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

[Rochelle Schapansky]

Any one have an help for my pocketPC.  I am no longer able to sync with 
my mac.  Waiting on the update from missing sync.
On Mar 5, 2004, at 4:52 PM, Ken Freeman wrote:

> Thanks for explaining how you are using the status field. On a feature 
> like this where there is not an obvious choice on how the feature 
> should work it is great to hear how people are using the feature (in 
> this case the status field).
>
> I can't comment on any unreleased products, but again, thanks for 
> helping us understand your situation.
>
> Ken
>
> On Mar 2, 2004, at 10:36 PM, franco wrote:
>
>> Hi Ken,
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> I understand that you may be writing a conduit to work with Entourage 
>> as
>> well. Do you think this will be an issue with Entourage? Again, the 
>> other
>> product does not sync these fields because, apparently, they do not 
>> have
>> access to them (I am led to believe that MS does not give access to 
>> this
>> field from the API).
>>
>> Will this be the case for your software?
>>
>> to let yourself, and everybody else on this list know, I am a 
>> frustrated
>> PocketMac 3.0 user. I only purchased their software because of the
>> Entourage conduit. I've had lots of problems with it. I wish I had 
>> purchased
>> MissingSync, but this is the decisions in life. Only one thing swayed 
>> me to
>> PM.
>>
>> To give a further example of why the status matching is important. I 
>> keep
>> info such as my wife's appointments in my diary. They are always set 
>> to
>> "free" (as well as "need to be aware" of events). PM transfers 
>> everything to
>> the mac as "busy". If I use Office Reminders I get alarms..... If I 
>> have to
>> go & reset the fields as soon as I've transferred the appt, I may as 
>> well
>> just put it in manually & not be bothered with sync software. Vice 
>> versa to
>> the PPC. All "free" appts become "busy" on the PPC.
>>
>> Just a whole dilemma to me. Perhaps I should buy a soon to 
>> not-also-sync
>> Palm :-)
>>
>> Thanks for your info anyhow!
>>
>> - franco.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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