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Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv

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Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> wrote:
>On 4/26/21 3:39 PM, this is what Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>On 4/26/21 2:18 PM, this is what Adam H. Kerman wrote:

>>>>This may be of some use to a Thunderbird user as the addressbook is
>>>>either maintained or exportable as vcf. If it's exportable directly as
>>>>csv, never mind.
 
>>>>I received a new cell phone last week. The old cell phone is not
>>>>designed to export its addressbook. It was a cheap cell phone I got on
>>>>an emergency basis after washing the previous cell phone in the laundry.
>>>>I was going to hang on to it until I got a smart phone. Years later, I
>>>>finally got the smart phone.

>>>>The addressbook is large.

>>>>I intend to create a database or spreadsheet on the desktop computer and
>>>>enter each contact.

>>>>On the new smart phone, I was able to export a small addressbook as vcf,
>>>>then copy it to the desktop computer. I then found this helpful macro to
>>>>translate vcf to csv or xls so I can use a spreadsheet manager.

>>>>https://sourceforge.net/projects/bulkvcftocsv/

>>>>If this is useful to a Thunderbird user, I'm mentioning it, but if
>>>>Thunderbird already has the ability to export its addressbook as csv,
>>>>this is unnecessary.

>>>You mention putting the data in a database.  I wouldn't double entry.
>>>If the phone is using a gmail.com email address it is linked to an
>>>online gmail account you can access from the desktop.  If you import
>>>into that database, then you basically are importing it to the phone
>>>too.

>>The old cell phone is not designed to export its addressbook.

>I'm not saying that.
>The OP wants to take his address book on the old phone and enter it into
>a database for the new phone.   My point is why add it to a 
>database and then create an extra step to get it from that database to
>the new phone.   Just enter it into gmail contacts and it will show 
>on the new phone.

I'm the OP.

I don't want to use Gmail for this purpose. Google spies on me enough as
it is.

Once it's in the database, I'll create a translation table, if
necessary, then output it in a format that can be read into the phone. I
think it can read csv. If not, I'll translate it to vcf. This is the
easy bit.

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Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-26 18:18 +0000
  Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 14:32 -0400
    Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-26 20:09 +0100
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 16:23 -0400
    Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-26 19:39 +0000
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-26 16:23 -0400
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 00:53 +0000
      Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 07:27 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-27 07:58 +0000
          Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 20:45 +0100
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-27 20:47 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-27 15:33 +0100
        Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 16:50 +0000
          Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 19:56 +0000
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-27 20:32 +0000
              Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-27 17:06 -0400
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 21:26 +0000
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-27 17:58 -0400
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-27 22:46 +0000
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 19:01 +0100
                Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-28 07:01 +0000
              Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 18:46 +0100
            Re: Translating contacts list from vcf to csv Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 08:18 +0100

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