Exchange formats
picoBeat supports multiple import and export formats:
Import
- iCalendar files
Supported for tasks and appointments: this is the standard for organizers, cell phones, etc.
Files are assumed to be encoded in ISO-8859-1 unless the files indicates a different charset. - vCard
This is the standard for exchanging contact's informations. Embedded pictures are supported, as well as files with multiple items. - Vista .contact files
Starting with Windows Vista, contacts are stored as individual files in the 'Contacts' folder. - XML
picoBeat also has its own specific XML format. You can use it to interface other programs with picoBeat.
You can also import several files (of any type) in one operation by putting them together in a ZIP file and uploading it.
Export
- PDF
For notes, tasks, contacts. - iCalendar files
For tasks and appointments. - vCard files
For contacts. - Vista .contact files
For Windows Vista contacts. - XML
For all data elements, in a proprietary but easy to understand scheme. - CSV
For contacts (easily readable with any spreadsheet or database program) - Mozilla Thunderbird
You can export all your contacts as a Thunderbird address book. The abook.mab file must be copied into your profile (make sure to make a backup of the previous one in case something goes wrong) - MS Excel
For tasks, as a standard .xls file. - Plain text
For notes (encoded as UTF-8).