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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / January 2007Outlook 2007 - import/export vCard problems
Outlook 2007 (like previous versions of Outlook) still fails to properly implement the vCard standard. In a VCF file with mulitple records, Outlook only imports the first one; even Outlook Express will import this kind of VCF file correctly. On the flip side Outlook cannot properly create VCF files from mulitple contacts; yes, there is the kludge to foward an an email with multiple contacts, but this does not create a single VCF file, and requires numerous extra steps (and takes a LONG time for a large list). I know there are tools to 'fix' this, but is there a reason Outlook still fails to implement this standard correctly? Mike Such "why?" questions are largely rhetorical unless you can corner a Microsoft developer in an unusually talkative mood. This being a peer-to-peer forum, you won't find them here. It's not hard to guess, though, that multiple-contact vCard support simply wasn't high enough on the to-do list to get the resources this time around, given all the other design priorities. Once people see how well multi-event iCalendar support works in OL2007, I imagine they'll be asking loudly for the same capability for contacts.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Outlook 2007 (like previous versions of Outlook) still fails to properly > implement the vCard standard. In a VCF file with mulitple records, Outlook [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mike I hadn't realized how well multi-item vCal importing worked until yesterday - very nice! I guess I was also wondering if there was any workaround for the limitations of vCard support - perhaps through code? Thanks, Mike Such "why?" questions are largely rhetorical unless you can corner a Microsoft developer in an unusually talkative mood. This being a peer-to-peer forum, you won't find them here. It's not hard to guess, though, that multiple-contact vCard support simply wasn't high enough on the to-do list to get the resources this time around, given all the other design priorities. Once people see how well multi-event iCalendar support works in OL2007, I imagine they'll be asking loudly for the same capability for contacts. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Outlook 2007 (like previous versions of Outlook) still fails to properly > implement the vCard standard. In a VCF file with mulitple records, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Mike It would certainly be possible to parse a multi-item vCard file into multiple vCard files using FileSystemObject or the usual cast of text parsing functions. Then you can import them with Outlook 2007's nifty new Namespace.OpenSharedItem method. Perhaps a little weekend VBA project? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I hadn't realized how well multi-item vCal importing worked until > yesterday - very nice! I guess I was also wondering if there was any [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Once people see how well multi-event iCalendar support works in OL2007, I > imagine they'll be asking loudly for the same capability for contacts. >> Outlook 2007 (like previous versions of Outlook) still fails to properly >> implement the vCard standard. In a VCF file with mulitple records, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Mike Not this weekend but probably next weekend! Well - at least I'll get started next weekend.... Mike It would certainly be possible to parse a multi-item vCard file into multiple vCard files using FileSystemObject or the usual cast of text parsing functions. Then you can import them with Outlook 2007's nifty new Namespace.OpenSharedItem method. Perhaps a little weekend VBA project? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I hadn't realized how well multi-item vCal importing worked until > yesterday - very nice! I guess I was also wondering if there was any [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Once people see how well multi-event iCalendar support works in OL2007, I > imagine they'll be asking loudly for the same capability for contacts. > "Mike" <mikewho@my0b.c0m> wrote in message > news:ugs$WPNQHHA.4824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> Mike |
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