Re[2]: Migrating Problems. Going from Outlook to The Bat! What a PITA!
Hello Brien, You did better than I did. I never figured out the carriage return part. I did have to rename the fields in the CSV file, otherwise the actual email part of the address was missing because the field name was email address, not just email. Then after the import I noticed all those extra entries with just a part of a phone number, address, whatever.. I was, to say the least a little PISSED, frustrated, etc. and I had to take MORE time to delete those entries, figure out which contacts were missing the info, and add the info back. Not fun, not nice, and not what I expected. definitely a sore point for me, and my fellow outlook/eudora users trying to move their data. Paul BK Ok, BK This is a follow up to my Migrating nightmares. First off, I must say BK that I am EXTREMELY disappointed in the Importing capabilities of The Bat! Even as BK painful as it is, I still registered it. BK 2) Edit the CSV file and change all the titles to match those expected BK by The Bat! BK If you try and MAP the fields in the import dialog those fields will be BK excluded in the import! This was the biggest problem out of them all BK and I didn't figure that out until the end. VERY Frustrating. Once I BK was done with that I also went through and removed any extra carriage BK returns that a row into multiple lines. BK I also deleted any extra columns that I didn't want or have data in. -- Best regards, Paul Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Migrating Problems. Going from Outlook to The Bat! What a PITA!
Ok, This is a follow up to my Migrating nightmares. First off, I must say that I am EXTREMELY disappointed in the Importing capabilities of The Bat! Even as painful as it is, I still registered it. Now back to the issue at hand... In order to import from Outlook, here is what I had to do. 1) Export my contacts from outlook to a CSV file. 2) Edit the CSV file and change all the titles to match those expected by The Bat! If you try and MAP the fields in the import dialog those fields will be excluded in the import! This was the biggest problem out of them all and I didn't figure that out until the end. VERY Frustrating. Once I was done with that I also went through and removed any extra carriage returns that a row into multiple lines. I also deleted any extra columns that I didn't want or have data in. After all that, I finally have all my contacts in The Bat!. I would bet money that people have evaluated The Bat! and found it too complicated to switch that they have stuck with what they are using. This is a shame considering that even with these problems, The Bat! is an excellent product. Now I'm going to go play some video games to cool down -- Brien King [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Arcade Restoration Workshop @ http://www.arcaderestoration.com Home of Cart Commander, the Ultimate Cartridge Cataloging Utility! Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Migrating Problems. Going from Outlook to The Bat! What a PITA!
Ok, I am almost done. I managed to import all my messages from Outlook into The Bat! It was painful, but I managed. What I had to do was this: 1) Import all my messages into Outlook Express 5 2) Import that into The Bat! Easy enough, except that Outlook Express only allows you to import the main PST file. I have 8 PST Files, so I had to import a PST file. Reconfigure Outlook to use the next PST file as the default (What joy that was), then repeat the process. Once everything was in Outlook Express, it was easy from there. Importing my contacts from Outlook is proving to me that Importing my messages was a walk in the park. I have tried everything from using The Bat! to import from a CSV to a third party program. All have failed. I'll start with the .CSV issue. I exported my contacts from Outlook to a CSV file. I open it up the Address book in The Bat! and tell it to import from a comma separated file. I then proceed to map my fields. When the import is done, half my data is missing. Email addresses didn't get imported, phone numbers, etc... I then tried a third party utility (can't remember the name of it, I'm at work doing this from memory) and it doesn't convert to anything that contains all the information I want to move. Most formats it does only have the name and email address. I'm fairly pissed off about it right now because this is the final item I need to take care of and I've been fighting it for a day now. Give me the format of the Address book for The Bat! and I'll write something to import contacts from Outlook! I'll even give the source to The Bat! I'm ready to dump Outlook, but I'm not leaving without my contact information, and I am sure as hell not going to retype 266 contacts. Frustrated, Brien King Arcade Game Collector [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arcade Restoration Workshop @ http://www.arcaderestoration.com Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Migrating Problems. Going from Outlook to The Bat! What a PITA!
