Advertisement

04.13.2008 at 07:04AM PDT, ID: 23318512
[x]
Attachment Details
[x]
The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

  • The Grade of the Solution
  • The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
  • The Number of Author and Expert Comments
  • The Number of Experts Contributing
  • The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!

8.0

Export Outlook Express Address Book to Access

Asked by czpczp in OE-WindowsLive, Microsoft Access Database, Outlook Groupware Software

Tags: , ,

I have a very simple Address Book consisting of specific Groups and Contacts (i.e. "Programmers" w/200 contacts, "Help Desk" w/500 contacts, etc).  It's nothing more than a contact's full name and their email address.  

What I'd like to do is, have all groups export into a file that's in an "importable" format for MS Access (v2002 sp3).  Ideally, each group will be it's own table and the contacts it's table contents by column.  The aim here is this; if I have a job opening for Programmers, I'd like to send an email of a job description to the contacts in the Programmers group alone.

This is how I'm currently doing it in Express but I want to permantly move all my Contact Groups with their respective contacts neatly into it's own table (Programmers = tbl_Programmers) and do away with Express all together.  

I don't know if eamiling to a list of addresses is straight forward in Access, hopefully, but adding some code may be required.....I got this from a book.....

Dim appExpress As New MSimn.Application
.
.
Set appExpress = CreateObject ("MSimn.Application")    ...etc...


The export I tried so far was going to File/Export the menu choosing Address Book (WAB) and was unable to use this to import this into Access.    Another oprion I tried was "Other Address Book" then selecting a "Text File (CSV)".   This seemed promising in that it exported the address book in an ASCII format but the problem was, it didn't include the groups just ALL the contacts (name, email add).    I need the group and its contacts to export neatly group by group so I can make an an access table out of each.

I'm open to using a third party utility to help in the export/importing everything over to Access 'cause once complete, I will no longer be using Express.

If there's any other informatin I can provide please let me know.   Thanks.

Thanks!Start Free Trial
Attachments:
 
Example Screenshoot of Address Book with Groups and its Contacts
Example Screenshoot of Address Book with Groups and its Contacts
 
 
 
Loading Advertisement...
 
[+][-]04.13.2008 at 09:15AM PDT, ID: 21345177

View this solution now by starting your 7-day free trial. Setting up your free trial is quick, easy, and secure. We will return you to this solution, unlocked, when you're done.

 

About this solution

Zones: OE-WindowsLive, Microsoft Access Database, Outlook Groupware Software
Tags: Micorsoft, Outlook Express, 2002 sp3
Sign Up Now!
Solution Provided By: yat993
Participating Experts: 1
Solution Grade: A
 
 
[+][-]08.22.2008 at 05:25AM PDT, ID: 22289025

Experts Exchange has a courteous staff of administrators who help members get the most out of the website by means of administrative comments like this one.

Start your 7-day free trial to view this Administrative Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]08.28.2008 at 02:28AM PDT, ID: 22332951

Experts Exchange has a courteous staff of administrators who help members get the most out of the website by means of administrative comments like this one.

Start your 7-day free trial to view this Administrative Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
 
Loading Advertisement...
20080716-EE-VQP-32 / EE_QW_2_20070628