# Problem in vpim/vcard

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-vpim-vcard/91534>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 10, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-vpim-vcard/91534 "2007-04-10T05:51:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![selvaraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@selvaraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/selvaraj)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-vpim-vcard/91534/1 "2007-04-10T05:51:00Z")

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Hai I am using ruby vpim to create vcard,

1)Is all names are mandatory? can i create vcard without name?  
2) How to specify Vcard version ?

Regards  
Selvaraj

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**Author:** ![selvaraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@selvaraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/selvaraj)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-vpim-vcard/91534/2 "2007-04-10T14:38:21Z")

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Selvaraj wrote:

> Hai I am using ruby vpim to create vcard,
> 
> 1)Is all names are mandatory? can i create vcard without name?  
> 2) How to specify Vcard version ?
> 
> Regards  
> Selvaraj

Guys

can any one help me?

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**Author:** ![selvaraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@selvaraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/selvaraj)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-in-vpim-vcard/91534/3 "2007-04-10T16:29:18Z")

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1. [http://vpim.rubyforge.org/classes/Vpim/Vcard.html#M000174](http://vpim.rubyforge.org/classes/Vpim/Vcard.html#M000174) … Yes,  
name  
is a required vCard field. That’s not a flaw in the Ruby library but a  
requirement of the vCard specification (you’re creating contact  
information  
for something … that something, almost by definition, has a name.)

2. [http://vpim.rubyforge.org/classes/Vpim/Vcard.html#M000184](http://vpim.rubyforge.org/classes/Vpim/Vcard.html#M000184) … More  
detail/example at [http://vpim.rubyforge.org/ex\_mkv21vcard.txt](http://vpim.rubyforge.org/ex_mkv21vcard.txt)

Enjoy.

Chris  
[http://www.dummied.org/](http://www.dummied.org/)