Outlook 2003, Windows Mobile 6, and Multiple calendars

[Nathan Sokalski]

I use ActiveSync to synchronize my Outlook 2003 and Windows Mobile 6
calendars. This works fine for my main calendar (labelled My Calendar in
Outlook 2003), but the other calendars in Outlook 2003 (such as Birthday
Calendar) do not get synchronized. Is there a way to tell Outlook 2003,
ActiveSync, and/or Windows Mobile 6 (whichever ones are necessary) which
calendars to synchronize? Thanks.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No, activesync does not support secondary calendars, only the default
calendar can be synced.

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[Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices]

I use ActiveSync to synchronize my Outlook 2003 and Windows Mobile 6
calendars. This works fine for my main calendar (labelled My Calendar in
Outlook 2003), but the other calendars in Outlook 2003 (such as Birthday
Calendar) do not get synchronized. Is there a way to tell Outlook 2003,
ActiveSync, and/or Windows Mobile 6 (whichever ones are necessary) which
calendars to synchronize? Thanks.

No. Your best bet is instead of using multiple calendars, assign
the items to a category. So, in the Birthday calendar, assign
them all Birthday, then move them to the main calendar.

You can switch views using category filters on Outlook or your
device and both will have everything.

Old article, but still relevant.
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/news/show/40110/categories-good-folders-bad.html
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[Mark]

I use ActiveSync to synchronize my Outlook 2003 and Windows Mobile 6
calendars. This works fine for my main calendar (labelled My Calendar in
Outlook 2003), but the other calendars in Outlook 2003 (such as Birthday
Calendar) do not get synchronized. Is there a way to tell Outlook 2003,
ActiveSync, and/or Windows Mobile 6 (whichever ones are necessary) which
calendars to synchronize? Thanks.

Both previous answers are only partly correct. ActiveSync can't cope with
more than one calendar but Chapura Pocket Mirror can sync any number of
calendars. It uses virtual Categories to do it and it works flawlessly.
The only downside is that on your mobile device all appointments appear in
one calendar with a category denoting which PC Outlook calendar it came
from. If you add a new entry on the mobile without a category it goes to
your default calendar on the PC, simply pick the appropriate category to
put it in a specific PC calendar.

HTH
Mark

 

[RandomEvents]

Both previous answers are only partly correct.  ActiveSync can't cope with
more than one calendar but Chapura Pocket Mirror can sync any number of
calendars.  It uses virtual Categories to do it and it works flawlessly..  
The only downside is that on your mobile device all appointments appear in
one calendar with a category denoting which PC Outlook calendar it came
from.  If you add a new entry on the mobile without a category it goes to
your default calendar on the PC, simply pick the appropriate category to
put it in a specific PC calendar.

HTH
Mark

Mark,
I used this option before I upgraded to Windows 7 & Outlook 2007. Do
you know of an option for this setup?

Phil

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I used this option before I upgraded to Windows 7 & Outlook 2007. Do
you know of an option for this setup?

If yo used Chapura Pocket Mirror before the upgrade, why can't you use it
afterward? Did you check Chapura's web site to see if you need an update?
Have you installed Windows Mobile Device Center?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/microsoft/device-center-download.mspx

 

[Beverly Howard]

I haven't looked at it for a while, but you might take a look at goosync
to see what their options are... paid service, but may be worth it if it
fits your needs... I do know that google calendar supports multiple
calendars, and goosync states that they handle them.

http://www.goosync.com/

Beverly Howard

 

[RandomEvents]

If yo used Chapura Pocket Mirror before the upgrade, why can't you use it
afterward?  Did you check Chapura's web site to see if you need an update?
Have you installed Windows Mobile Device Center?http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/microsoft/devi...

Brian,
Only because I'm getting sick of the MVP non coders piping in with
holier than thou advice, without actually checking to see if their
advice is actually valid in the first place, I'm respectfully going to
tell you to shove it whichever pie hole is putting out the most brown
today. And why? Chapura has switched over to a Palm centric
platform for quite some time, as software development cycles go, and
Microsoft hasn't updated their anti multiple calendar philosophy since
the days of Activesync. Did you even read what I put down into
various bits and bytes? "I used this option before I upgraded to
Windows 7 & Outlook 2007", there is no other option at the moment
besides WMDC.

