Re: [Bitpim-user] Phonebook entries are in First Name Last - Name Order

[Frank S. <st...@nt...>]

Roger, thanks for the reply.


Frank
On Apr 21, 2004, at 8:41 PM, Roger Binns wrote:

>> The entries go into the phone with the Name that is in the field 
>> "Name"
>>   which seems to get populated from the "First"  and "Last" name field
>> in that order unless there is an entry in the "Name" field. Then that
>> entry is used.
>
> Yes, that is the intention in the code.  The VX4400 has a single
> 22 character string for the name.  BitPim makes a single string
> from the components, unless one is already specified.
>
> I don't quite get the rest of your email.  Are you asking a question?

Yeah, sorry.  I realized I didn't put the question part in just as I 
sent the message.  I apologize.
The question is what do I have to do to get the entries on the phone to 
be in the order of Last Name,
First Name?
You seemed to have figured out that was my question.
>
> It is the intention to eventually allow the user to configure
> how entries are stored on some phones such as the LG ones
> (ie first last or last first).
>
> The main thing we need is to know which way the phone has it.
> My preference is to store that information (and possibly other
> settings) on the phone itself.  That way you can use it with
> BitPim on any machine and the "right thing" will happen.
>
> However that then means that someone can tell if BitPim is
> used with the phone.  I suppose it could also be stored in
> the BitPim settings, but only that machine would know.
> (I regularly use 4 different computers and get *VERY* annoyed
> at how I constantly have to keep replicating settings for
> various programs on them).
>
> Anyway you are welcome to work on the code in this area.  It
> is relatively self contained.

OK, what do I have to do? To be perfectly honest, I haven't done any 
programming in a very long time and none on a Mac but I find myself 
with a lot of time on my hands at the moment.

>
> Roger
>
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