Re: [Fwd: [PilotMgr] SyncCM conduit oddities]

[Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 08:44:57AM +0100, Stacey Marshall wrote:
> 
> I'm sure this happens to me because I use the PC software too.  Even though I
> have the PC set to overwrite files only.  It still seems to tamper with the
> palm database in some way.
You're right here: Most PilotManager conduits are not capable of doing a
so-called 'Full Sync'. The Pilot has some optimisation capabilities: It
marks records in a database that have changed since last hotsync. The
sync software should then
- Check if the last hotsync date on the pilot matches the date the sync
  software thinks the last hotsync was
- If both date match do a fast sync, i.e., retrieve only changed records
  from the pilot
- If dates don't match retrieve ALL records from the pilot
- compare and match records
- Update the 'changed' flags in the pilot

The typical PilotManager application always does a fast sync, ignoring
the non-matching hotsync date. So if you sync to another application,
the changed flags are deleted and the sync software gets confused.

I have updated the PilotSync.pm generic hotsync algorithm and applied
changes to the SyncAB conduit as an example. I regularly use this to
sync to my desktop at home and at work. You can retrieve the software at
http://members.telering.at/ralf.schlatterbeck/

Also at this page is a conduit for syncing the pilot calendar with the
UNIX ical calendar and a conduit for syncing DateBook alarm sounds with
MIDI files.

-- 
Dr. Ralf Schlatterbeck                  mailto:schlatterbeck@xxxxxxxxxx
TTTech Computertechnik AG, Schönbrunnerstraße 7, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Voice: +43/1/5853434-0,  Fax: +43/1/5853434-90,  http://www.tttech.com/
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