CSV Import Calendar and Contacts

[Oni]

Yes, i've seen similar questions asked but Windows Mobile 2005 in usual Microsoft Stupidity doesnt seem to have any import functions. My contacts and calendar items are all stored on google contacts and my mac. Since I cant use activesync I need someway of importing these items. Now im not sure there is any method to do this. Has anyone tried CSV importing using 3rd party software at all?

[dotfred]

Yes, i've seen similar questions asked but Windows Mobile 2005 in usual Microsoft Stupidity doesnt seem to have any import functions. My contacts and calendar items are all stored on google contacts and my mac. Since I cant use activesync I need someway of importing these items. Now im not sure there is any method to do this. Has anyone tried CSV importing using 3rd party software at all?

I made a tool to do backup/restore of outlook contacts, you can find it on http://buzzdev.net in the download section.

Here is the link of the download (you need to be registered):
http://buzzdev.net/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,109/func,fileinfo/id,215/

Here is the link of the screenshots and some info about the prog.:
http://buzzdev.net/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,59/func,view/id,10234/catid,33/

I wasn't interested in appointments, so I didn't do any development on that, sorry.

Cheers,

.Fred

ps.: the layout of the csv file is well defined. I suggest you to do a backup of your wm2005 contacts, then edit the csv file produced and do a restore.

pps.: if you need more infos, don't hesitate to ask.

[Oni]

Thanks for the reply. Such a program was pretty much what i wanted. However, Im afraid to say that it doesnt actually support proper CSV. For starters, your file uses semi-colons. The CSV file im using is produced by GoogleMAil so its standard is beyond reproach. Still, it seems to work for backing up purposes. I suspect this is another slight variation from Microsoft again.

[dotfred]

Thanks for the reply. Such a program was pretty much what i wanted. However, Im afraid to say that it doesnt actually support proper CSV. For starters, your file uses semi-colons. The CSV file im using is produced by GoogleMAil so its standard is beyond reproach. Still, it seems to work for backing up purposes. I suspect this is another slight variation from Microsoft again.
Sorry for that, maybe in a future version I will add a version where the delimiter could be chosen by the user.

Cheers,

.Fred

[Oni]

Well i tried changing the delimeter to semi colon and it still complained that the file wasnt genuine. Is this an encoding isue do you think?

[Oni]

Actually i tried re-encoding the file but with no luck. Stupid microsoft. Of course an import function is needed! Grrrrr :x

[dotfred]

Well i tried changing the delimeter to semi colon and it still complained that the file wasnt genuine. Is this an encoding isue do you think?
Are you sure you respect every field defined in the first record, which is the header?