Fair enough. But even Palm Desktop 4 supports syncing categories between the Date Book on the Mac and Datebk 3/4/5 on the Palm.
Which leaves Entourage out on its own in not syncing category info... Adrian PS for reference for everyone here is the section from the Datebk5 FAQ which implies categories are stored in the notes field and not in the Palm database... http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/datebk5faq.htm >Why is there funny stuff (like: ##@@@@@@@) in the Note Field: > >This is normal if you look at an event on the desktop or in some >other application. Information is encoded in the note field to track >information for each event (Category, Icon, timezone, float/done, >appt spanning midnight, etc.). It is hidden of course in DateBk5. >See the appendices in the DateBk5 User Manual for technical >information on the tag formats. This is the ONLY way that DateBk5 >can add functionality beyond that provided for in the Datebook >database while still maintaining 100% compatibility with the >Datebook database and all third party applications that use it. >Links are also stored in the note field and will appear something >like: [LINK A 1234,e4F3]. > >If you want to avoid seeing these tags, you will need to refrain >from using those DateBk5 advanced features that cause the tags to be >generated. The features that require the use of tags are: Custom >fonts � custom alarms � custom colors � advances � timezones � >categories � appts spanning midnight � floating events � icons � >links. >Actually that is not entirely correct (at least not to my recollection). And >categories weren't synchronized under Entourage 2001. > >The Palm Calendar Event database doesn't support categories (at least that >is what I found when I looked into supporting Date Book Categories). If it >did, life would be good. But since the Palm OS doesn't know about >"extensibility" Palm may get around to adding this feature (as well as >multiple address support and > 5 phone numbers) in the next 5 years of their >evolution. > >The way that other applications accomplish this is by writing specific data >to the notes field of the calendar (at leas that is what they say on the web >site for the folks that made DB5). > >-Omar > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Eric Hildum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Entourage Mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:28 PM >Subject: Catagories in date book > > >> This is not entirely correct. The Palm database for calendar events does >> support categories, and the categories were synchronized under previous >> versions of the Conduits. The Date-book application in the Palm does not >> display this information, however. >> -- >> Eric Hildum >> >> > From: Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:21:15 -0700 >> > To: Entourage mac Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Subject: Re: July 15 conduit release >> > >> > On or near 7/15/02 11:50 AM, Greg Jones at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: >> > >> >> It doesn't support categories in the calendar (to/from Datebk5), but >> >> otherwise looks very good. Nice job! >> > >> > Technically speaking, Palm does not support categories for the calendar >> > either. That's a special feature of Datebk4/5, which is third-party >> > software. >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> archives: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> >> old-archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >archives: ><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> >old-archive: ><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
