PPCBckpContacts

[DotFred]

Some screenshots of the application



Why this tool ?

I made this application for two main reasons .

I don't use outlook/activesync to synchronize my contacts, first of all because it takes time, and secondly I'm working often at several places on different pcs.

I switch often between WM2003SE and WM2005 and because the outlook databases are different on both systems and that xbackup doesn't work on WM2005, I needed a tool to keep my contacts for both OS.

I decided not to use a binary format for the file, so the data could be edited easily and not to use UNICODE, avoiding so extra check and conversion.

Outlook contacts have 47 predefined properties in WM2003SE and 59 in WM2005.

PPCBckpContacts checks if the first line of the CSV file contains the 47 properties of WM2003SE => CSV4 or
contains the 59 properties of WM2005 => CSV5

If someone finds this tool valuable, I will probably continue the development and add more features. So comments, bug reports, suggestions are welcome.

Cheers

[DotFred]

Some bugs (4) have been found and fixed in the version 1.2

1) SD card detection has been improved
2) The File type on the file selection window was bad formated.

3) bug found for certain properties of contacts, that caused the crash of the application

4) in landscape, fields on different windows were not visible

The menu has been replaced by the one given in WM2005

[TofClock]

Yeah , really great work man

[cbr900]

pictures are not loaded in the first post

pls upload

[noc_13]

so in WM2003 i use ppcbkup 2003 version, do the backup, move the backup file in WM2005 and restore with THE ppcbkup 2005 version right? can i use ppcbkup version WM2003SE in WM2003? if not can you make it please.

ps: i think you post the same file in 2003/2005 ppcbckup download section, coz i download both and those are identical (using filecompare c:\fc /b xxx yyy):S

thx alot:P

[vivi]

I've just downloaded WM5 version,in the about it says version 1.1.0.0 not 1.2 as you mention???:unsure:

[DotFred]

vivi wrote:

I've just downloaded WM5 version,in the about it says version 1.1.0.0 not 1.2 as you mention???:unsure:

It is a mistake I made when I posted the update. Because I fixed some bugs, it's the second version of the tool but because it's just an update of the version 1.0, it's logical to put 1.1
I think I was a little bit tired when I wrote the post and I put 1.2 in place of 1.1

Sorry for the inconvenience.

By the way, did you had a chance to try it, does it still crash ?

[vivi]

DotFred wrote:

By the way, did you had a chance to try it, does it still crash ?

This version works fine.No crash.
The previuos version I downloaded 10 days ago closed itself after backup to about 100+ contacts,but this version works till the end.It's great.
Thanks for all your good works,I love it.

[DotFred]

noc_13 wrote:

so in WM2003 i use ppcbkup 2003 version, do the backup, move the backup file in WM2005 and restore with THE ppcbkup 2005 version right? can i use ppcbkup version WM2003SE in WM2003? if not can you make it please.

ps: i think you post the same file in 2003/2005 ppcbckup download section, coz i download both and those are identical (using filecompare c:fc /b xxx yyy):S

thx alot:P

That is exactly that. The big difference between WM2003SE and WM2005 is the addition of the ringtones, the picture, the nickname and a few other new properties less important (for me anyway). So you can use a backup of WM2003SE an install it on WM2005 or having a backup of WM2005 and put it on WM2003SE.

I don't know if WM2003SE is working on WM2003. I don't have a WM2003 ppc nor an emulator...

[DotFred]

vivi wrote:

DotFred wrote:

By the way, did you had a chance to try it, does it still crash ?

This version works fine.No crash.
The previuos version I downloaded 10 days ago closed itself after backup to about 100+ contacts,but this version works till the end.It's great.
Thanks for all your good works,I love it.

Thanks :blush:

[vivi]

DotFred wrote:

I don't know if WM2003SE is working on WM2003. I don't have a WM2003 ppc nor an emulator...

Hi DotFred,
I have an XdaII WM5 using your WM5 PPCBckpContacts.And I also have an iPAQ6365 WM2003 and use WM2003SE PPCBckpContacts.
It works best.!!!
But I only backup.Never restore.I will update info if I have a chance to restore it some days.

Sure,it works on WM2003 also,not only WM2003SE.

[DotFred]

noc_13 wrote:

so in WM2003 i use ppcbkup 2003 version, do the backup, move the backup file in WM2005 and restore with THE ppcbkup 2005 version right? can i use ppcbkup version WM2003SE in WM2003? if not can you make it please.

ps: i think you post the same file in 2003/2005 ppcbckup download section, coz i download both and those are identical (using filecompare c:fc /b xxx yyy):S

thx alot:P

You're right, I don't know what they did, because I'm pretty sure I uploaded the WM2003SE version. I will try to add it here

Nope, it doesn't work ! So I think I will (re)upload the WM2003SE version on the site

[poussin]

same problem with WM5 version , can you re-upload it ?

[vivi]

I use 1.0 version for my 6365.But d/l 1.1 today and don't try it yet.
But confirm that 1.1 for WM5 works fine.

[DotFred]

poussin wrote:

same problem with WM5 version , can you re-upload it ?

Nope, in fact the WM2003SE and the WM2005 are the same, I don't know what happened when the admin published the files. The WM2005 is ok, it's the right version ( I wrote 1.2 but it is 1.1)