Re(2): [missing-sync-palmos-talk] Sony CLIE T665C and Now Up-To-Date

[Evan Evanson]

On 14:33 CST, Tue, Dec 14, 2004, Jan Erik Moström wrote:

>DateBook sure has categories, they have the same info for each record in the
>database as any Palm PDB file. However, Palm didn't use this until v 5 (I
>think it was) of the OS. For example I have always been able to use
>categories when I've used DateBk 3,4,5 and now it's possible in the built-in
>Calender app on my T3.

My recollection is that DateBkN kept track of categories via an attached
note, not by record info, the same way it keeps track of icons and any
information that's beyond the scope of the built-in Palm DateBook. 

>The Mac Palm Desktop (old Claris Organizer) has always supported categories
>(as far as I remember).

But I don't think that categorization was synced. 

The disparity in categorization between Palm Datebook, Palm Desktop, and
DateBk leads to some real confusion. My memory is that back in the days
of Palm OS 3 and DateBk3, categories didn't sync from DateBk->Palm
Desktop, so I wound up dreading having to do a "Handheld overwrites
Desktop", because I'd have to re-assign categories to single appointment
in Palm Desktop. 

Double-checking this w/ my OS 5-running Clié (which I'm still getting
comfortable with) leads to some still-tooth-gnashing situations: 

1) The Palm Datebook app still has no categories. 
2) Create an appointment in DateBk5: its category successfully syncs to
the Clié. 
3) Create an appointment in Palm Desktop: DateBk5 correctly identifies
the category in the appointment's "Details" screen, but the appointment
doesn't display the custom icon or font color for its category.
4) Switch this appointment to another category, then back, and now it
displays properly in DateBk5. Switch it to a third category and sync it,
and, as above, it shows up w/ the new category in Palm Desktop. 

So the rules seem to be: 

DateBk5 -> Palm Desktop: Yes.
Palm Desktop -> DateBk5: Kinda yes, kinda no.

Why Palm didn't just enable categories for appointments in the first
place is completely beyond me. Life would've been infinitely simpler. 

If your life consists of fiddling around w/ PDAs, I guess. 

Evan Evanson

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