[jp] CSV export

> Ralph Alvy wrote:
> > I'm interested in exporting all my Contacts from JPilot to CSV format. I
> > notice that this is possible as one of the File menu choices. However, the
> > export appears to simply order data according to raw field order. What I'm

Look at the very 1st line of the CSV output, it gives you a clue as to
what fields you actually have in there.

On one hand, you have Phone1 ... Phone5 columns in the CSV, which are the
raw contents of the corresponding contact fields. OTOH, there are the
corresponding phoneLabel[1-5] fields, which, in turn, are NUMERICAL
indices into the array of possibilities of what the corresponding phone
might be. See the documentation for the excellent perl module
Palm::Address which lists the names in the correct order.

What are you going to do with the CSV? If you are going to parse it
yourself, why not use Palm::Address and directly access the PDB (this way
you get access to additional data, such as the custom field names!) If you
are going to import it into something else, like kontact, try exporting
into another format (jpilot supports also export into vcard and ldif).

HTH,
Vassilii