Is there a Python library available for (gasp) ACT? [closed]

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A client is asking that I write a script to periodically pull his contacts from Google into ACT on his local computer. Is there a library that would allow me to interact with something as old as ACT?

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Looks like you might be able to simply use an ODBC connection as outlined in this article: How To Create An ODBC Connection For Use With The ACT! Reader Utility

Alternatively if you need to bare-metal it, you could try ctypes, or leverage IronPython.

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Just came across this while looking for something else and thought I'd add a more conclusive and update answer.

With versions since v11 in 2013, it's now got the ability to sync contacts/activities with Google out of the box. http://kb.act.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27988

Even more power over the past year - http://kb.act.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/38991

Exporting from Act! versions 7/8 or later can be done via a number of methods: OLEDB, ODBC (or direct access to SQL with the later versions), SDK, WebAPI, or a number of third-party tools that already pull everything to Excel (or other formats).

I did a presentation of the various options some time ago, posted here: https://blog.glcomputing.com.au/2009/07/connecting-to-act-by-sage-data.html