[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Missing Sync 5 and iQue Waypoints?

[Joe Garcia]

Greetings.

I saw the new Missing Sync, and figured that it is likely worth the  
upgrade.  I just have one concern.  As an iQue owner, i was wondering  
how Waypoints might be synced.  The way they are stored in the iQue  
is as a string in the notes field for events, and the 4th custom  
field for contacts.

Contacts, from the FAQ at http://www.markspace.com/support/index.php? 
x=&mod_id=2&id=2560 , would seem that if that is literally how the  
code works, the waypoint field might be interpreted as a phone  
number.  for reference, the format used is simply "GARMIN " followed  
by 2 8-digit hex values (GARMIN 1234ABCD DEADBEEF).  If the contact  
entry doesn't have a waypoint associated with it, 4th custom field is  
visible, and can be used for other purposes.  I'd suspect if the  
software sees a string formatted for a waypoint (GARMIN %08X %08X),  
it interprets it as such, and hides the 4th field when viewing the  
contact, and just in that case.
Events, i'd expect to be a non-issue since its already in the notes,  
which is easy enough to sync bidirectional without losing data or  
misinterpretation.  format is longer than the Contacts, but is still  
simple text. (GRMN1234ABCD DEADBEEF\nGID0000000morehex000)

Do I need to worry about waypoints being lost?  Would they be  
detected and ignored, or synced and stored elsewhere?


iSync Palm on 10.3 was mostly harmless.  10.4's Apple palm conduit  
seemed to rebuild the database entries for contacts modified on the  
mac, and since the mac doesn't have waypoint information, it's  
omitted.  Neither were very good...  Right now, my iQue only has 3  
waypoints, and I haven't gotten around to patching the old backed-up  
values back in, for fear i'd just lose them again.


Thanks much.

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Joe Garcia