Andy
Fri Mar 31 16:08:50 CST 2006
BTW, the Entourage Sync Service schema for notes may be found at
~/Library/Sync Services/MicrosoftOfficeNotes.syncschema
There's nothing that prevents a 3rd party from adopting our schema and
synchronizing notes with Entourage. We had to create our own schema exactly
for the reason Paul noted, Apple didn't have one already defined as they
have no apps that synchronize notes.
-Andy
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On 3/31/06 2:01 PM, in article C052E6D7.17017%alan@NOSPAM.com, "Alan
Schaevitz" <alan@NOSPAM.com> wrote:
> ---------On 3/31/06 1:24 PM "Paul Berkowitz" wrote:
>
>> On 3/31/06 12:54 PM, in article C052D70E.17003%alan@NOSPAM.com, "Alan
>> Schaevitz" <alan@NOSPAM.com> wrote:
>>
>>> So, if I am understanding correctly, the "truth" database contains
>>> notes/memos and Entourage sync's with that (assuming the Sync Services
>>> preference "Synchronize Entourage Notes with .Mac" is checked). But the TMS
>>> MemoPad conduit doesn't sync notes between Palm and the "truth" database,
>>> only between Palm and the Mark/Space MemoPad application. However, the TMS
>>> Contacts, Events and Tasks conduits DO sync with the "truth" database. Is
>>> that correct? If so, then we should be petitioning Mark/Space for a
>>> Memo/Notes conduit that syncs with the "truth" database, right?
>>
>> I don't know that it's up to us to know or understand exactly what the
>> situation is behind the scenes. I wouldn't be surprised to discover that
>> perhaps Apple has not yet defined any Sync Services schema for "notes" -
>> since Apple themselves don't have a Notes app. It's quite possible that
>> Microsoft have created their own custom schema for Entourage Notes. This
>> schema might be open to all, or perhaps MissingSync would have to ask MacBU
>> for API access - I don't know how it works. For MissingSync themselves, it
>> may have been easier just to port their direct-to-MemoPad Sync from TMS 4,
>> or perhaps they already _do_ have their own custom schema for it in
>> SyncServices - I wouldn't know.
>>
>> You should ask Mark/Space if there's any way they can sync to Entourage
>> Notes via SyncServices (something I imagine they're already considering, and
>> have already received requests for), and let them deal with the "how" of it.
>
> Thanks, Paul. I did forward this info to TMS, so we'll see their response.
> When I asked them how to sync Entourage Notes with Palm, their response was
> that you had to use the Entourage conduit. However, they seemed open to
> other possibilities, including allowing the Entourage conduit and their
> conduits to run in the same sync so long as there was no "sub-conduit" in
> conflict (for example, in the Entourage conduit, Address Book must be set to
> Do Nothing if the TMS Contacts conduit is enabled).
>