contact images?

ls6tt · #1 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 11:26 PM

where are the contact images saved too?

dienalive · #2 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 11:38 PM

well I have a folder on card with all my pics and I point the contact to them. but to add a new contact and new image I just added a number and went to add picture and went to camera and took a pic for the contact and it saved it to my device/my documents/my pictures

ls6tt · #3 (**permalink**) 08-09-2007, 11:48 PM

here is the weird part. Thats where they were, however when i saved my contacts and did a hardreset they were erased.

however, the image is still in my contacts...

**tiermann** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 12:03 AM

Once you set a picture, it's stored in the contact info itself (pim.vol maybe?) so you don't need to save all those pics on your device.

The only reason you would need to have those pictures handy is if you're using some contact or phone application that's not using the assigned (poutlook) pictures. I know some apps like PhotoContacts Pro save them to something like my documents\contacts because it allows you to use something like 240x240 pics.

ls6tt · #5 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 12:07 AM

anyway to access these images?

**tiermann** · #6 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 12:12 AM

Outlook 2007, Go to your Contacts page, open the contact and right click the picture. Choose copy. Then you can paste it into any paint program.

I think in earlier versions of Outlook (XP) the image shows up as an attachment on the contact.

I'm sure I can write something for PPC that'll extract all those images to bmp pretty easily.

ls6tt · #7 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 12:12 AM

i dont have outlook, so building an app would be awesome since i cant seem to find the originals anymore

**tiermann** · #8 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 12:17 AM

K. Give me a little bit.

I already have something started that can sort through contacts and show the picture, and .NET already has a function to save it to bmp.
The only thing is they'll all be 72x72 because that's what the contact manager saves them to.

**tiermann** · #9 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 01:22 AM

Ok, working.

Unzip and put CPExtractor.exe on your storage card. Run it.
It'll show all your contacts that have pictures. You can highlight one with either the stylus or joystick and press enter on the joystick to save the picture to a bmp. If you click "Save All" it will save a picture for every contact that has a picture to "\Storage Card\CPExtractor\Lastname_Firstname.bmp".

It's sloppy and there's no option to "Save All" anywhere else except your storage card, but it's part of a contact manager i was working on that I picked apart for this, hehe. I added a progress bar so it will now tell you which file its currently saving after you hit "Save All".

ls6tt · #10 (**permalink**) 08-10-2007, 10:40 AM

Holy crap that is perfect, a vote and alot of PPC cash for you!!