Re: import csv into Kontact (custom fields?)(templates?)

AlanCocks wrote:

>  (apologies for personal mail sent in error)
>
>  Tobias Koenig wrote:
>
> > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 11:34:39AM +0100, AlanCocks wrote: Hi Alan,
> >
> >
> >> 1) How can I add some extra fields to Kontact? (am using Kontact
> >> vers 1.0 in suse 9.2)
> >
> >
> > You can add extra fields to the contact editor, but they won't
> > appear in the CSV import dialog yet.
>
>
>  Thanks! But how do I add the extra fields? I tried importing a whole
>  large bunch of fields in a csv file, and could not see many of them
>  in the Kontact (contacts) 'Modify View' choices at all? Only the
>  fields I could allocate could later be chosen for use.
>
> >
> >> 2) Templates would seem possibly useful - is this correct?
> >
> >
> > Hmm, yes?
> >
> >> 3) how would I get or create a template?
> >
> >
> > Load a csv file into the csv import dialog, assign the columns and
> > click the 'Save as template...' button.
>
>
>  Great, thanks :-)
>
> >
> >> 4) is this the best forum for these questions? (Which others
> >> please?)
>
> > Yes
>  tia

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Tobias Koenig wrote:

>  On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 10:15:58PM +0100, AlanCocks wrote:
>
> > Tobias Koenig wrote:
>
>  Hi Alan,
>
> > Thanks! But how do I add the extra fields?

>  Choose 'New Contact' or 'Edit Contact', go to the tab 'Custom Fields'
>  of the appearing dialog and add the fields you need.
>
> > I tried importing a whole large bunch of fields in a csv file, and
> > could not see many of them in the Kontact (contacts) 'Modify View'
> > choices at all?
>
>  Like I already said in my previous email, you _can't_ import fields
>  yet and the fields you created inside KAddressBook won't appear in
>  the csv import dialog. We added custom field support late in the 3.X
>  development cycle, so it wasn't integrated well.
>  Ciao, Tobias

Hi Tobias, Thanks for the explanation. I think I begin to understand. 
yes I now see that the extra fields -
'Edit Contact', Custom Fields  
are applied to all contacts, which is useful.

And I see now about not being able to import extra fields in CSV.

(I notice too that the custom fields do not export in the csv either).

There are 43 (?) fields avaiable for kontact import (csv), and I have 
trimmed the data csv to this, however (at least it is worth asking.....  
:-) )   - What I would like to do just now is, ok, to stay with the 43 
fields, and change the Kontact Field Names (for example from, say, 'Home 
Address Street', to be 'Home Address 1'   etc etc). Is this possible at 
present?
(The fields I want to import will squeeze in but the names are misleading).


I am not a programmer, but I could happily edit text files (at a push I 
might consider editing source, in the future maybe).

My exploration in the .kde files has not found anything which suggests 
this is possible, I would be grateful for your comments here.

PS
Any thoughts about the pace of development on the import facility, and 
including the changing of field names too please?

tia
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alanc