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Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW
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Bob Crandell |
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Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW |
Date: |
Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:52:23 +0000 |
Will the netSync part be able to include other PDAs like the Sony CLIE?
Thanks
Dave Hall (address@hidden) wrote*:
>
>Hi all,
>
>This is a bit of a status update for those of you who are interested in
>the Palm Sync project, and a chance for you to comment.
>
>
>** BACKGROUND
>For those of you who are not aware of what I am doing, I am working on
>syncing data between phpGW and PalmOS devices. It uses hotSync/netSync
>on the client side, ColdSync with xml-rpc to talk to the sync app in
>phpgw. The initial phpgw apps(palm apps) supported will be notes(memo),
>todo(todo), addressbook(addressbook), calendar(datebook). The app will
>respect phpgw acl for the apps mentioned, the exception being calendar,
>only those events that the user participates in.
>
>I have a client who is part sponsoring the development of this app, they
>don't want to be publicly named until they know it is worth putting
>their name to it.
>
>
>**STATUS
>
>Things are going well, I have been able to identify 'dirty' records for
>all apps in phpgw. Addressbook is the only annoying one (but got it
>working). I have stub methods for dumping palm data into phpgw. I have
>the record matching tables/methods worked out. I still need to do some
>work on categories - there may be some minor issues with this. I am now
>working on understanding xml-rpc & Perl :)
>
>Santa has been snowed in at the North Pole and won't be delivering a
>stable beta until around 1-Jan-03, but by mid-late this week there
>should be an alpha out. If anyone is interested, I can send you a copy
>of the rough spec i am working to, let me know.
>
>
>** QUESTIONS
>Now i have a couple of questions to put to the potential users of the
>app. My client has indicated that they are a bit flexible with some of
>this stuff.
>
>* Field Mappings in Addressbook
>I have spent some time on field mappings.
>
>I have decided to make the following limitations for the first release
>of the app:
> - You can only have one of each type of Phone contact types, so the
>first Work Phone will be used if you have 2 in your Palm.
>
> - Also the main number will store a text value which will be used by
>phphw to list the prefered phone number.
>
> - The field mappings will be static - so they will always map as
>described below.
>
> - It will be smart enough to work out the fields if you don't use the
>default palm order for them
>
>Anyway here are the field mappings I propose, if you have comments
>please let me know asap - things are moving quickly.
>
>phpGW db field Field mapped to in Plam
>
>fn name
>n_given first name
>org_name company
>adr_one_street address
>adr_one_locality city
>adr_one_region state
>adr_one_postalcode zipCode
>adr_one_country country
>title title
>note note
>email_home custom1
>url custom2
>bday custom3
>tel_work phone(Work)
>tel_home phone(Home)
>tel_fax phone(Fax)
>email phone(E-mail)
>tel_pager phone(Pager)
>tel_cell phone(Mobile)
>tel_prefer Phone(Main) - text to specify field
>
>* Does anyone know how to get the tz info from a palm using coldsync?
>
>* Can anyone contribute to the development effort? I would really
>appreciate a tester who uses ldap for contacts. Thanks to all of you
>who have offered support so far.
>
>Cheers
>
>Dave Hall (aka skwashd)
>
>PS - Sorry if you subscribe to both lists and got the cross post
>
--
Bob Crandell
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- [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Dave Hall, 2002/12/15
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW,
Bob Crandell <=
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Brian Johnson, 2002/12/15
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Dave Hall, 2002/12/15
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Dave Hall, 2002/12/15
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Brian Johnson, 2002/12/15
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Bob Crandell, 2002/12/15
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Brian Johnson, 2002/12/16
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Chris Weiss, 2002/12/16
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Dave Hall, 2002/12/16
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Chris Weiss, 2002/12/16
- Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW, Chris Weiss, 2002/12/16