[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Re: Various things in MS5

[Brian M. Criscuolo]

Matthew,

On Nov 11, 2005, at 5:41 AM, Wyneken Matthew wrote:

> Thanks for replying, Brian.
>
>> > - I reassigned a number of events on my Palm to a single category.
>> > After resyncing, the events showed up in iCal in different
>> > calendars, some matching the changes I made on the Palm, others
>> > not. What is happening here? Is this a bug? If not, what
>> > circumstances cause this to happen?
>>
>> Seems like a bug. When you say that they showed up in different
>> calendars, were they in neither the original calendar nor the new  
>> one?
>
> If I remember correctly, some of them were in the new one and some  
> in the original one. I don't remember details, though. If I run  
> into it again I will be sure to pay attention and post details.
>

Thank you.

>> > 	- For every category used on the Palm, a matching calendar must
>> > exist in iCal or the event/ToDo will be put in the "Unfiled"  
>> calendar
>>
>> No - only for categories that contain records being synchronized.
>
> OK. Editing a record will mark it for synchronization. What about  
> changing the category (Palm) or calendar (iCal), does that mark it  
> for synchronization? I would hope it does.
>

Yes, that will mark it for sync.

>> > 	- What happens on the Palm when there is a non-used calendar? ...
>>
>> If there is a non-used category on the Palm it will be deleted after
>> synchronization. The list of categories on the Palm is equal to the
>> list of calendars that have records being synchronized, plus Unfiled.
>
> I currently have two categories on my Palm that have no records.  
> They are categories that I haven't done anything with in a long  
> time. Any idea why they haven't been deleted?
>

I just checked the code. They would only be removed if doing a  
desktop overwrites handheld; otherwise they are maintained.

> And speaking of categories, I renamed a calendar in iCal this  
> morning. After the resync the Palm category remains unchanged.
>

We currently don't deal well with renamed calendars. Its on the list.

b

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