On or near 6/24/02 4:40 PM, Weiyun Yu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:

> Hi all,
> 
> Getting ready for the Palm conduit for Entourage X.
> 
> Has anyone tried to import NUTD v4.2's Calendar and To-do files into
> Entourage? How did it go? I have a few years of calendar data and really
> don't want to mess it up.
> 
Not I. But I am certain that Paul Berkowitz's script suite, announced here
in the last few days, will handle it.

> Suggestions? Comments? Is Entourage's calendar component adequate?
> 
As Paul has said, it's at about version 1.5. Adequate, but not top notch.
But getting there.

> My main problem with NUTD is its conduit. Every time I Hotsync during a trip
> (different time zone), I would get duplicates. I just hope this won't happen
> on that expected Entourage conduit. Also, does any one know if the new
> conduit would support Palm's DateBk4/5?

I used to get duplicates in Entourage 2001; don't know about EvX since it
isn't out yet. 

I'm positive that the conduit will work with Datebk4/5 because those
programs simply use the identical database files used by the standard Palm
applications, without any changes. However, you won't necessarily preserve
everything from DB4/5 when you import to EvX, and the same is true in
reverse. For instance, Entourage lets you assign multiple categories to an
item; DB4/5 does not; Entourage has unlimited categories; DB has 16 per type
of item (notes, tasks, memos, events). DB4/5 has more sophisticated
repeating items, I think. It's what you would expect to encounter trying to
transfer data from one PIM to another; not all the fields match exactly.

However, I never found any of the above to be a severe problem in E2001. I
just deleted the duplicates from my Visor when I encountered them. And heck,
I now see duplicates popping up even when I don't hot sync! I think some of
them come from various Palm apps I've installed, like Redo and ToDo Plus.
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