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

d.hello d.hello at laposte.net
Sat Mar 6 19:41:26 PST 2004


Il n'y a donc que des anglophones qui utilisent ce logiciel de
merde 

Rien en français !
ET C'est QUOI tout ces messages que l'on m'envoie,  pour rien
personne n'a de solutions pour moi


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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