Best way to create a conact list from the user profile properties

We have a customer looking for a phone book utility, starting with a table showing main user information and with some search options. We would like o base it on the user profile properties and not to create an indipendent studion record browser porlet.
What is best way to create a conact list from the user profile properties ?

I did something like this using search. It can get messy, so you need to take care with it.
* Identify the properties you want to make accessible to search (ex: name, etc.)
- add them to the user property map
- flag them as searchable
* I broke down and used the native server API. I'd still suggest this approach.
* Write some simple code to do vcard export if you like
(my code is all in vb.net)
I really believe this is the "right" approach, but honestly, this was a bit painful and has been
messy for us given some other business issues. (to my chagrin we have users with 2-letter last
names...)
I have code you're welcome to poke at, but it's more or less slapped together and has various
different search methods commented out so you can see how I tinkered w/ the remote vs. server
API.
If you'd like it mail me at [email protected] and I'll send you a zipped copy w/ a
readme. I hope it may be useful to you as both a starting reference.

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