I am losing secondary info when saving vCards

[Kerri]

I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save it as a
..vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone. Anyone have
any knowledge to share??

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.

 

[Kerri]

I am trying to make a folder of vCards to send out to our "team" with peoples
primary and secondary information. Should I be saving them with a different
file extension?

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save it as a
.vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone. Anyone
have
any knowledge to share??

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Is everyone using Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am trying to make a folder of vCards to send out to our "team" with
peoples
primary and secondary information. Should I be saving them with a
different
file extension?

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save it
as a
.vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone.
Anyone
have
any knowledge to share??

 

[Kerri]

Yes

Is everyone using Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am trying to make a folder of vCards to send out to our "team" with
peoples
primary and secondary information. Should I be saving them with a
different
file extension?

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save it
as a
.vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone.
Anyone
have
any knowledge to share??

 

[Kerri]

Yes

Is everyone using Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am trying to make a folder of vCards to send out to our "team" with
peoples
primary and secondary information. Should I be saving them with a
different
file extension?

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save it
as a
.vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone.
Anyone
have
any knowledge to share??

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Then send them the information as Outlook data so you won't keep losing
information. Create the Contacts in a folder that you save in an Outlook
data file.
Recipients will need to make sure they can access PST files:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.asp
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Yes

Is everyone using Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am trying to make a folder of vCards to send out to our "team" with
peoples
primary and secondary information. Should I be saving them with a
different
file extension?

:

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are
using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save
it
as a
.vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone.
Anyone
have
any knowledge to share??

 

[Karl Timmermans]

Just some casual questions/comments (don't work with VCF so not really up on
all the idiosyncracies of using that format for data transfering):

Question

#1 - All else aside, what version(s) of Outlook is this going to encompass?
#2 - What exactly do you mean by "primary" & "secondary" info?
#3 - How are you filling in the "secondary" info that goes missing?
#4 - How are you opening the VCF file to determine that the "secondary" info
is gone?
#5 - Is this for a one-time transfer for each person or are you planning to
maintain "up-to-date" info for each contact using this approach?

Comments:

#1 - If you're planning for everyone to use Outlook to import (add) these
contacts - using VCF would be a very tedious process. Outlook saves one
contact per VCF irrespective of what is meant by "primary" & "secondary"
info requiring each VCF file to be brought in separately (which may be what
you want but ....).
#2 - If you're not using Exchange and this is a one time event - you can
a) just create a PST file with all the contacts in it and each
person can simply copy the contacts to their default contacts folder
b) create a CSV file with all contacts and each person can
import the file

or,
#3 - You may want to take a look at this 3rd party product (there are
others) that would make working with VCF a whole lot easier

vCard Wizard (formerly known asVcard4Outlook from Outlook4Team)
http://vcard4outlook.4team.biz/?page=http://www.outlook4team.com/download.asp?catID=3

Karl
___________________________________________________
Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com

I am trying to make a folder of vCards to send out to our "team" with
peoples
primary and secondary information. Should I be saving them with a
different
file extension?

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save it
as a
.vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone.
Anyone
have
any knowledge to share??

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I wonder, too, if just inserting the Contacts as an Outlook Item (not a
vCard) in an RTF message would work, since everyone is using Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Just some casual questions/comments (don't work with VCF so not really up
on all the idiosyncracies of using that format for data transfering):

Question

#1 - All else aside, what version(s) of Outlook is this going to
encompass?
#2 - What exactly do you mean by "primary" & "secondary" info?
#3 - How are you filling in the "secondary" info that goes missing?
#4 - How are you opening the VCF file to determine that the "secondary"
info is gone?
#5 - Is this for a one-time transfer for each person or are you planning
to maintain "up-to-date" info for each contact using this approach?

Comments:

#1 - If you're planning for everyone to use Outlook to import (add) these
contacts - using VCF would be a very tedious process. Outlook saves one
contact per VCF irrespective of what is meant by "primary" & "secondary"
info requiring each VCF file to be brought in separately (which may be
what you want but ....).
#2 - If you're not using Exchange and this is a one time event - you can
a) just create a PST file with all the contacts in it and
each person can simply copy the contacts to their default contacts folder
b) create a CSV file with all contacts and each person can
import the file

or,
#3 - You may want to take a look at this 3rd party product (there are
others) that would make working with VCF a whole lot easier

vCard Wizard (formerly known asVcard4Outlook from Outlook4Team)
http://vcard4outlook.4team.biz/?page=http://www.outlook4team.com/download.asp?catID=3

Karl
___________________________________________________
Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com

I am trying to make a folder of vCards to send out to our "team" with
peoples
primary and secondary information. Should I be saving them with a
different
file extension?

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save it
as a
.vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone.
Anyone
have
any knowledge to share??

 

[Kerri]

Thanks to everyone for all their help on this... In the end, I just selected
all the contacts I was wanting to email and click forward and it worked! I
think that's where I was going wrong, I was selecting "forward as a vCard,
which I thought was the correct way to do it. Look what thought got me!! )
Thanks again

I wonder, too, if just inserting the Contacts as an Outlook Item (not a
vCard) in an RTF message would work, since everyone is using Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Just some casual questions/comments (don't work with VCF so not really up
on all the idiosyncracies of using that format for data transfering):

Question

#1 - All else aside, what version(s) of Outlook is this going to
encompass?
#2 - What exactly do you mean by "primary" & "secondary" info?
#3 - How are you filling in the "secondary" info that goes missing?
#4 - How are you opening the VCF file to determine that the "secondary"
info is gone?
#5 - Is this for a one-time transfer for each person or are you planning
to maintain "up-to-date" info for each contact using this approach?

Comments:

#1 - If you're planning for everyone to use Outlook to import (add) these
contacts - using VCF would be a very tedious process. Outlook saves one
contact per VCF irrespective of what is meant by "primary" & "secondary"
info requiring each VCF file to be brought in separately (which may be
what you want but ....).
#2 - If you're not using Exchange and this is a one time event - you can
a) just create a PST file with all the contacts in it and
each person can simply copy the contacts to their default contacts folder
b) create a CSV file with all contacts and each person can
import the file

or,
#3 - You may want to take a look at this 3rd party product (there are
others) that would make working with VCF a whole lot easier

vCard Wizard (formerly known asVcard4Outlook from Outlook4Team)
http://vcard4outlook.4team.biz/?page=http://www.outlook4team.com/download.asp?catID=3

Karl
___________________________________________________
Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com

I am trying to make a folder of vCards to send out to our "team" with
peoples
primary and secondary information. Should I be saving them with a
different
file extension?

:

Do you? Like what this has to do with Outlook, and why, if you are using
Outlook you are using VCF files to transfer data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I am having a problem saving vCards. I fill in secondary info, save it
as a
.vcf file; but when I open it, all of the secondary info is gone.
Anyone
have
any knowledge to share??