PIM.fromSerialFormat "Format not recognized"

Question

Hi, I'm trying to use PIM.fromSerialFormat in order to read back a contact that was written out using PIM.toSerialFormat. The problem is that fromSerialFormat has a PIMException with the message "Format not recognized".
The original contact details from the sample.vcf file are as follows:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Mahmoud;Qusay;H.
FN:Qusay H. Mahmoud
ORG:JavaCourses
TITLE:Developer
NOTE:Helping You With Java!
TEL;WORK;VOICE:[phone] ext 1000
TEL;WORK;FAX:[phone]
ADR;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:;;1500 Java Ave.=0D=0ASuite 101;Toronto;ON;M9V1L1;Canada
LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:1500 Java Ave.=0D=0ASuite 101=0D=0AToronto, ON M9V1L1=0D=0ACanada
URL;WORK:http://www.javacourses.com
EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[email protected]
REV:20043335T124220Z
END:VCARD
When I call fromSerialFormat the buffer contains:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
ADR;WORK:;;1500 Java Ave.
Suite 101;Toronto;ON;M9V1L1;Canada
EMAIL;PREF:[email protected]
LABEL;WORK:1500 Java Ave.
Suite 101
Toronto, ON M9V1L1
Canada
FN:Qusay H. Mahmoud
N:Mahmoud;Qusay;H.;;
NOTE:Helping You With Java!
ORG:JavaCourses
REV:2006-10-05
TEL;WORK:[phone] ext 1000
TEL;FAX;WORK:[phone]
TITLE:Developer
UID:sample.vcf
URL:http://www.javacourses.com
END:VCARD
This is not recognized! The test code is as follows (removed error checking for clarity).
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
// Get the PIM data.
ContactList contactList = contactList = (ContactList) mPim.openPIMList(PIM.CONTACT_LIST, PIM.READ_WRITE,"Contacts");
// Get an Enumeration of the contacts and loop until they are all backed up.
Enumeration enumContacts = null;
enumContacts = contactList.items();
while(enumContacts.hasMoreElements()) {
// Get the contact
Contact contact = (Contact)enumContacts.nextElement();
String[] data_formats = PIM.getInstance().supportedSerialFormats(PIM.CONTACT_LIST);
// Use 2.1 format for time being.
mPim.getInstance().toSerialFormat(contact, baos, "UTF-8", data_formats[1]);
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
// This is where we get the "Format not recognized" message.
PIMItem[] items = PIM.getInstance().fromSerialFormat(bais, "UTF-8");
This is as basic as it gets and is driving me nuts. Why am I getting this error?
Any help is very much appreciated.

Answer 1

have u tried using data_formats[0] instead of data_formats[1] in toSerialFormat method? and if that doesn't work try using "VCARD/2.1" directly as the format