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How to read pocket pc databases (Calendar, Contacts...) from the PC erc 10-30-2006
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Posted by erc on October 30, 2006, 8:16 am
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 Hi all - Unfortunately I lost my Pocket PC, I have a backup of all
system databases (TXT format?), I need to continue working with the
calendar and contacts. There is some applicaition in order to open this
files and continue working with them? Or at least some app that let me
to export this data to another format?

Thanks a lot!


Posted by Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileD on October 30, 2006, 2:05 pm
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 Outlook has a pretty good "import wizard" which should be able to open
sturctured text files (depending on the format) and import them into
outlook for use there.

Tip... in the wizard, "pull down" general field names such as "name" to
expose divisions such as "first, last, etc"

Text files (with the .txt file extension) can be opened with pword and
other third party apps... the caution with word is to assure that if you
edit you keep specifying "text" format.

Posting a sample of the format you have them in would help.

Posted by erc on October 31, 2006, 9:05 am
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Thanks Beverly,

The files are TXT files, but its format isn't readeable in a common TXT
file editor. They start as:

database: oid=3D0x00001955, name=3D"Contacts Database"
17 00 00 00 43 00 6f 00 6e 00 74 00 61 00 63 00 .Contac
74 00 73 00 20 00 44 00 61 00 74 00 61 00 62 00 ts Datab
61 00 73 00 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ase.....
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 1b 01 03 00 78 e2 02 00 ...=C4=9B=EE=89=B8
00 57 be 9d a6 f1 c6 01 1f 00 13 40 02 00 00 00 =E5=9C=80=E9=B6=BE=EF=
=86=A6=C7=86=E4=80=93.
1f 00 06 3a 02 00 00 00 1f 00 16 3a 02 00 00 00 =E3=A8=86.=E3=A8=96=
=2E
1f 00 13 40 00 00 00 00 =E4=80=93..


There are copy/paste copies of the system dbs located in the pocket pc.

Thanks

Erwin


Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] wrote:
> Outlook has a pretty good "import wizard" which should be able to open
> sturctured text files (depending on the format) and import them into
> outlook for use there.
>
> Tip... in the wizard, "pull down" general field names such as "name" to
> expose divisions such as "first, last, etc"
>
> Text files (with the .txt file extension) can be opened with pword and
> other third party apps... the caution with word is to assure that if you
> edit you keep specifying "text" format.
>=20
> Posting a sample of the format you have them in would help.


Posted by Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileD on October 31, 2006, 10:27 am
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It's kinda hard to qualify that file as a "text file" even if it can be
opened as a text file...

for one thing, it appears to be unicode which is also an issue on ppc's

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Posted by erc on October 31, 2006, 10:49 am
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Beverly - Thanks for your reply. Yes there are not true TXT files, but
their extension is a TXT one. They appear to be a database in some
format, I can read everything, but the telephone numbers are codified
or something like that.

Some idea?

Thanks

Erwin

Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] wrote:
> It's kinda hard to qualify that file as a "text file" even if it can be
> opened as a text file...
>
> for one thing, it appears to be unicode which is also an issue on ppc's
>
> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]


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