Vcard Specs

[No_carrierBob]

It appears to me that the internet standard vcard has specs for a picture-
and outlook 2003 has a picture field. However when I export a contact to a
vcard.. the picture does not appear as part of the vcard..

Am I missing something ?

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook contact pictures are stored as a hidden attachment in the contact
and Outlook's vCard output doesn't support pictures. You'd have to create
your own vCard from code and encode the picture yourself in the required
format for placement in the vCard file.

 

[No_carrierBob]

Thanks Ken
I just want to be clear..
If I follow the specs for vcard and properly embed a picture file , Outlook
2003 will at least be able to read it.. ?
Bob Lee

Outlook contact pictures are stored as a hidden attachment in the contact
and Outlook's vCard output doesn't support pictures. You'd have to create
your own vCard from code and encode the picture yourself in the required
format for placement in the vCard file.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

I doubt it. Outlook only supports a subset of the complete vCard spec. You'd
most likely have to write your own vCard import procedures also to decode
the binary encoded picture data back into an image format and manually
attach it to the contact item as a hidden attachment with the same
properties set as picture attachments have normally.

You can use OutlookSpy (www.dimastr.com) to look at the properties you will
need.