VCard v3.0 and Outlook 2003

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Thomas V. Nielsen - 13 Jan 2004 22:35 GMT

Can it really be true?
Doesn't Outlook 2K3 support vcf files i Vcard version 3.0?

I have recived some vcf files from a Mac OS 10.x system which uses the
newer version of Vcard.

But it seems to me, that OL 2K3 is only supporting the older format Vcard
2.1.

Is there an add-on to OL or a 3rd part util, that can convert Vcard 3.0 to
2.1 so I can import the contacts?

/Thomas

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 13 Jan 2004 23:42 GMT

Just curious, what happens when you try to open a 3.0 vCard in Outlook 2003?
I would expect it to work, but that Outlook would ignore 3.0-specific
features.

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Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

> Can it really be true?
> Doesn't Outlook 2K3 support vcf files i Vcard version 3.0?
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> /Thomas

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Thomas V. Nielsen - 14 Jan 2004 19:12 GMT

> Just curious, what happens when you try to open a 3.0 vCard in Outlook
> 2003? I would expect it to work, but that Outlook would ignore
> 3.0-specific features.

It opens a contact sheet but it is totally blank.
Another thing is, but I don't know if it is a vialation of the VCard specs,
is that if i open a vcf file containing more than one Vcard, then only the
first is imported (When I use a Vcard 2.1 format)

/Thomas

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 14 Jan 2004 21:58 GMT

Outlook has never supported multi-item vCard files.

I'll have to take a look at a v3 card to see what's going on there. Thanks
for the heads up on this issue.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

> > Just curious, what happens when you try to open a 3.0 vCard in Outlook
> > 2003? I would expect it to work, but that Outlook would ignore
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> /Thomas

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Thomas V. Nielsen - 15 Jan 2004 19:05 GMT

> Outlook has never supported multi-item vCard files.

Bummer, but the again maybe it is not suposed to according to the specs.

> I'll have to take a look at a v3 card to see what's going on there.
> Thanks for the heads up on this issue.

I will gladly send you one, if you need something to test with

/Thomas

PS. If I buy your book, will I learn how to write my oen plugin to Outlook
so it can import multi-item vCard files ;) [preferably in C#]

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