CorporateSync 2.1.4 for Palm, Macintosh Edition

Last updated: August 20, 2002

These release notes contain features, system requirements and other information. For installation instructions, see the readme file.

Contents

System Requirements
About CorporateSync for Palm, Macintosh Edition
What's new in this release
Limitations, caveats and known problems in this release
Limitations fixed since last release

System Requirements

CorporateTime Server 3.5 or greater, or Netscape Calendar Server 3.5 or greater
Macintosh OS 7.1.2 up to version 9
8 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
Palm MacPac version 2x
Any Palm compatible device running Palm OS 3.3 to 3.5x

About CorporateSync for Palm, Macintosh Edition
CorporateSync 2.1 for Palm, Macintosh Edition keeps your important information up-to-date at the touch of a button. Synchronize the latest server information with your PDA and vice-versa, and keep on top of your schedule, even on the road. All the synchronization features you've come to expect from CorporateSync, now available for your Mac.

What's new in this release

Full support for synchronizing CorporateTime 5.0 or greater with your Palm
CorporateSync 2.1.4 for Palm, Macintosh Edition is a maintenance release that provides all the features and functionality of the previous 2.1 release under the Oracle banner. This version will also provide the basis for all future upgrades.

The following features were new in version 2.1:

Synchronize CorporateTime Entries, Tasks and Address Books
Configure your Palm device to sign in using a unique user ID
No need for a CorporateTime client on the Macintosh to install CorporateSync
Select which components to install (e.g. Tasks, Entries, Address Book information)
CorporateSync replaces certain Palm Desktop conduits to avoid potential conflicts
Synchronize the list of users and resources invited to Entries (max 12)
Limit the size of Entry details that are synchronized
Choose to synchronize all Entries, have CorporateTime overwrite your Palm data, or vice versa
The conduit supports HotSync's "Synchronize the files" and "Desktop overwrites Pilot" operations
For Address Book items, the following fields are synchronized:

Last name, first name, title, company, address, city state, zip code, and the 4 custom fields

Up to five telephone numbers. The first number with a "Work" label becomes "Business 1" in CorporateTime; the second, "Business 2", etc.

For Date Book items, the following fields are synchronized:

Name, date, start & end times, Reminders and Notes.
Private flag (becomes Personal in CorporateTime).
Untimed events on the PalmPilot become Day Events in CorporateTime. CorporateTime's Day Events, Daily Notes, and Holidays all become untimed events on the PalmPilot.
Optionally, an event's location can be appended to its title on the PalmPilot.
An event's attendees can be added to its note on the PalmPilot.

For To Do List items, the following fields are synchronized:

Name, priority, due date and notes.
Private flag (becomes Confidential in CorporateTime).
The category, although preserved, is not brought into CorporateTime.

Limitations, caveats, and known problems with this release

To use this product, please contact your system administrator.
Hand-held overwrites Macintosh: Information on your Palm organizer overwrites Entries, Tasks or Addresses on your Macintosh is not available.
Address Books created using CorporateTime 4.1 or earlier may not synchronize properly.

Suggested Workaround: If you have an Address Book you created with CorporateTime 4.1 or earlier, choose File menu > Address Book… > Backup… in CorporateTime 4.2 to back up the Address Book on the server. Then delete your local copy of the Address Book and restore it from the server. The Address Book will now function properly.

The palm organizer does not have different time zones. Make sure the calendar application time zone corresponds to the palm organizer's.
You cannot synchronize the palm organizer's repeating Events. You can, however, synchronize calendar server Repeating Entries.
If you change a timed Event to an untimed Event, or vice versa, on your palm organizer, the change will not appear in the calendar application.
It is recommended that you only synchronize the palm organizer with your on-line Agenda. Synchronizing with the off-line Agenda can (and usually does) cause duplicate Entries. See Appendix A of the CorporateSync 2.1 User Guide for details.
You cannot HotSync Address Book Entries when the calendar application is open on your Macintosh.
Deleting all Address Book Entries on your Macintosh can delete all Address Book information on your palm device after synchronizing.
Renaming the Address Book on your palm device can delete all current Address Book Entries after synchronizing.
You can only HotSync one Address Book.
CorporateSync currently only fully supports English-language synchronization.
CorporateSync is unable to present a list of possible matches for duplicated names. To avoid this problem, enter as much unique user information as possible (e.g. organization unit, etc.).

Limitations fixed since last release

CorporateSync 2.1.3 fixes an issue involving off-line synchronization of Events and Tasks.
CorporateSync does not correctly transfer telephone fields from the palm organizer. Area codes, extensions and long-distance codes are all synchronized to the phone number field in CorporateTime Address Books. The corresponding Address Book fields remain blank.