[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Question about SyncServices / iCal

[Brian M. Criscuolo]

Joshua,

On Nov 10, 2005, at 3:41 PM, E-Commerce wrote:

> So, earlier I mentioned that using AppleScript through iCal was one  
> way of creating the calendars needed for Palm synchronization, and  
> a solid response was that iCal may not be what the user uses, and  
> data lives in SyncServices "the Truth" database. Fair enough.
>
> However, that raises the question to me, if other clients can  
> access iCal calendar data via SyncServices, why can't MS5 access it  
> and update it as needed? This is purely for my own edification; I'm  
> sure it's the first thing your developers looked at.
>

We're not creating them (at this time) because:

1. The documentation said not to
2. It didn't work at the time we implemented that part.

> What I'm trying to get at is this: Obviously the events themselves  
> can be accessed via SyncServices, otherwise we'd have no syncing at  
> all. It seems calendars (the container, tag, or whathaveyou) cannot  
> be created outside of iCal. It seems that if the data is owned by  
> iCal, then the only solution is to use iCal to change it. After  
> all, if that's really the case then there are no "other clients" to  
> worry about - they can't munge with the data if we can't.
>

Right, but its looking like the above reasons for not creating  
calendars have changed.

> Now, I confess my ignorance, and *something* here must be more  
> complex, but I'd love to know more about it. We can take it offline  
> if that's better, or you can ignore it completely (but I'd  
> obviously not prefer that :).
>
> Thanks for reading my rambling. :)
>

No problem :)
>  - Joshua Ochs
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Brian M. Criscuolo
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Mark/Space, Inc.
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