sync contact with thunderbird

[Teppei]

Hi, I'm using your software since Monday. It's a good software.

I was wondering if you'll make a PhoneContact/ThunderbirdContact sync feature in your future versions of MPE.

It's a shame to have Outlook installed just for thunderbird to import Outlook contacts and vice versa.

Thanks

[FJ]

Contact-Sync with Thunderbird is already implemented. Please note that the current beta of Thunderbird 3 is not supported. Older versions work

[Teppei]

Ok, I'm a dummy.

I didn't see it goes through the import/export options in contact. Sorry. I was searching a sync option like the calendar-sync
I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.x so that's ok.

thanks

[FJ]

You can import/export contacts from/to Thunderbird but its easier to sync directly with Thunderbird. please take a look on Menu-File-Settings-Sync

[Teppei]

In this menu (on MPE) I only see : "only MPE", "Windows Contact", "Outlook 2003" and "google 'gmail".

Maybe it's beacause I 'm using a portable version of thunderbird I don't see "thunderbird" as an option. I'll try with an install version of thunderbird.

For the record I'm using vista and a SE k770i.

thx again

[FJ]

It works with the installed version and with the portable Version from portableapps.com. The portable has to be startet for the first time in background so that MPE is able to detect the exe-Path.

[Teppei]

Ok, it works now.

Just in case here what I've done.

I tried again my original portableThunderbird(which is on a flash drive). Thunderbird contact not detected.

I tried with the installed version of thunderbird and it was detected with no problem.

I removed the installed version and tried with a fresh Portable version of thunderbird on my HDD. Again, thunderbird was detected with no problem.

I tried again with my original portable version, and I met a new problem: mpe saying that another version of thunderbird was in use to sync contact with: aka my test version of portableThunderbird on the HDD.

Here I've the idea to edit the general.ini file and change the path of thunderbird from my HDD to my flash drive like this :
ThunderbirdPortable=T:\PortableThunderbird\PortableThunderbird.exe

It worked.

Final tought.
I didn't checked in the general.ini file at first so I don't know what was in there about PortableThunderbird.
I think nothing was created at first in this file while my Thunderbird version was on a flash drive. With an installed version of thunderbird mpe created the correct entry. The same for the portable version on HDD.
Maybe there's a problem with PortableThunderbird on flash drive(mine is an 4Gig Exporter Patriot). Or maybe It's just my computer.

For help, I'm using Windows Vista, PortableThunderbird 2.0.0.23(from portableapps), a SE K770i, Bluetooth connection. and the following modules: Enigmail 0.96, Foxclock 2.5.35, Lightning 0.9, MoreFonctionsToAddressBook 0.5.5.4, Thunderbirthday 0.2.9

Thanks for your help.

[FJ]

The first time you have to run portable Thunderbird in background so that MPE can detect its path automatically. When you open the settingswindow and there is no path set in the general.ini-File then MPE searches the Process-List for "ThunderbirdPortable.exe"

[Teppei]

I'm sure the first time Portable Thunderbird was in background when I launched MPE.

Maybe it's a bad config with my computer.

thanks for your patience anyway. And thank you for your work.