Huh, "WMD"c, i just got that.

cheers
-Phil

 

[RandomEvents]

I haven't looked at it for a while, but you might take a look at goosync
to see what their options are... paid service, but may be worth it if it
fits your needs... I do know that google calendar supports multiple
calendars, and goosync states that they handle them.

http://www.goosync.com/

Beverly Howard

Beverly,
Thanks for the heads up, but it doesn't quite fit for the setup i have
at home -: OfficeCalender in place of an exchange server for a small
home network, multiple calendars per user, each with a WinMobile 5 ->
6.1 (but really only looking for 6.0+).... that and well, i'm afraid
of the cloud after losing 2 gmail accounts.

-Phil

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Only because I'm getting sick of the MVP non coders piping in with
holier than thou advice, without actually checking to see if their
advice is actually valid in the first place

It's not my job to keep track of the obsolecence of whatever software you use.
It seems stupid to me to update your environment without first making sure
everytyhing will work after the upgrade. I also don't understand the "non
coders" reference. This newsgroup isn't for asking coding questions, so
there's no relevance to coding references.

On top of that, it seems to me your beef is with "Mark", since he's the one
who suggested PocketMirror. I was merely asking if you had checked with
Chapura, since you said you had used the product before. I certainly can't
know what you've investigated and what you've not, since I'm not clairvoyant.

 

[RandomEvents]

Brian,
The issue is that you gave advice without checking to make sure your
advice was actually valid in the first place. And all you've done
since then, is give excuses for why you didn't have to fact check your
own advice before giving it out. It's common sense, and actually more
than a little helpful for people that are asking for help. As for the
"non coders" qualifier, I only bring it up, since the MVP's that
aren't programmers tend to do this shotgun method of advice giving,
hoping that something sticks. Newsgroups, message boards, and forums
are filled with people like yourself, just taking up space, and not
helping the people that asked for help in the first place.

Mark, i had no issue with, he gave helpful advice, my query to him,
was only wondering if he had encountered the same situation.

Ha! Nothing is perfect after changing one's environment. You take
the good with the bad, and hope you can make things work.

Think about what you say, before you say it.

Cheers,
-Phil

 

[Beverly Howard]

you gave advice without checking to make sure your advice was
actually valid in the first place <<

I submit that while your complaint would be valid if you were paying for
the advice, or the responder was being paid to give advice (mvp's are
not paid) but, imho, in this case, the appropriate response would have
been to simply ignore the response or to make a correction... it was not
posted in order to irritate you as was the obvious purpose of your response.

Respectfully, but sincerely,
Beverly Howard

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

The issue is that you gave advice without checking to make sure your
advice was actually valid in the first place.

Ah. i see your error now. I didn't give advice, I asked a question.
Actually, i asked three. Try reading.

 

[RandomEvents]

Ah.  i see your error now.  I didn't give advice, I asked a question.
Actually, i asked three.  Try reading.

Brian,
Heh, you got me, punctuation does make all the difference doesn't it?
I was wrong in my response, as I read your questions as statements.

Cheers,
Phil

 

[RandomEvents]

 >> you gave advice without checking to make sure your advice was
actually valid in the first place <<

I submit that while your complaint would be valid if you were paying for
the advice, or the responder was being paid to give advice (mvp's are
not paid) but, imho, in this case, the appropriate response would have
been to simply ignore the response or to make a correction... it was not
posted in order to irritate you as was the obvious purpose of your response.

Respectfully, but sincerely,
Beverly Howard

Beverly,
My compliant would have been valid if, I had read his questions for
what they were, questions. That just kinda of makes me look like an
idiot. As for wanting advice or technical help to be useful whether
one pays for it or not, I think that's a goal that everyone should
strive for. It's the ignoring of the MVP's with empty advice that
kills threads and litters the internet with those threads of half
answered questions (I was looking for a network printer driver work
around before tackling this issue, hence the frustration). All that
being said, it seems simplest to mimic what Chapura did for XP and
Activesync, and write a program the replaces the calendar export
\import in Windows Mobile Device Center (I just don't know how robust
the API is for that compared to Activesync).

Cheers,
-Phil

 

[Mark]

Mark,
I used this option before I upgraded to Windows 7 & Outlook 2007. Do
you know of an option for this setup?

Phil

Phil
Only just checked back. I can't comment on Win7 and Outlook 2007 as I'm
still working happily with XP and Outlook 2003. Pocket Mirror V2.2.4
installs with ActiveSync 4.5 and Win Mobile 6.5 so I don't see why it
wouldnt be able to pull data from Ouitlook 2007. Why not give it a try?

Mark