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Re: Netscape and Pilotmgr
HoltryF writes:
>I'm looking for the simplest and most direct way of syncing my PalmPilot with
>my Solaris 2.5.1 Netscape Calendar. Judging from CS&T's home page, you're
>correct that the technology in Netscape Calendar is theirs, although Netscape
>doesn't seem to give them credit on their web site. Unfortunately, neither
>site provides much insight as to how the product works.
>
>Netscape FAQ's note that there are two daemons running on the server and
>listening on specific ports. If you could figure out how to connect to
>these, you could probably bypass the browser to get a stream of Calendar
>data. Both sites hint, although they never explicitly state it, that what
>you'd get would be a stream of vCalendar data. This is very likely what the
>PC plugin for HotSync (also a CS&T product, apparently) does. If anyone has
>more information about the internals of the product they can share, it
>would be very useful.
Frank,
I just called our computer department and asked for the OpenTime
administrator. Having got him on the line, he told me that the full
specs of this client-server communication can be found in the OpenTime
manual and what more, he promised to find and deliver the manual
tomorrow. It may be available in electronic form too. Despite what
people say of computer administrators, I'm actually inclined to believe
that this manual will be on my desk on Monday morning. :-)
Let's just hope the stuff isn't too hairy. It may be illegal to copy
and publish the information it contains, but I could perhaps compile a
summary or something. Opening a socket to the server will probably be
much easier than syncing with OpenTime's local copy of the agenda. I'm
going to see what I can do with the information and will probably base
the work on SyncCM. The new conduit could be called SyncCST or
something.
I think I'll skip the metaconduit idea for a while (not to say that
other people aren't welcome to work on it). The idea is neat, but I'm
too shaky on object-oriented Perl. Could someone please provide
pointers to online tutorials or a good book?
--Martin
Martin von Weissenberg <http://www.hut.fi/~mweissen>
ABILENE, adj.: Descriptive of the pleasing coolness on the reverse side of
the pillow. (DA)
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