birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook 2003 by first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed that not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in my Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem, so I bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year entries for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did not fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All connections
are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to transfer these
Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in message
...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook 2003 by
first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed that
not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in my
Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem, so I
bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year entries for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did not
fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

Sorry for not being clear. I had to export my contacts from Palm Desktop to
a CSV file, and then import the CSV file into Outlook 2003.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'connections'? Is there a 'connection'
established between the calendar and address book to reflect the birthday
entries in the address book as a calendar entry?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All connections
are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to transfer
these Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in
message ...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook 2003 by
first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed that
not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in my
Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem, so I
bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year entries
for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did not
fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

Outlook maintains many connections among Outlook Items. That's how it
derives views like Activities, Journal, and the automatic display of
Contact's birthdays and anniversaries in the Calendar.
All connections are lost whenever you import Outlook data.
My question was why you had to import Outlook data. Palm is able to
synchronize Outlook data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Sorry for not being clear. I had to export my contacts from Palm Desktop
to a CSV file, and then import the CSV file into Outlook 2003.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'connections'? Is there a 'connection'
established between the calendar and address book to reflect the birthday
entries in the address book as a calendar entry?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All connections
are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to transfer
these Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in
message ...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook 2003 by
first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed that
not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in my
Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem, so I
bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year entries
for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did not
fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

To be honest, I did not know that I could synchronize my Palm device to
Outlook (I was using a Palm m505 by the way).

Anyway, since I have already done the import via CSV, is there a way for me
re-establish the 'connections' such that my contacts' birthdays and
anniversaries are shown in my Calendar? If none, can anyone suggest a
third-party software that can help me do this?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Outlook maintains many connections among Outlook Items. That's how it
derives views like Activities, Journal, and the automatic display of
Contact's birthdays and anniversaries in the Calendar.
All connections are lost whenever you import Outlook data.
My question was why you had to import Outlook data. Palm is able to
synchronize Outlook data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Sorry for not being clear. I had to export my contacts from Palm Desktop
to a CSV file, and then import the CSV file into Outlook 2003.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'connections'? Is there a 'connection'
established between the calendar and address book to reflect the birthday
entries in the address book as a calendar entry?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All
connections are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to transfer
these Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in
message ...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook 2003 by
first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed
that not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in my
Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem, so
I bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year entries
for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did not
fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this
problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

I know of no way to do so automatically.
If you just open a Contact Record in question and save it, do the dates not
show up on the calendar then?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
To be honest, I did not know that I could synchronize my Palm device to
Outlook (I was using a Palm m505 by the way).

Anyway, since I have already done the import via CSV, is there a way for
me re-establish the 'connections' such that my contacts' birthdays and
anniversaries are shown in my Calendar? If none, can anyone suggest a
third-party software that can help me do this?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Outlook maintains many connections among Outlook Items. That's how it
derives views like Activities, Journal, and the automatic display of
Contact's birthdays and anniversaries in the Calendar.
All connections are lost whenever you import Outlook data.
My question was why you had to import Outlook data. Palm is able to
synchronize Outlook data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Sorry for not being clear. I had to export my contacts from Palm
Desktop to a CSV file, and then import the CSV file into Outlook 2003.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'connections'? Is there a 'connection'
established between the calendar and address book to reflect the
birthday entries in the address book as a calendar entry?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All
connections are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to transfer
these Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in
message ...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook 2003
by first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed
that not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in my
Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem, so
I bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year entries
for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did
not fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this
problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

Yes, if I manually open a contact record, 'alter' the birthday field or
anything so that the system detects a change and save the record, that
particular record will have a calendar entry. However, I do not want to do
this for all of my 2000+ contacts! Is there a way or workaround that I can
employ? Can I copy the contacts into a PST and then copy back into my
mailbox contacts?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
I know of no way to do so automatically.
If you just open a Contact Record in question and save it, do the dates
not show up on the calendar then?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
To be honest, I did not know that I could synchronize my Palm device to
Outlook (I was using a Palm m505 by the way).

Anyway, since I have already done the import via CSV, is there a way for
me re-establish the 'connections' such that my contacts' birthdays and
anniversaries are shown in my Calendar? If none, can anyone suggest a
third-party software that can help me do this?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Outlook maintains many connections among Outlook Items. That's how it
derives views like Activities, Journal, and the automatic display of
Contact's birthdays and anniversaries in the Calendar.
All connections are lost whenever you import Outlook data.
My question was why you had to import Outlook data. Palm is able to
synchronize Outlook data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Sorry for not being clear. I had to export my contacts from Palm
Desktop to a CSV file, and then import the CSV file into Outlook 2003.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'connections'? Is there a
'connection' established between the calendar and address book to
reflect the birthday entries in the address book as a calendar entry?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All
connections are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to transfer
these Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in
message ...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook 2003
by first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed
that not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in my
Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem,
so I bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year
entries for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did
not fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this
problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

I don't know of any way to re-establish connections automatically.
There might be a way to do so with code, so you could ask in a programming
group.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Yes, if I manually open a contact record, 'alter' the birthday field or
anything so that the system detects a change and save the record, that
particular record will have a calendar entry. However, I do not want to
do this for all of my 2000+ contacts! Is there a way or workaround that I
can employ? Can I copy the contacts into a PST and then copy back into my
mailbox contacts?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
I know of no way to do so automatically.
If you just open a Contact Record in question and save it, do the dates
not show up on the calendar then?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
To be honest, I did not know that I could synchronize my Palm device to
Outlook (I was using a Palm m505 by the way).

