Is there such a script or plug-in to import vcard data into filemaker? 
And I do not mean import all vcards from outlook - I just mean a 
solution for single vcards - drag and drop, or import selected vcard?

I have searched for some time, and find nothing! This seems so strange 
to me. One of the most basic functions people use filemaker for is 
contact management in some form. It seems to me that this would have 
been solved ages ago! If it has, please tell me!!!

Part of the reason I ask is due to my quest to be able to retrieve 
selected Mac AddressBook addresses for import to FM. So far, the only 
solution I found seems to want to import all contacts, and not allow 
the selection of one to import. Not good in my case. I do not want the 
other 1800 contacts!

More and more it looks to me like it is a big hassle to create any type 
of integration like these (vcard or AB) and that re-entering info may 
be the "cheapest" solution (both in development time, headaches, and 
longer term compatability)

Any thougths welcome!

learning wrote:
> 
> Is there such a script or plug-in to import vcard data into filemaker? 
> And I do not mean import all vcards from outlook - I just mean a 
> solution for single vcards - drag and drop, or import selected vcard?
> 
> I have searched for some time, and find nothing! This seems so strange 
> to me. One of the most basic functions people use filemaker for is 
> contact management in some form. It seems to me that this would have 
> been solved ages ago! If it has, please tell me!!!
> 
> Part of the reason I ask is due to my quest to be able to retrieve 
> selected Mac AddressBook addresses for import to FM. So far, the only 
> solution I found seems to want to import all contacts, and not allow the 
> selection of one to import. Not good in my case. I do not want the other 
> 1800 contacts!
> 
> More and more it looks to me like it is a big hassle to create any type 
> of integration like these (vcard or AB) and that re-entering info may be 
> the "cheapest" solution (both in development time, headaches, and longer 
> term compatability)
> 
> Any thougths welcome!
> 


open a vcard export into Word, and you will see that there is a 
reasonably clear field demarcation. Position function can be used as a 
basis to extract the components. Excel can open much of the base data 
into useable format, using a semi-colon delimiter.


Chris Brown
Neurosurgery
University of Adelaide

learning <infoREMOVE@THISgratiotdesign.com> wrote:

> On 2004-09-04 09:49:21 +0200, "Wes" <wchester@lostXXXpants.com> said:
> > 
> > This does exist as an example XSLT / XML file on the FileMaker web site.
> > I would send you a link, but I don't have web access right now.
> 
> That would be helful as I could not find it after many searches using
> vcard, XSLT, or  XML. I may be blind.... ;-)

I heve not been able to find that either. I, too, have been looking a
great deal into this with limited success.

There are also a few apps that go the other way (FMP to vCard).

I was not satisfied with any of these, so I took a shot at creating the
function myself: I ended up with an 80 % solution, so I'm still not
satisfied.

Link to a promising plug-in:
https://www.productive.cc/pci_cart/FMPro?-DB=PCSC_Products.FP5&-Format=c
atalog.htm&-Lay=CGI&ID_No=39&-Find

http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/03-2003/03-10.ws

Other links:
http://www.fmfiles.com/
http://www.filemakerworld.com/
http://www.filemaker-templates.com/

Hope this helps,
Jens

In article <4137598a_2@news.bluewin.ch>,
 learning <infoREMOVE@THISgratiotdesign.com> wrote:

> Is there such a script or plug-in to import vcard data into filemaker? 
> And I do not mean import all vcards from outlook - I just mean a 
> solution for single vcards - drag and drop, or import selected vcard?
> 
> I have searched for some time, and find nothing! This seems so strange 
> to me. One of the most basic functions people use filemaker for is 
> contact management in some form. It seems to me that this would have 
> been solved ages ago! If it has, please tell me!!!
> 
> Part of the reason I ask is due to my quest to be able to retrieve 
> selected Mac AddressBook addresses for import to FM. So far, the only 
> solution I found seems to want to import all contacts, and not allow 
> the selection of one to import. Not good in my case. I do not want the 
> other 1800 contacts!
> 
> More and more it looks to me like it is a big hassle to create any type 
> of integration like these (vcard or AB) and that re-entering info may 
> be the "cheapest" solution (both in development time, headaches, and 
> longer term compatability)
> 
> Any thougths welcome!
> 

go to www.productivecomputing.com they have something that WORKS

learning <infoREMOVE@THISgratiotdesign.com> wrote in message news:
> I have searched for some time, and find nothing! This seems so strange 
>to me. One of the most basic functions people use filemaker for is 
>contact management in some form. It seems to me that this would have 
>been solved ages ago! If it has, please tell me!!!

Well - you face a problem with the condtional field structure vs.
Filemakers rigid one, and have to design you recieving base
accordingly - good inspiration is found here:

http://previews.filemakermagazine.com/videos/513/DataTagging_full.mov

Next issue you the face is to grasp the coherence of the data seen
from Addressbooks applescript directory ...but it seems straghtforward
scripting (in applescript) if you have these two prerequisits in
order.

But it's obvious to me why such a solution has to be taylored, and not
exists as a 3rd party tool availiable on every street corner ...simply
because the conditional fields in the Adressbook leaves an
unexhaustable permutation of posibilities, that have to be interfaced
with a similar stucture in the filemaker base - which isn't obvious as
first sight. Say you want to use data like an address in an invoicing
system ...these data should then be tunneled from two relations away
into where it's needed!!! I know that with version 7.0 have these
matters less of an edge than earlier on.

--sd