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April 29th 06, 12:50 PM
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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? 
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April 29th 06, 01:48 PM
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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?
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April 30th 06, 05:54 AM
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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?
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April 30th 06, 12:13 PM
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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?
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May 1st 06, 03:55 PM
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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?
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May 1st 06, 04:19 PM
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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?
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May 2nd 06, 04:33 PM
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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?
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May 2nd 06, 08:59 PM
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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?
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May 3rd 06, 07:58 PM
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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?
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May 3rd 06, 08:49 PM
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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?
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