Re: [Evolution] exporting addressbook to csv format

[Craig White <craigwhite azapple com>]

On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 09:32 -0500, chris lee wrote:
> 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
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love the concept - Fedora-3 OpenOffice 1.1.3 - Evolution 2.0.2

Dragging the table into the spreadsheet sends me into 'Bug Daddy' - bug
reporter for OpenOffice.org - very cool reporter by the way

Sent off bug report to Open Office

Nice to know - wish that it worked for me

Craig