On 2/27/01 10:14 PM, "Stuart Scadron-Wattles"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 27.2.01 12:11 PM, "Eric Hildum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>>> I had thought this only occurred if the Palm had a category with a name 15
>>>> characters or longer, but the Palm¹s longest category is ³Friends/Family,²
>>>> which is fourteen characters.
>>>
>>> This problem occurs if *Entourage* has a category that is longer than 15
>>> characters. The Palm's category names are limited to a maximum of 15
>>> characters... if you try to synch category names that are longer you will
>>> get truncated category names on the Palm as well as duplication occurring in
>>> Entourage.
>>
>> Okay - this problem I do not have. Unfortunately, the other duplicated
>> category and the failure to synchronize contacts problems have forced me to
>> abandon trying to synchronize my Palm with Entourage.
> To my knowledge, Microsoft has acknowledged that Entourage has a problem
> synching categories with the Palm, regardless of the number of characters of
> the category title, and that they will be addressing the problem in the
> future. I have yet to see anything more than that.
> Native Entourage categories do synch to the Palm. User-created ones do not,
> at least not for me. Palm-created categories duplicate on each synch. This
> looks like a serious bug to me, one which hampers intended program use, but
> I have yet to see a fix from Microsoft.
I don't know about Eric's problem, but MS had acknowledged the 15 characters
bug, not a general one. User created categories work for me...
Cb
cbrady @ tulane.edu
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