Yup, ACT chokes on a specific record and in fact, it's # 26, so how's the
best way to identify record # 26? Besides the company, is it then sorted by
last name? I guess I'm wondering if there is a corrupt record, why doesn't
ACT fix it when doing the "fix & repair" utility?
Thanks,
Dino
"Lon Orenstein" wrote:
> Luther's right but there's a caveat. Record number 26 is not necessarily
> #26 in the list you see on screen -- it's #26 that is stored in that
> position in the database. The list is usually sorted by Company...
>
> HTH,
> Lon
>
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> "Luther"
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> news:2f33236c-410c-484c-b8bd-54de63f419a1@n1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 14, 5:04 am, DinoG discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:>> Thanks for the reply...
>>
>> I did this on my personal computer with no problem, work computer seems to
>> present the problem where BCM chokes on the import. It looks like it
>> starts
>> importing the contacts, gets to about 26, and stalls.
>>
>> Have you seen that before?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dino
>>
>> "William Stacey [C# MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Not sure if this helps, but I just imported other day from an act 6 dbf
>>> directly into BCM with no issues (I installed trial ACT 10 on machine
>>> first).
>>> IIRC, BCM will import directly from act 10 .pad db. Can't remember if I
>>> tried that also or not.
>>
>>> "DinoG"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>news:F355CB5E-A0B9-45DC-B998-2289DE497B20@microsoft.com...>>>> Greetings...
>>
>>>> I'm trying to import information from ACT 10 into Business Contact
>>>> Manager.
>>>> Does anyone know of a template for this? - I can't seem to find one
>>>> from
>>>> Microsoft.
>>
>>>> Do I have to do my own import? and if so, can I start with an ACT 9
>>>> template? I tried using the Act 2007/9 template to import, but that
>>>> fails
>>>> during the conversion...
>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>
>>>> Dino- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Usually, when conversion from ACT to BCM gets to record number N and
> stops, it's an indication that record N is corrupt. Deleting the
> offending record from ACT usually helps--import continues past that
> point.
>
