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- Subject: Re: Template to import for ACT 10?
- Author: Lon Orenstein
- Date: 14 Apr 2008
- References: 1 2 3 4
Luther's right but there's a caveat. Record number 26 is not necessarily
#26 in the list you see on screen -- it's #26 that is stored in that
position in the database. The list is usually sorted by Company...
HTH,
Lon
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Lon Orenstein
pinpointtools, llc
Lon@pinpointtools.com
Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies
Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager
www.pinpointtools.com
"Luther" <enowning@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 14, 5:04 am, DinoG <Di...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Usually, when conversion from ACT to BCM gets to record number N and
stops, it's an indication that record N is corrupt. Deleting the
offending record from ACT usually helps--import continues past that
point.
#26 in the list you see on screen -- it's #26 that is stored in that
position in the database. The list is usually sorted by Company...
HTH,
Lon
___________________________________________________________
Lon Orenstein
pinpointtools, llc
Lon@pinpointtools.com
Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies
Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager
www.pinpointtools.com
"Luther" <enowning@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 14, 5:04 am, DinoG <Di...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply...
>
> I did this on my personal computer with no problem, work computer seems to
> present the problem where BCM chokes on the import. It looks like it
> starts
> importing the contacts, gets to about 26, and stalls.
>
> Have you seen that before?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dino
>
> "William Stacey [C# MVP]" wrote:
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> I did this on my personal computer with no problem, work computer seems to
> present the problem where BCM chokes on the import. It looks like it
> starts
> importing the contacts, gets to about 26, and stalls.
>
> Have you seen that before?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dino
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> "William Stacey [C# MVP]" wrote:
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> > Not sure if this helps, but I just imported other day from an act 6 dbf
> > directly into BCM with no issues (I installed trial ACT 10 on machine
> > first).
> > IIRC, BCM will import directly from act 10 .pad db. Can't remember if I
> > tried that also or not.
>> > directly into BCM with no issues (I installed trial ACT 10 on machine
> > first).
> > IIRC, BCM will import directly from act 10 .pad db. Can't remember if I
> > tried that also or not.
> > "DinoG" <Di...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:F355CB5E-A0B9-45DC-B998-2289DE497B20@microsoft.com...
>> >news:F355CB5E-A0B9-45DC-B998-2289DE497B20@microsoft.com...
> > > Greetings...
> > > I'm trying to import information from ACT 10 into Business Contact
> > > Manager.
> > > Does anyone know of a template for this? - I can't seem to find one
> > > from
> > > Microsoft.
> > > Manager.
> > > Does anyone know of a template for this? - I can't seem to find one
> > > from
> > > Microsoft.
> > > Do I have to do my own import? and if so, can I start with an ACT 9
> > > template? I tried using the Act 2007/9 template to import, but that
> > > fails
> > > during the conversion...
> > > template? I tried using the Act 2007/9 template to import, but that
> > > fails
> > > during the conversion...
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dino- Hide quoted text -
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Usually, when conversion from ACT to BCM gets to record number N and
stops, it's an indication that record N is corrupt. Deleting the
offending record from ACT usually helps--import continues past that
point.
| 13 Apr 2008 | Template to import for ACT 10? | .DinoG |
| 13 Apr 2008 |  Re: Template to import for ACT 10? | .William Stacey [C# MVP] |
| 14 Apr 2008 |  Re: Template to import for ACT 10? | .DinoG |
| 14 Apr 2008 | Re: Template to import for ACT 10? | .Luther |
| 14 Apr 2008 | Re: Template to import for ACT 10? | .Lon Orenstein |
| 15 Apr 2008 | Re: Template to import for ACT 10? | .DinoG |
| 15 Apr 2008 | Re: Template to import for ACT 10? | .Luther |
| 17 Apr 2008 | Re: Template to import for ACT 10? | .DinoG |
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