In GW 5 you can have the display name object appear as "First Last" or "Last, First" from the AddressBook information screen.

Developers may want to know the preferences for this entry. See the detailed description files for more information.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

How GroupWise updates the Displayname:

When the user changes this format from the client, GroupWise will change all the display names for each personal AddressBook entry. The System AddressBook doesn't get updated because the Display Name is generated dynamically from the First and Last names.

The preferences for this Display Name format are stored as the following Reg Entry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareNOVELLGroupwiseAddress Book - User Interface] "Display Name Format"="F L"

The above entry is for Firstname Lastname;

The entry would be "Display Name Format"="L, F"

for Lastname, Firstname.

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