Allen, here are a couple of points to answer your questions about Datebk4. I
have been using it for a number of years and have become quite a loyal
supporter to it (as many users do). It is an extremely powerful Palm app and
I now use it as my lead PIM instead of Entourage. I basically use Entourage
to backup my Visor and to take advantage of quick reference and data entry
while on my desktop but I honestly find I do more scheduling through DateBk4
because I find it much less clunky than Entourage.
Quick answers to your questions:
- The Visor's proprietary Date Book+ is actually a lite version of DateBk4
that was created for Visor by the developer, Stewart Dewar. If you are
liking Visor's Date Book+ you will want to look at the feature rich DateBk4
at http://www.pimlicosoftware.com.
- DateBk4 and ActionNames Datebook are comparable products and have
fanatically devoted enthusiasts on both sides. Like Mac and PC owners, one
will rabidly denounce the other. I belong to a DateBk4 mailing list that is
equally as active as this one is through
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pimlicodatebk/ Mr. Dewar tends to pop his head
in every evening to answers questions and address and issues with his users.
The support is unprecedented and his users know it.
- The Journal scripts don't overwrite one another when synced. Although
they do behave the same way, DateBk4 creates its journal as an untimed (all
day event) event called "Daily Journal". Your script seems to need to add a
date the event title like "Daly Journal 3/17/01" in order to differentiate.
On a day that I have added journal entries in both methods I might simply
have two "Daily Journal" events (one with a date at the end, one with not)
and I can certainly live with that.
- If you haven't discovered it yet, the Palm OS doesn't support assigning
categories to datebook events. A strange oversight but true. DateBk4 has
overcome many of the limitations of the Datebook database of the Palm OS by
passing cryptic code bits in the "Note" fields of events in order to get
events to have categories and icons assigned to them. Datebk4 hides them but
after syncing with your desktop you will see things like
"##@@OK@@@l@@@@@@@@@ [Link A-00B8-F1C29E]" in the note fields of your
Entourage events. I find it isn't really all that intrusive for the benefit
it brings to the Palm platform.
- Another limitation you will find of the Palm OS platform is that the four
main databases (Datebook, Addresses, To Dos and Memos) have absolutely
nothing to do to one another. Dakebk4 tries to bridge that gap by linking
events to contacts and todos and by showing today's todos along side today's
events. Much the same way Entourage does automatically.
Like I said earlier, DateBk4 users are a loyal bunch to which I obviously
am one. Action Names does many of these same features in its own way. I
would of course prefer to see you join our camp instead of Action Names if
for no other reason as to see the cool new AppleScripts you would cook up
for the DateBk4/Entourage users to which I am sure there are many. I will
certainly share with the group any of my findings.
Cheers,
j.
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