Does anybody know how a MxKey is encoded?

i.e. how do I go from a client_id & contact number to obtain a key?

MxKey decryption is not needed for this. The People object can tell you the password.

No that doesn't help.

I need to create CustomIndependent items that are linked to Maximizer Address Book objects (I am linking to more than one parent entry so I can't just use CustomChild) and would have liked to have stored the Key in a text field.

Now I can do searches based on this key from within code (Using Maximizer.Data) but how on earth can I create a VIEW in the database for the purpose of reporting.

>how on earth can I create a VIEW in the database for the purpose of
>reporting.

I don't think the Maximizer.Data key values are going to be much help to you in that context. You'll most likely need to do your joins on (Client_Id,Contact_Number) as is done with other views.

Ah well.

I was hoping to just simply the system by using Key and only having to store one field. I'll have to write something that combines Client_Id + Contact_No into a single unique string instead.