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PIM Item Transfer
The Bluetooth PIM Item Transfer application allows this computer to send and receive Personal
Information Manager items to and from a remote Bluetooth device.
The supported items are:
• Business cards (*.vcf or *.vcd)
• Notes (*.vnt)
• Email (*.vmg)
• Calendar (*.vcs)
• Other Types (refer to "Configure Bluetooth" on page 12. Files can be sent by drag and drop
on the OBEX service.)
Item transfer can be accomplished several ways:
• From Windows Explorer, My Bluetooth Places, highlight the PIM Item Transfer service on a
remote device, and then, from the Bluetooth menu on the Windows menu bar, select the
appropriate action.
• From within a supported Personal Information Manager:
Select one or more items and then, from the PIM's File menu, select Send to Bluetooth.
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or
Drag-and-drop a supported item directly from your PIM to the PIM Item Transfer
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service icon of a remote device.
• For business cards:
From Windows Explorer, My Bluetooth Places, right-click the PIM Item Transfer
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service on a remote device and select the appropriate option.
or
In the Notification area, at the far right of the taskbar, right-click the Bluetooth icon, select
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Quick Connect > Business Card Exchange, select a device from the list, select the appro
priate option from the shortcut menu, and then click OK.
Whether sent items are accepted by the remote device is determined by how the remote
device's PIM Item Transfer service is configured.
Close a PIM Item Transfer Connection
This application closes the open connection automatically when its task is complete.
Configure PIM Item Transfer
The Bluetooth Configuration Panel > Client Applications > PIM Item Transfer > General tab
provides options to configure:
• The application name - to change it, highlight the existing name and enter the new name.
• Enable or disable secure connection - to enable secure connection, place a checkmark in the
box.
• How your business card is handled when it is requested by a remote device - the Send My
Business Card options are:
Choose a business card as needed - each time a remote device requests your busi-
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ness card you must select a card from your PIM. If you ignore the request the remote
device will receive a timeout notice.
Always send the same business card - when this option is selected a dialog box is dis
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played that allows you to set a default business card that will be sent automatically when
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