There maybe a way to do this. It should be possible, I would think, to
write a Perl script that goes the other way. That is, that would take
vCards and turn them into a comma-delimited text file that could be
imported into the Newt. Alas, I have no idea how to write a Perl
script, and have not seen one that does what you are asking.
sj
On Friday, August 9, 2002, at 04:24 PM, Donald Wilson wrote:
>
> Is it possible to do it the other way around? Export from AddressBook,
> import to the newt? It's faster to enter lots of stuff in
> AddressBook.app I've found... I do need to put some Names add-ons into
> my 2100 tho...
>
> ~Donald
>
> On Friday, Aug 09, 2002, at 12:26PM, Stephen Jendraszak
> <stevehj_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> People are working on it. Right now, it is possible to export your
>> Newton Names as a text file, and use a Perl script to convert them
>> into
>> vCards, which the Address Book can read. I'm hoping someone can write
>> a
>> similar program to convert Newton Dates into a vCal and/or .ics file.
>> (.ics is the native format of iCal and Entourage).
>
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