how import database WITH tasks

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i'm trying to import my contacts with the tasks included to my laptop.
When i import the *.BCM file, i get al my tasks with the contacts. BUT here
comes my problem :
the name i entered in the field name "FULL NAME" of the business contacts is
some times reversed. At my pc everything is OK starting with the last name,
than the first name. At my laptop these are not the same, some are switched.
I already looked at EXTRA- contacts configuration, both computers have the
same configuration.

So know i imported the complete database *.sbb by restoring...I whas SO
HAPPY to see everything was the same on my laptop as on my pc...i was jumping
around till a saw that all my tasks are gone !! please tell me how to import
the database with the tasks and keeping the "full name" fields the same.
Importing *.bcm does not work correct because al the full name fields are
messed up again.

thanks !!
Pachimke
 
i'm trying to import my contacts with the tasks included to my laptop.
When i import the *.BCM file, i get al my tasks with the contacts. BUT here
comes my problem :
the name i entered in the field name "FULL NAME" of the business contacts is
some times reversed. At my pc everything is OK starting with the last name,
than the first name. At my laptop these are not the same, some are switched.
I already looked at EXTRA- contacts configuration, both computers have the
same configuration.

So know i imported the complete database *.sbb by restoring...I whas SO
HAPPY to see everything was the same on my laptop as on my pc...i was jumping
around till a saw that all my tasks are gone !! please tell me how to import
the database with the tasks and keeping the "full name" fields the same.
Importing *.bcm does not work correct because al the full name fields are
messed up again.

thanks !!
Pachimke
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Those tasks are stored in Outlook's database, not BCM's database.
That's why you don't see them when you restore the BCM database on
another machine. The second machine has a different Outlook database.

The munging of the Full Name improting a BCM file sounds like a bug.

After restoring the database, you could try importing the BCM file
again, with the merge or update option. The import should create the
Outlook Tasks. However, it will probably also munge the Full Name
fields again if the contacts in the BCM file are more recent than the
ones already in the BCM database.
 
Tnx Luther for the advice.
I have try'd several ways to import the database & taks without changing the
FULL NAME field, with no succes. When i update the database with the BCM
file, all tasks are there but the many FULL NAME fields are changed. I hope a
sollution will come with the new update at the end this year.

Thanks
Pachimke
 
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