Hi,
I would like to able to add certain contacts from my contacts list to the speed dial list (on XDA II) from within my application.
i.e. automatically create the speed dial list from a downloaded list.
I realise that the list is held in the speed.db datatable, but can anyone help me with the logic of how to add to this list, it seems to be a well protected file. Is there a simple API call perhaps?
Any suggestions please.
Regards
John
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I have recently bought an XDAII and am very happy overall. One thing driving me crazy is when I have a missed call and view the number in the call log there is no way of adding the number to an existing contact.
You can add to a new contact but not new contact - even just being able to copy the number to the clipboard would be good...
At the moment I have to write the number down from the log and then go into contacts and enter the number manually. MANUALLY! this isnt supposed to be what technology is about! :?
Can anyone help.. please?!
If the number is not in your contacts, adding as a new contact is easy. If the number is say, a new / alternate phone number for an already exisiting contact, the only was is to create a new contact then copy the number, go to your existing contact and paste it. Then go back and delete the new. temporary contact. It is a bit of a pain but I can't think of any other way at the moment !
Ravi
Thanks for the reply. That is the way I am doing it at the moment but seems very long-winded! Have been looking for perhaps a third party app which makes clipboard functions available from apps which dont have it as standard (such as call log).. no luck so far.
I tried searching thorugh the xda forums for an original HTC Home Plugin thread, but couldn't locate one, so i'll start here and maybe someone can forward me to the right place.
I have contacts in my contact list that just have a Company name, and not a first or last name.
The problem is that these contacts cannot be added to the quick dial area of the HTC Home Plugin, it will allow you to select it, but it doesn't show up, and you are unable to click that entry to dial the number. However, if you go edit that contact and add a first / last name, then it magically shows up on the quick dial.
Does anyone know of a bug fix / workaround for getting contacts with just a company name to show up? (And please don't say add a first / last name, that's obviously a solution, but not a fix.)
Any way to also have the phone number displayed on the screen as well when selecting a contact?
If you have multiple numbers on a contact, it just lists the contact 3 times.
J.D.
put the company name in the name field and then change file as: to the company name and it won't change it to look like a name
Many contacts info is stored in your handset.
When you need to call someone of the contacts , and you should
not remember their name or number clearly.
Your ppcs embedded contacts list software support searching by
their name or number only.
In this software, you can search the contacts by their any
property values, or searching in all of their property
information.
You can find them easily with this software. You can find them by
enter a word or a tip info of the contacts.
In the search by listbox, choose a condition.
If you choose all, the software will fix all of the contacts
property.
if you choose company the software will fix all of the
contacts company name property.
For example, you choose company, and in the is textbox, you
input microsoft or micro,
this software will select the contacts which company name property
is microsoft or micro for you.
For example, you choose all, and in the is textbox, you input
California,
this software will select the contacts which all properties
values have California string.
Not forget, click the button search, it will do searching.
The listbox will appeared the searching results after you click
search.
If want to call or sms someone of them, click it in the listbox
or move the cursor to him and
click the call & sms button.
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Nice effforts.
But it takes as much time as the standard inbuilt "search" program takes. In case we can improve the speed then this program would be worth your efforts..good luck
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Much faster
Much more funtions
input any chars of your ppc contacts list,
such as their name, company,address, and other all.
it can find them directly.
and it support you call, sms, or email them.
Get it in the first post.
Any chance of a screenshot and a zip file?
Social networking sites are barred at my office
Thanks,
Thanks, will try this out.
I dont notice any significant improvement in the speed. Nerthless, good efforts..
I would like to create a shortcut to a specific contact so that clicking on it takes you to the details page of that particular contact from where you can then choose how to contact that person (email, text, mobile phone, home phone, work phone).
So I've been messing with an lnk file:
1000#\Windows\poutlook.exe contacts ...
I tried -new as a command line parameter, and that works. I cannot figure out how to go to a specific contact. Then I found this discouraging thread:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa454208.aspx
There must be some way to do this. HTC Home has a similar function in their contacts tab. When you tap and hold a contact it takes you to that contact's detail page.
My end goal is to incorporate this into Mortbuttons ... I want a menu of favorite contacts, so when I click on any one, it takes me to the page where I can choose how to contact them. I'm surprised this doesn't exist, because that is the most intuitive way to do things. First you think of whom you want to contact, and only THEN do you think of how to contact them.
The challenge is up!
here's how its done
20#"\Windows\cprog.exe"-url tel: 0000000
that doesn't work. that calls the given phone number. I am looking for a link to a person's contact entry in Contacts. Please read my post above carefully.
I'd be interested in that as well. Anyone?
Wrote it already in my forum, but just in case...
I don't know of any way to do this from command line.
There is a way to show the contact page with COM/POOM (interface for programmers), which will be implemented in the upcoming MortButtons beta (probably tonight - CET).
It wasn't available so far because I still use eVC4 (because it's free and allows more easy support of systems up to including WM2003SE), which doesn't support new features of WM5 (like contact info page, contact image, contact ringtone, etc.) without some workarounds...
In the Sim manager there is an Edit Group but I cannot find anything that will let me add a group, is there anything that will let me group contacts?
My purpose is to be able to just select the group when I am sending an SMS and it will send the SMS to all the members of that group instead of me selecting all the contacts.
Thanks!
Someone has mentioned about PowerSMS on another forum but it is not free, anyone who has another suggestion?
TIA
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Dialer
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Video Tutorial
One touch
Buttons are big enough and the interface is designed so that you could type with fingers and not to use stylus. Make a call, send a new SMS, add any information about the contact in one touch
T9 Search
If you have a lot of contacts, use the search feature to quickly find a certain person. The information is searched through all the main info fields and through the comments or notes. That's why it is very easy to find a contact when you remember information partly
Visualization
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Don't just purchase the software because I referred this application, take the trial. I haven't fully tried this application in regards to categories...
I use GroupSMS, which is free:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354164
Works great on the Xperia. You determine the people in a group by editing their contact details and selecting their 'categories'.
You can't do this from manilla if you use it, you have to go to the old windows mobile contact view.