On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 15:12 +0100, Fred Blaise wrote: > Hello > > It's not exactly working for me... I have only one table showing up, and > it's actually a single record. > I choose the data source to be a flat file, point it to my massive .vcf > file. > I tried to change the delimiters, etc.. but nothing. > > any ideas? > > thx a lot > > fred
Try this ... in oo go to tools/data sources, in the general tab fill in <Name> with any name e.g. 'test' under <database type> select 'address book' from the list under <data source url> select 'evolution address book' from the list go to the tables tab check off the tables you want to see hit apply/OK to close In an oo document hit F4 to open the Data Sources window, you should see your contacts, then select and drag into your document > On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 07:27 -0500, chris lee wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 12:01 +0100, Fred Blaise wrote: > > > Michael: > > > Were you running version 2.x or 1.x ? Not that it really matters if it > > > doesn't work, but I am curious :) > > > > > > Chris: > > > Anything simpler? ;) I tried it quickly, but I guess it will require > > > more time than 5 min. There must be another way... > > > > > > Thanks guys > > > > > > fred > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 04:13 -0500, Michael R Head wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 10:04 +0100, Fred Blaise wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > > > I had read that I could export to csv using: > > > > > > > > > > evolution-addressbook-export --format=csv > out.csv > > > > > > > > I found: > > > > /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-addressbook-export --format=csv > > > > > > > > Sadly, when I run it, it claims to be unimplemented: > > > > ** (evolution:24348): WARNING **: FIXME: wait for completion > > > > unimplemented > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I assume this was for 1.x, as I can't find it in 2.0.2. Am I missing > > > > > it > > > > > somewhere? Is there anything equivalent I could use? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > I am using evo 2.03 & oo 1.1.3 > > > > In oo go to tools/data sources > > > > Evo should show up in the list of sources, just go through the steps to > > add it as a source > > > > Open a new spreadsheet, hit F4, select the table your contacts are in, > > pick any or all and presto > > > > I don't think it takes 5 minutes even. I was blown away when I first > > found it and now use it frequently in oo to get mail addresses etc on > > the fly plus you can link just as easily to mysql etc the same way > > > > chris > > Got to _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