Here I was thinking you weren't going to be on the list ... I thought you said DAWN took care of that? Downer. -- Shane R. Monroe Dark Unicorn Productions http://www.darkunicornproductions.com Monday, April 8, 2002, 1:47:01 PM, you wrote: BK Ok, BK I am almost done. I managed to import all my messages from Outlook into The BK Bat! It was painful, but I managed. BK What I had to do was this: BK 1) Import all my messages into Outlook Express 5 BK 2) Import that into The Bat! BK Easy enough, except that Outlook Express only allows you to import the main BK PST file. I have 8 PST Files, so I had to import a PST file. Reconfigure BK Outlook to use the next PST file as the default (What joy that was), then BK repeat the process. BK Once everything was in Outlook Express, it was easy from there. BK Importing my contacts from Outlook is proving to me that Importing my BK messages was a walk in the park. I have tried everything from using The BK Bat! to import from a CSV to a third party program. All have failed. BK I'll start with the .CSV issue. I exported my contacts from Outlook to a BK CSV file. I open it up the Address book in The Bat! and tell it to import BK from a comma separated file. I then proceed to map my fields. When the BK import is done, half my data is missing. Email addresses didn't get BK imported, phone numbers, etc... BK I then tried a third party utility (can't remember the name of it, I'm at BK work doing this from memory) and it doesn't convert to anything that BK contains all the information I want to move. Most formats it does only have BK the name and email address. BK I'm fairly pissed off about it right now because this is the final item I BK need to take care of and I've been fighting it for a day now. BK Give me the format of the Address book for The Bat! and I'll write something BK to import contacts from Outlook! I'll even give the source to The Bat! I'm BK ready to dump Outlook, but I'm not leaving without my contact information, BK and I am sure as hell not going to retype 266 contacts. BK Frustrated, BK Brien King BK Arcade Game Collector BK [EMAIL PROTECTED] BK Arcade Restoration Workshop @ http://www.arcaderestoration.com BK BK Current Ver: 1.60c BK FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com BK Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] BK Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com BK Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] BK TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Migrating Problems. Going from Outlook to The Bat! What a PITA!
Yeah, that's the name of it :-) Dawn. When I talked to you, I thought it had, until I started looking at specific contacts and noticed information was missing (Addresses, Phone Numbers, etc...) -- Brien King Arcade Game Collector [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arcade Restoration Workshop @ http://www.arcaderestoration.com -Original Message- From: Shane R. Monroe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:58 PM To: Brien King Subject: Re: Migrating Problems. Going from Outlook to The Bat! What a PITA! Here I was thinking you weren't going to be on the list ... I thought you said DAWN took care of that? Downer. -- Shane R. Monroe Dark Unicorn Productions http://www.darkunicornproductions.com Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Migrating Problems. Going from Outlook to The Bat! What a PITA!
Monday, April 8, 2002, 9:47:01 PM, Brien King wrote: Give me the format of the Address book for The Bat! and I'll write something to import contacts from Outlook! I'll even give the source to The Bat! I'm ready to dump Outlook, but I'm not leaving without my contact information, and I am sure as hell not going to retype 266 contacts. --- Here's what I did (and I'm still doing as I have over a thousand entries in various PST files). 1. In Outlook, select then right-click the contact. 2. Choose Export to vCard file, then choose an appropriate filename and location. 3. In TB Address Book, choose File-Import From-Business Card (VCF). Unfortunately, you have to do this on a contact-by-contact basis -- a royal PITA, but HTH, -- Geoff Lane Cornwall, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using The Bat! v1.60c on Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 6 WinAmp currently playing Afro Celt Sound System - Big Cat eschew obfuscation. Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re[2]: Migrating Problems. Going from Outlook to The Bat! What a PITA!
Could a Macro be setup to do that? Yeah, what a PITA! -- Shane R. Monroe Dark Unicorn Productions http://www.darkunicornproductions.com Monday, April 8, 2002, 2:24:26 PM, you wrote: GL Monday, April 8, 2002, 9:47:01 PM, Brien King wrote: Give me the format of the Address book for The Bat! and I'll write something to import contacts from Outlook! I'll even give the source to The Bat! I'm ready to dump Outlook, but I'm not leaving without my contact information, and I am sure as hell not going to retype 266 contacts. GL --- GL Here's what I did (and I'm still doing as I have over a thousand GL entries in various PST files). GL 1. In Outlook, select then right-click the contact. GL 2. Choose Export to vCard file, then choose an appropriate filename GL and location. GL 3. In TB Address Book, choose File-Import From-Business Card (VCF). GL Unfortunately, you have to do this on a contact-by-contact basis -- a GL royal PITA, but HTH, Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
