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Re: Netscape and Pilotmgr
HoltryF wrote:
>
> Jim,
> I asked a similar question a couple of days ago. No one has come forward
> so far. I have looked at the problem and believe that SyncCM could be
> modified to use .vcs files, which Netscape can export and import. I don't
> have a full spec for them, but looking at what my Netscape produces, they
> look fairly straight forward. The biggest problem may be in trying to deduce
> repetition frequencies and exceptions, since what's in the file appears to be
> an entry for each appointment.
>
Having used the PilotLink that Netscape provides for Calendar on Win95,
I agree. Even Netscape does not manage to handle repeated entries, they
are created as single ones in the Netscape Calendar. Hopefully something
which is possible to fix.
I am also having some obscure problems w.r.t timezones (probably) as
sometime new events, created in the Pilot, get moved with a constant
offset. This causes confusion and repetition of events as the sync seems
to handle the timezones correctly. I have told Netscape about it, and
also gotten responses, but so far no solution.
This is just to inform everybody of my current view of a
could-be-perfect product. Imagine your pilot getting synced with a
calendar which you can share with almost any platform... and if the link
where available on Solaris...
Thomas
PS. Wonder if Netscape could be persuaded to give away the source for
their ncpilink pilotlink... DS.
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