Paul (or others with opinions or suggestions), I have struggled intermittently for several years to come up with a handheld solution that would permit me to stay on Mac OS AND have access to a PocketPC, because there's vertical market software that I run that runs ONLY on PocketPC.
At one time, I used your scripts, Paul, to populate an Outlook database within VPC. Then I bought a G5 and couldn't synchronize for the several months Microsoft needed to develop a G5-compatible version of VPC. Once that happened, I limped along again, but periodically I'd need to hard reset my iPAQ after attempting to convince the Mac standing between the iPAQ and the Windows OS running in emulation. Finally I gave up. Then, this week, things suddenly looked brighter. A native solution to get my data from handheld to Windows (Boot Camp). I haven't seen reports of ActiveSync 4.1 success or failure yet, but I took the plunge, bought a MacBook Pro AND a WM5 device. That project stalled when I discovered the new laptop was defective (I think the data cable probably isn't seated on the removable media burning drive - the computer can't see the device, even though it swallows media placed in its "mouth", then spins a bit, but won't spit the blank media back out no matter what incantations I try). Assuming my friendly Apple store solves this problem, the next issue is getting data from Entourage to the Windows environment - either directly, or through an Exchange Server (people have suggested 4smartphone.net as an inexpensive Exchange Server). I've never used an Exchange Server, but from what I read in Entourage help, my categories won't make the leap (bad), and it sounds as though my email will ALWAYS synchronize (I don't really want to do that - I don't need old saved email messages on my WM5 device). Am I understanding those limitations correctly. Can I synchronize just contact and calendar information? Is there a work-around for Entourage Categories? Paul, am I recalling correctly that your scripts CAN move category information to the Windows environment? Thanks so much in advance for any help or alternative ideas. Jim Robertson -- -- 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/>
