Re: Thanks! ( was Re: Okay, asking for help)

Post #187,785 by StevenYap 12/22/04 2:34:08 AM Reply	Re: Thanks! ( was Re: Okay, asking for help) Thanks, I found that setting and changed it to Desktop overwriting handheld. Now I can switch that back and forth right? Or do I have to set a default? You might prefer to use the 3rd option instead. There should be 4 options altogether: Handheld overwrite Desktop Desktop overwrite Handheld Synchronize Desktop with PC Do Nothing If you keep the HotSync conduits' setting to "Desktop overwrite Handheld", any changes you made on the Zire will not be transferred to the PC. Everytime you perform a HotSync, the contents of your Zire will be wiped clean and it will be filled with what's on your PC instead. The "Synchronize Desktop and Handheld" option allows the changes you've made on the Zire be duplicated on the PC and at the same thing, changes you've made on the PC to be reflected on the Zire, keeping the Zire and the PC in sync with each other. Of course, if you modified the same record on both the Zire and the PC and then perform a HotSync, you've got a problem - the usual default action is to create duplicate records. For example, you have an appointment record for Dec 28th. You modify the record on your Zire to update the location of the appointment. Without performing a HotSync after modifying the record on the Zire, you also modified the corresponding appointment record on the PC. You then perform a HotSync. The default result of this when you finally perform a HotSync operation, is the creation of another appointment record for Dec 28th - one for the modification you had made on the Zire and one for the modification you had made on the PC. Hope you get the hang of using your Zire soon.
Post #187,827 by Nightowl 12/22/04 11:48:26 AM Reply	Not giving me that option Thanks, I found that setting and changed it to Desktop overwriting handheld. Now I can switch that back and forth right? Or do I have to set a default? You might prefer to use the 3rd option instead. There should be 4 options altogether: Synchronize Desktop with PC I don't seem to have 4 options on the system setting. I have it on every other one, but not system, so I'll just have to switch it back and forth when I'm wanting to load from the computer to the Zire, unless I figure out something else. I do have the do nothing option on the system setting though. If you keep the HotSync conduits' setting to "Desktop overwrite Handheld", any changes you made on the Zire will not be transferred to the PC. Everytime you perform a HotSync, the contents of your Zire will be wiped clean and it will be filled with what's on your PC instead. The "Synchronize Desktop and Handheld" option allows the changes you've made on the Zire be duplicated on the PC and at the same thing, changes you've made on the PC to be reflected on the Zire, keeping the Zire and the PC in sync with each other. I realize that, but it isn't an option on system. I'm not sure why it works everywhere else and not system, but I'm researching it. At least I can enter the stuff in my computer now and transfer it, and then set the setting back to handheld overwriting computer for that one. It doesn't seem to affect the Palm desktop part which has it's own synchronize setting. Of course, if you modified the same record on both the Zire and the PC and then perform a HotSync, you've got a problem - the usual default action is to create duplicate records. For example, you have an appointment record for Dec 28th. You modify the record on your Zire to update the location of the appointment. Without performing a HotSync after modifying the record on the Zire, you also modified the corresponding appointment record on the PC. You then perform a HotSync. The default result of this when you finally perform a HotSync operation, is the creation of another appointment record for Dec 28th - one for the modification you had made on the Zire and one for the modification you had made on the PC. I don't intend to modify the same record on both, once I get the database on the Zire, I intend to simply update it as needed. Hope you get the hang of using your Zire soon. I will, I'm smart and usually figure stuff out pretty good, plus I have this wonderful new book. I just wish I had an actual Mobile DB-PC manual, instead of just a Mobile-DB manual, because it's not explaining much about the PC part. Brenda "It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends." (Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
Post #188,056 by StevenYap 12/23/04 11:14:23 PM Reply	Mobile-DB doesn't have HotSync conduits Well, I came across [link\|http://asp.silvercloudsoftware.com/handmark/pages/answer.jsp?id=489\|this] while digging around the web. The summary is that there is no HotSync conduit provided for synchronizing Mobile-DB and Mobile-DB-PC. As such, all Mobile-DB *.pdb files are "synchronized" using the System conduit which is more limited as you have found. The link provides instruction on how to simulate a two-way synchronization if you so desire. The Mobile-DB knowledgebase is [link\|http://asp.silvercloudsoftware.com/handmark/pages/question_c.jsp?category_id=9&more=Y&qas=on&trees=on&docs=on?\|here].

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