[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Syncing with iCal

[Ken Freeman]

The issue here is that iCal's usage of the "status" field is different 
than the PPC usage, so the status field choices on each side don't map 
well to the other. iCal uses the status to relate that particular event 
(e.g. cancelled, confirmed, tentative) and the PPC use the status to 
track the availability of the person or calendar as a whole (e.g. Busy, 
Free, Out of the office). We've discussed matching the fields as best 
as we can, but other than the field "tentative" there aren't very good 
choices that would make sense to most users.

So the Missing Sync for Pocket PC transfers all appointments from iCal 
to the PPC as busy. New items created on the PPC sync as "none" in 
iCal. However, one good thing to note is that if you set the status on 
the PPC and sync, we don't change the status on the handheld.

Ken

On Feb 25, 2004, at 2:30 PM, franco wrote:

> hi,
>
> simple question (didn't see this in any of the archives).
>
> Does missing-sync sync appointment status between the PocketPC and 
> iCal?
> ie If I schedule an appointment on my PPC and set the status field to 
> "none"
> will it set the appropriate field in iCal to "none" or does it 
> automatically
> set it to "busy". Is this the same for "tentative" and "busy"? If I 
> set the
> appointment on my PPC to be "busy" or "tentative" will missing sync, 
> set the
> appointment in iCal appropriately during synchronisation?
>
> Conversely in iCal if I set the appointment status to "none", 
> "tentative" or
> "confirmed" is this info transferred to the PocketPC appointment during
> sync?
>
> I am using another product ;-), and found that this does not occur. All
> appointments transferred from iCal to the PPC are set to "busy" on the 
> PPC,
> and all appointments transferred from the PPC to iCal are set as 
> "none".
> I find this really annoying!
>
> If you can advise, would be appreciated. I am looking at changing over
>
> - franco.
>
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