Anyway, since I have already done the import via CSV, is there a way for
me re-establish the 'connections' such that my contacts' birthdays and
anniversaries are shown in my Calendar? If none, can anyone suggest a
third-party software that can help me do this?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Outlook maintains many connections among Outlook Items. That's how it
derives views like Activities, Journal, and the automatic display of
Contact's birthdays and anniversaries in the Calendar.
All connections are lost whenever you import Outlook data.
My question was why you had to import Outlook data. Palm is able to
synchronize Outlook data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Sorry for not being clear. I had to export my contacts from Palm
Desktop to a CSV file, and then import the CSV file into Outlook 2003.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'connections'? Is there a
'connection' established between the calendar and address book to
reflect the birthday entries in the address book as a calendar entry?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All
connections are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to
transfer these Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in
message ...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook 2003
by first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed
that not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in
my Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem,
so I bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year
entries for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did
not fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this
problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

In my opinion, this is a 'bug' but would like to validate with you. If you
agree, would you know the process as to how I can report this bug and get it
fixed. If not, can you suggest a particular programming group I can refer
to?

Thanks.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
I don't know of any way to re-establish connections automatically.
There might be a way to do so with code, so you could ask in a programming
group.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Yes, if I manually open a contact record, 'alter' the birthday field or
anything so that the system detects a change and save the record, that
particular record will have a calendar entry. However, I do not want to
do this for all of my 2000+ contacts! Is there a way or workaround that
I can employ? Can I copy the contacts into a PST and then copy back into
my mailbox contacts?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
I know of no way to do so automatically.
If you just open a Contact Record in question and save it, do the dates
not show up on the calendar then?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
To be honest, I did not know that I could synchronize my Palm device to
Outlook (I was using a Palm m505 by the way).

Anyway, since I have already done the import via CSV, is there a way
for me re-establish the 'connections' such that my contacts' birthdays
and anniversaries are shown in my Calendar? If none, can anyone
suggest a third-party software that can help me do this?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Outlook maintains many connections among Outlook Items. That's how it
derives views like Activities, Journal, and the automatic display of
Contact's birthdays and anniversaries in the Calendar.
All connections are lost whenever you import Outlook data.
My question was why you had to import Outlook data. Palm is able to
synchronize Outlook data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Sorry for not being clear. I had to export my contacts from Palm
Desktop to a CSV file, and then import the CSV file into Outlook
2003.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'connections'? Is there a
'connection' established between the calendar and address book to
reflect the birthday entries in the address book as a calendar entry?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All
connections are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to
transfer these Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in
message ...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook
2003 by first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I noticed
that not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in
my Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the problem,
so I bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year
entries for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this did
not fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this
problem?

birthdays not showing in calendar after importing contacts from ex
 

I know of no way and no need to report it. It's already well known and well
documented behavior and always has been in Outlook.
It's one of the reasons we always advise against importing whenever
possible.
Why you had to import is unclear to me.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
In my opinion, this is a 'bug' but would like to validate with you. If
you agree, would you know the process as to how I can report this bug and
get it fixed. If not, can you suggest a particular programming group I
can refer to?

Thanks.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
I don't know of any way to re-establish connections automatically.
There might be a way to do so with code, so you could ask in a
programming group.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Yes, if I manually open a contact record, 'alter' the birthday field or
anything so that the system detects a change and save the record, that
particular record will have a calendar entry. However, I do not want to
do this for all of my 2000+ contacts! Is there a way or workaround that
I can employ? Can I copy the contacts into a PST and then copy back
into my mailbox contacts?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
I know of no way to do so automatically.
If you just open a Contact Record in question and save it, do the dates
not show up on the calendar then?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
To be honest, I did not know that I could synchronize my Palm device
to Outlook (I was using a Palm m505 by the way).

Anyway, since I have already done the import via CSV, is there a way
for me re-establish the 'connections' such that my contacts' birthdays
and anniversaries are shown in my Calendar? If none, can anyone
suggest a third-party software that can help me do this?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Outlook maintains many connections among Outlook Items. That's how it
derives views like Activities, Journal, and the automatic display of
Contact's birthdays and anniversaries in the Calendar.
All connections are lost whenever you import Outlook data.
My question was why you had to import Outlook data. Palm is able to
synchronize Outlook data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"dindo fernando" wrote in message
...
Sorry for not being clear. I had to export my contacts from Palm
Desktop to a CSV file, and then import the CSV file into Outlook
2003.

Can you clarify what you mean by 'connections'? Is there a
'connection' established between the calendar and address book to
reflect the birthday entries in the address book as a calendar
entry?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
One of the many well documented limitations of importing. All
connections are lost.
Why was it necessary for you to use an intermediary format to
transfer these Contacts? Could you not synchronize them?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Dindo Fernando" wrote in
message ...
I've recently migrated my contacts from Palm Desktop to Outlook
2003 by first
exporting to a CSV file and then importing into Outlook. I
noticed that not
all of my contacts with entries in the birthday field showed up in
my Outlook
calendar.

My first thought was the formatting (missing year) was the
problem, so I bit
the bullet and put in the year for those contacts without year
entries for
their birthdays in the CSV files and re-imported. However this
did not fix
the problem.

Anyone have any ideas on what I did wrong or how I can fix this
problem?