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Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] HotSync and Categories of Databases
From:       Friedrich Schunn <schunn () tuhh ! de>
Date:       2001-10-07 23:33:19
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On Sunday 07 October 2001 19:19, you wrote:
> On Sunday 07 October 2001 12:36, Adriaan de Groot wrote:
> > On Saturday 06 October 2001 12:27, Friedrich Schunn wrote:
> > > Problem with Kpilot and HotSync:
> > > Self defined "categories" (on the Palm) for data base like
> > > applications and for the addressbook get lost while performing
> >
> > I don't think that kaddressbook *has* a notion of category for addresses
> > (maybe Greg knows?) -- but addresses certainly shouldn't change category
> > on the Palm after a sync. Applications used to get garbled by syncs, but
> > I though that had been fixed. Perhaps you can provide more detail:
> >
> > * do applications change category in the Palm's launcher after syncing
> > with KPilot?
>
> Hmmm, that's not so easy...  Hope I will describe it precise enough,
> despite of my poor English...
>
> Addresses: I don't use "kaddressbook".  The addresses part is the one where
> I need categories most.  So my expieriences are related to the builtin
> Address Utility:
> I defined categories, assigned some addresses to this new defined
> categories and did a HotSync.  After this the newly defined categories
> weren't there anymore.  I don't remember to which category the formerly
> entered addresses (which I assigned to the dissapeared cateogries) belonged
> after the HotSync. It was the first time I noticed the problem.
>
> Next: I just dit a test with an other application: HandyShopper2.0
> This is what I did:
> Defined the category "Foo" added a new entry to the shopping list (the list
> of the application), passed it to the category "Foo".  Did a HotSync.
> AFTER the HotSync: The entry is still there but it has NO category assigned
> to it (not even "unfiled").  The list of categories doesn't show any "Foo"
> entry.  Than I added the category "Foo" again to the list of categories.
> After this the entry I'm talking about showed again the right category
> "Foo" - without editing the entry.
>
> I did also a further test: I defined more categories (and wrote down the
> order in wich I defined them) and assigned them to some entries.  I did a
> HotSync.  After the HotSync all new defined categories had dissapeared and
> the entries in the shopping list had NO category.  I edited the category
> list again by entering categories in THE ORDER I HAD ENTERED THEM BEFORE. 
> After this all list items had the RIGHT category.
>
> No. 3: Other test: Defined categories, assigned them to list items, did a
> HotSync.  Like above categories were gone and list items had no category. 
> I edited the category list again: BUT I ENTERED THE CATEGORIES IN ANOTHER
> ORDER as I had entered them before.  

[Sorry, here I forgot something:]
Now the shopping list items had wrong (mingled) categories.


> Somehow the order of RE-entering
> categories was important.
> To me it seems that categories are still there (identified with some
> non-visible numbers, etc.) but the names (the strings) by which the user
> distinguishes them dissapear.
>
> The above described problem DOES NOT APPEAR if:
> I define categories, assign them to items AND do (immediately) a "BACKUP"
> of the Palm.  It's an older PalmIII with PamOS 3.0.  After "Backup" further
> HotSyncs don't do any harm to the entered data.
>
> VERSION: KPilot 4.2.3, Korganizer 2.2.1 from SuSE-RPMs for
> KDE-2.2.1 (SuSE-7.2, recent packages).
>
> Friedrich
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