ACT! 6.0 to BCM import problem

[mikegirdner]

I have ACT! 6.0.3.979 and Outlook 2007 - just purchased Outlook -
running on Vista. I have installed ACT! 6.0 on this computer and it
seems to be running fine. When I run the BCM import wizard on my ACT!
database (which runs fine in ACT!) I get the message "The specified
file is not a valid database for the currently installed version of
ACT (6.0.3.979)..." I have run this database in ACT and it runs fine.
I have run ACTDiag on it and have all green check marks. I notice that
I can't get a "full" version number of the database from ACTDiag - it
says only that it is version 6.0 - it doesn't give the full version
number. Has anyone seen this problem before? Any suggestions? I have
about 2,000 records in ACT that MUST come over to Outlook for it to be
usable for us - if I can't get this conversion to work I am going to
have to stay with ACT.

Thanks in advance.
Mike Girdner Worth Hydrochem

 

[Castell]

Can you export your ACT contacts to a CSV file then import the CSV file into
Outlook?

 

[mikegirdner]

Can you export yourACTcontacts to a CSV file then import the CSV file into
Outlook?







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I haven't had time to try this yet, but I was hoping to avoid it
because I have a lot of Notes and History's in ACT that I need to
import into Outlook and from what I can tell this may not be possible
exporting to a CSV file then importing into Outlook. I have just been
so busy that I haven't had time to really look into it and try it.

Mike Girdner
Worth Hydrochem

 

[godders99]

I have ACT! 6.0.3.979 and Outlook 2007 - just purchased Outlook -
running on Vista. I have installed ACT! 6.0 on this computer and it
seems to be running fine. When I run the BCM import wizard on my ACT!
database (which runs fine in ACT!) I get the message "The specified
file is not a valid database for the currently installed version of
ACT (6.0.3.979)..." I have run this database in ACT and it runs fine.
I have run ACTDiag on it and have all green check marks. I notice that
I can't get a "full" version number of the database from ACTDiag - it
says only that it is version 6.0 - it doesn't give the full version
number. Has anyone seen this problem before? Any suggestions? I have
about 2,000 records in ACT that MUST come over to Outlook for it to be
usable for us - if I can't get this conversion to work I am going to
have to stay with ACT.

Thanks in advance.
Mike Girdner Worth Hydrochem

 

[godders99]

I have EXACTLY the same issue. I have searched everywhere and can not find a
solution. I too am not happy about using CSV import as it will result in the
loss of "notes" etc which i have used extensively.

Did you find a solution to the problem?

(e-mail address removed)

 

[mikegirdner]

I have EXACTLY the same issue. I have searched everywhere and can not finda
solution. I too am not happy about using CSV import as it will result in the
loss of "notes" etc which i have used extensively.

Did you find a solution to the problem?

(e-mail address removed)






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No, I haven't found an answer to this problem yet. Haven't had time
to do any more research on it yet due to the holidays and end-of-year
issues. I am still hoping someonw will have the answer on this group.

Mike Girdner

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You will probably have better luck posting in the Business Contact Manager group, microsoft.pubic.outlook.bcm.

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reading.

After furious head scratching, (e-mail address removed) asked:

| On Dec 23, 7:48 am, godders99 <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|| I have EXACTLY the same issue. I have searched everywhere and can
|| not find a solution. I too am not happy about using CSV import as it
|| will result in the loss of "notes" etc which i have used extensively.
||
|| Did you find a solution to the problem?
||
|| (e-mail address removed)
||
||
||
|| "(e-mail address removed)" wrote:
||| I haveACT! 6.0.3.979 and Outlook 2007 - just purchased Outlook -
||| running on Vista. I have installedACT! 6.0 on this computer and it
||| seems to be running fine. When I run the BCM import wizard on myACT!
||| database (which runs fine inACT!) I get the message "The specified
||| file is not a valid database for the currently installed version of
||| ACT(6.0.3.979)..." I have run this database inACTand it runs fine.
||| I have run ACTDiag on it and have all green check marks. I notice
||| that I can't get a "full" version number of the database from
||| ACTDiag - it says only that it is version 6.0 - it doesn't give the
||| full version number. Has anyone seen this problem before? Any
||| suggestions? I have about 2,000 records inACTthat MUST come over to
||| Outlook for it to be usable for us - if I can't get this conversion
||| to work I am going to have to stay withACT.
||
||| Thanks in advance.
||| Mike Girdner Worth Hydrochem- Hide quoted text -
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|| - Show quoted text -
|
| No, I haven't found an answer to this problem yet. Haven't had time
| to do any more research on it yet due to the holidays and end-of-year
| issues. I am still hoping someonw will have the answer on this group.
|
| Mike Girdner