• Subject: Re: BCM File error when importing corrupt file
  • Author: Subsea
  • Date: 08 Aug 2008
  • References: 1 2
Luther:

Well i have had additional success today.....I converted the file to the xml
and read the contents...almost 8 Million lines of txt. One of the company
users had his name
in the contact list and every email that he was sent was copied to the bcm
file.
I suspect that this is probably an import Timeout issue as the number of
emails went from LIne 937213 to 4715722. a big chunk. I then did a search
for "<contact>" and counted up to 261 entries and found his name and proceded
to delete everthing from that point to the next instance of <contact>. it is
a difficult process to delete that much text in one fell swoop but i got it
done in chunks.
I then saved the file back to .bcm and started the import and its going past
561 contacts. I did get a log after the import and the contents were calender
events which did not import for some reason ...maybe 15 that were not
important.
I will send a message to the help desk in India so they have an answer fro
this next time.
Thanks for your input without it i would still be at square 1.
Thanks
"Luther" wrote:

> On Aug 6, 11:33 am, Subsea <Sub...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I have a bcm file which will load into Business Contact Manager up to contact
> > 261 then reports an error. Is there a repair utility for these files? or a
> > way to fix this file?
>
> BCM files are XML files which means they are text files and can be
> editted a simple text editor, like notepad. The error message in the
> import log should give a good indication of the where the error is. If
> you cannot figure out what the exact nature of the error is, you can
> delete that record from the file by removing that node in the XML.
>
06 Aug 2008BCM File error when importing corrupt file.Subsea
08 Aug 2008\ Re: BCM File error when importing corrupt file.Luther
08 Aug 2008   |- Re: BCM File error when importing corrupt file.Subsea
08 Aug 2008   \ Re: BCM File error when importing corrupt file.Subsea
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