Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW

[Brian Johnson]

Are you keeping with the concept that once set up, selecting records to sync 
can be
accomplished by adding and removing categories on the Palm that match the phpgw
categories?  I love this concept since it means that the sync config can be
modified directly on the Palm while away from the computer (it also means that a
sync config program/client is not necessary).

Sounds like a good starting plan, get it working and then add features 
(although I
don't think any, other than the Palm addressbook sync, need additional features)

What's tz info?




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
>