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Re: Netscape and Pilotmgr
Thanks to all who've replied so far. Sounds like there's enough interest to
make this a worthwhile project. If anyone has a lead on the spec for .vcs
files, please let me know. I presume they are some sort of standard, but the
only reference I've seen so far is in the Netscape 'Help' stuff.
On Feb 13, 8:33am, Thomas Nilsson wrote:
>
> 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.
>
The .vcs UID: line indicates which instance of a repeating series this one is
and maintains a sort of serial number that is common to all instances of the
series. So it's possible to identify all the instances and thereby compute
the interval between them. That's a lot of work that could be avoided if
the repetition info is somehow embedded in the serial number. Exceptions
may not be even that easy to recognize. A copy of the .vcs spec could help
resolve this.
> 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.
>
My .vcs files appear to store time information as GMT. If your offset
is 5, 6, 7, or 8 hours (which covers most of the continental US, that's the
most likely reason. I suspect Netscape Calendar either stores time internally
in that format or provides it that way on export, which may be how the
plugin works. They may also not be handling the change to/from DST correctly.
> 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...
This is exactly the problem I'm faced with -- syncing with folks on PC's,
Sun's and other platforms.
>
> Thomas
>
> PS. Wonder if Netscape could be persuaded to give away the source for
> their ncpilink pilotlink... DS.
>
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