[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Filemaker Mobile Sync?

[Scott Gruby]

On Jan 8, 2005, at 3:48 AM, Henry M. Seiden wrote:

> Hi all,
> While FIlemaker has been discussed here, I've not seen this issue. Any 
> information on sync of FM?
>
> I know what has been said by Scott and others about the accuracy of 
> syncing- it having more to do with the application and less with 
> Missing Sync however, even though I was previously able to sync 
> Filemaker Mobile accurately (with Hot Sync), MS/FM seems to drop 
> records now, not sending a new or modified record if more than one is 
> added or modified on the handheld.
>
> Has anyone seen this? I am using version 6v4 of Filemaker Pro and FM 
> 2.1.1.17.
>
> Does MS version 4.03 B10 take care of this issue also or has anyone 
> been able to duplicate it with 4.02?
>
>

Henry,

Have you reported this issue? I checked our support database and didn't 
see any thing from you about this. While we do our best to ensure 
compatibility, it is very difficult for us to investigate issues that 
aren't reported. However, your issue is most likely not a Missing Sync 
issue; I did a brief search on issues with FileMaker Mobile and came up 
with the following from MacInTouch:

"May 28, 2003

Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 02:51:49 -0700
  From: Gann Matsuda
  Subject: Possible FileMaker Mobile 2.1 Bug


I believe I may have stumbled across a bug in FileMaker Mobile 2.1 that 
results in data loss.

  Specifically, I synched my Palm Tungsten T (Palm Desktop 4.1, Mac OS X 
10.2.6, version 2.1.1.17 of the FileMaker Mobile conduit) and forgot to 
open the corresponding database on my computer (created in FileMaker 
Pro 6.0v4).

  After opening the database on the computer and synching again, I found 
that any new data (since the previous synch) entered into the handheld 
version of the database disappeared from the handheld, and did not 
transfer over to the computer version of the database. No other data 
was lost on either the handheld version or the computer version.

  I've done this twice now, and I've had the same result both times. I 
haven't had a chance to see if synching without having the database 
open causes the data loss, or if after doing that, trying to synch with 
the database open causes it, but one way or the other, this is a 
problem."



You will note that this user is using the same version of FileMaker Pro 
and FileMaker Mobile that you are and is NOT using Missing Sync 
(Missing Sync for Palm OS 4 didn't come out for more than a year after 
this post). So, it would look to me like this is an issue with 
FileMaker Mobile completely independent of Missing Sync. Also note that 
this issue was described more than 1.5 years ago. While I understand 
that not everyone can/will upgrade to FileMaker Pro 7 and the 
corresponding FileMaker Mobile, I have to believe that many issues are 
fixed with the new combination.

--
Scott Gruby
Lead Engineer, Missing Sync for Palm OS
Mark/Space, Inc.
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