[CS-FSLUG] vcard format? Where can I get simple but thourough info.

[davidm at hisfeet.net]

Thanx for the suggestion, but:
I'm yet- to be- sold on the notion of trusting my private data to Google.
and:
What I have is not a phone. It is a pad, that only has internet access
through wifi when it is available.  I need to get at the data whereever I
am.
So the cloud won't work for me.
Dave

> Apologies if you've already considered this, or if it doesn't solve your
> problem, but have you considered using Google contacts (inside gmail)?
>
> It works (via the web browser) in Windows & Linux. It already syncs with
> android phones. It allows you to search on any field (at least in the
> browser - on the phone it is more limited, but there may be 3rd party apps
> out there with more powerful search capabilities).
>
> It can also import CSV data (the best way to achieve this is to run an
> export, to see the correct format to use, then organise your CSV file to
> match).
>
> You could probably also (sort-of) get separate databases by registering
> multiple accounts (if you have apps for a domain, you could have several
> email addresses that way).
>
> Davo
>
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 5:52 PM, <davidm at hisfeet.net> wrote:
>
>> My problem is not that I can't find info about vcard. Really the
>> opposite.
>> There is lots of info, but none that I have found that is clear enough
>> and
>> thourough enough for me - so far.
>>
>> I've been using a DOS database for 20 years or more ("File Express")
>> Some
>> features of it no longer work in any modern system, and none of it was
>> designed to interact with either graphics, or the internet. But I'm used
>> to it, and it really is quite powerful for a 20 year old Dos program.
>>
>> Here's what I need:
>> I need to be able to define the number and size of fields (unless size
>> is
>> not important in a  more up-to-date database).
>>
>> And I need to be able to search by any field, or at least by any of
>> several.
>>
>> I need to be able to transfer information from my old system to a new
>> one.
>> (I can save to CSV, or several other formats)
>>
>> I need to be able to set up several separate databases using the same
>> program.
>>
>> I need to be able to edit any field in any entry after it has been
>> entered.
>>
>> I need to be able to use the information in Windows, Linux and
>> Android,(and DOS would be nice) after it is set up with my own data.
>> (But
>> probably set it up in Linux)(Probably have to use different programs in
>> each OS of course.)
>>
>> I'm thinking that maybe vcard fills the bill, but can't really find much
>> info about it's flexibility, or power. What limitations are there on the
>> names of the fields? Which front ends are the best? Or am I just barking
>> up the wrong tree?
>>
>> What can you tell me.  Thanks, Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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