Parsing Last Name from a vCard

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KeithBurris - 02 May 2006 02:23 GMT

We are seeing an odd problem with certain vCards we receive. If the last name
specified on the card is say, van Gogh, the Address Book sets the last name
as Gogh for filing (the File As field will be, e.g., Gogh, Vincent van).

Has anyone else seen this problem? Is there any recourse?

Thanks in advance!

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 02 May 2006 23:46 GMT

What do you see if you open the .vcf file in Notepad? How is the name listed?

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> We are seeing an odd problem with certain vCards we receive. If the last name
> specified on the card is say, van Gogh, the Address Book sets the last name
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> Thanks in advance!

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KeithBurris - 23 May 2006 00:45 GMT

It looks like a normal vCard. Here's an example:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:van Gogh;Vincent;W.
FN:Vincent W. van Gogh
TITLE:Artist
REV:20060501T224920Z
END:VCARD

> What do you see if you open the .vcf file in Notepad? How is the name listed?
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 27 Jun 2006 01:00 GMT

I see the same thing here, even in Outlook 2007 Beta 2, unfortunately. My guess is that Outlook is parsing the FN rather than putting the name together from the separate parts.

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> It looks like a normal vCard. Here's an example:
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