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Palm Desktop

Application Script

Palm Desktop application synchronizes Palm smart phone with the offline information.

Release Date

5/18/2005

Settings Description

The Palm Desktop script migrates the following:

• General settings that apply to all the Palm users.
• Users settings based on the Palm user data and settings.

Migration Paths

The migration paths are as follows:

• From 3.1 to 3.1
• From 3.1 to 4.0.1
• From 3.1 to 4.1.4
• From 4.0.1 to 4.0.1
• From 4.0.1 to 4.1.4
• From 4.1.4 to 4.1.4

Notes

• It is recommended to migrate all the Palm settings to avoid confusion.
• The Custom Columns labels are saved as per the User settings, but the View Columns labels are saved as the General settings. This leads to undefined Custom Columns labels on view; if migrating only the General settings.

Limitations

Following are the limitations:

• In the Users migration, the View Sort By option for Contacts, Tasks, and Memos applications will not migrate from earlier versions to 4.1.4.
• In the General migration, the order of application tabs is altered from earlier versions to 4.1.4.
• In the Users migration, the Primary Contact option for Address will not migrate from 4.0.1 to 4.1.4.
• In the Users migration, the Install settings for HotSync will not migrate from 4.0.1 to 4.1.4.
• In the Users migration, the Tasks View options are not migrated from 4.0.1 to 4.1.4.
• In the General migration, the View Show Columns options for Address are partially migrated from 4.0.1 to 4.1.4.
• ToDo View Show Options will not migrate. In version 4.0.1 and version 4.1.4, Tasks (ToDo) View Show Columns is migrated as the General settings. In version 3.1, it is migrated as the Users settings.