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"Cacy, Jim R." <[log in to unmask]>
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Group for development of instructional applications for handheld computing." <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:18:18 -0500
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If this software proves to be reliable, this is the first PDA app to come along that does what we really need to do at a reasonable price.
 
I purchased the Enterprise version for $99 which actually includes more than you need to do this:
 
I installed Handbase 3.0 on my PC (including Sync Exchange) and converted the databases.  I then created a folder on one of my servers and moved one of the Handbase 3.0 databases from the Palm folder on my PC into that server folder.  Then I right-clicked on the PC's Hotsync icon and selected custom.  I selected Handbase 3.0 and clicked Change.  You will see a button labeled Sync Exchange (if you have Sync Exchange installed).  I clicked on the Sync Exchange button, clicked the Add button, and navigated to the database I had just placed on the server and selected it.  I then OK'd out back to the desktop and fired up Handbase 3.0 desktop on the PC.  I navigated to the database on the server and opened it, then I made a change to it, synchronized the Palm, and the change showed up on the Palm.
 
Also, all the other stuff I hadn't made any changes to synchronized just like they did before.  That is, Sync Exchange is selective.  It isn't like a Network Sync which is all-or-nothing (not to mention somewhat unreliable).
 
That was it.  It was that easy.   I didn't even have to install any software - NONE, not even HotSync - on the server ! ! ! !  What's more, anyone who has this same software on his PC and is a user of that same database can set up to sync to the server database instead of the PC, and it merges multiple users into the same database.  (Tip - add a field to the database that identifies the user.)
 
Jim


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