Creating New Phone Fields/Names

Anmeldedatum: 17.10.2022 Beiträge: 5

I want to add some new fields for contact entries, specifically fields named, "Toll" and "Direct".

So I create a contact:

And on the tabular view, these two numbers show up as Userdefined and Userdefined (2)

If I try to import a CSV file with these new fields, nothing shows up to assign them to:

Is there a way to add fields to the right hand side of the bottom field?

Basically, what I am doing is generating a call list for a job search on a daily basis, importing into MPE, and then syncing with my phone to schedule calls as a part of my job hunt.

What I would like to be able to do is to export from my contact list (PC-File v5/Dbase III) into MPE, and then sync with my phone, and have 4 phone numbers, a toll free number, a toll number, a direct number, and a cell number.

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CSV is a very old format and its not made for flexible field descriptions because csv is just a 2 dimensional table. I will not extend this crappy format
Use vCard for import/export

Anmeldedatum: 17.10.2022 Beiträge: 5

FJ hat Folgendes geschrieben:

CSV is a very old format and its not made for flexible field descriptions because csv is just a 2 dimensional table. I will not extend this crappy format
Use vCard for import/export

And Vcard will import with proper headers?

Anmeldedatum: 17.10.2022 Beiträge: 5

Yes, Vcard will import with the proper headers.
Here is an example of custom headers which will import 2 contacts.
It's easy enough for me to write a report to do this, but I am not sure how the X-SYNCMLREF#### is handled, it appears to be specific to MPE.
Do I need to have this field for importing, and if so, does it need to be unique?

When I generate this, how do I handle that.:

Code:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:aaaLastname 1;Firstname 1;;;
FN:Firstname 1 aaaLastname 1
TEL;TYPE=CELL;X-SYNCMLREF6369:555-555-5555
TEL;TYPE=WORK;X-SYNCMLREF6370:666-666-6666
ITEM1.TEL;X-SYNCMLREF6371:777-777-7777
ITEM1.X-ABLABEL:Direct
TEL;X-SYNCMLREF6372:
ITEM2.TEL:(888)888-8888
ITEM2.X-ABLABEL:Toll
EMAIL;TYPE=WORK:who1@me.com
CATEGORIES:My Contacts
X-ACCOUNT:com.google;ignore@gmail.com
END:VCARD
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:aaaLastname 2;Firstname 2;;;
FN:Firstname 2 aaaLastname 2
TEL;TYPE=CELL;X-SYNCMLREF6369:999-999-9999
TEL;TYPE=WORK;X-SYNCMLREF6370:222-222-2222
ITEM1.TEL;X-SYNCMLREF6371:333-333-3333
ITEM1.X-ABLABEL:Direct
TEL;X-SYNCMLREF6372:
ITEM2.TEL:444-444-4444
ITEM2.X-ABLABEL:Toll
EMAIL;TYPE=WORK:who2@me.com
CATEGORIES:My Contacts
X-ACCOUNT:com.google;ignore@gmail.com
END:VCARD

You get the custom fields, and they show up:

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