Re: Need help understanding desktop/handheld relationship

Thanks for your reply, Jeff. Just to make sure I understand correctly...

1. I could keep all my outlines on a memory card on the HH side. Then
when I want to edit them I could simply insert the card into my PC and
"Open raw..." directly from the card? I guess the only disadvantage of
this scenario is that I would NOT be able to categorize the outlines
on the HH, correct?

2. When I look at the info in the Expert console, where should the
index be looking? Can I change this path or is it automatically set? I
see the following path descriptions:

-Registration file path
-Filter file path
-Tag file path
-Refreshing outline directory

3. Should the path that the index is looking for be the location where
I store the corresponding files I have on my HH? If so, how do I make
that the default location where they are stored upon sync (or at least
how do I get the HH files to sync to the corresponding files in the DT
directory)?

4. Theoretically, I should "Open..." the same directly that the index
is looking for, right (at least on a "normal" basis)?

Thanks again!  This is very helpful.
Mark

--- In [email protected], Jeff Mitchell <skeezix@...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Mark Einersen wrote:
> 
> # 1. Am I correct that files on my memory card have NO ASSOCIATION
> # whatsoever with what is backed up on and/or synced with the desktop?
> 
> 	More-or-less correct; there was a time when I had planned to have 
> the desktop do some really tricky things so you could edit files on the 
> card after hotsync, but in the end.. devices started to get a lot of
RAM, 
> Palm made the tricky stuff really buggy to pull off, and I added
Open Raw 
> which would let you edit the card-side files directly (via a USB flash 
> reader say, or mounting the files via the Palm evice as a card reader, 
> etc.)
> 
> 	So to sync it is easiest to keep files in RAM.
> 
> # 3. On the DT my visual list of outlines shows 8 outlines, including a
> # new one I created a couple weeks ago that appears to have been synced
> # properly onto my HH. Yet when I choose "Open..." I see a list of 10
> # outlines (8 are the same as what I see on the DT UI, plus two others
> # that I have previously used). Why?
> 
> 	Could check the Exprt -> Console option and read through (its 
> cryptic) to see where it is looking.. essentially, the left-side index 
> shows from one directory the files it could find; the Open could be 
> looking in another place (it tries to remember the last palced you've 
> opened a file, and you could have opened somewhere else).
> 
> 	The DT can open files anyplace on your computer, the trick is what 
> it is showing in the index and File -> Open.
> 
> # 4. I have also created a "test" outline on the HH and upon sync it is
> # not visible in EITHER of the aforementioned list of files. However, 
> # when I click on the last outline listed on the DT UI, it opens the
> # "test" list--although it is an old outline with a totally different
> # name!! What the heck?
> 
> 	Simialr to (3). Theres probably a mixup of where it is seeing. 
> (Which could also be complicated by some of Vista's odd behaviours, if 
> you're using that OS.)
> 
> # 5. When on choose "Open raw..." all I see are 3 files, all three of
> # which are presently in internal memory on the HH (other files with
> # corresponding names on the DT are presently on my HH memory card).
> # When/why would I want to open/modify on the DT a "raw" file (PDB) vs.
> # a "normal" file (XML)?
> 
> 	Open Raw is provided for those who need it, but it is generally 
> not needed much for Windows users. (It is mostly used by Mac and Linux 
> users, or Windows folks who need to recover based on a pdb file, or who 
> want to edit on an SD card, or other crazy tricks :) Generally the XML 
> file is the way to go, but as always.. I like to provide tools so
people 
> can work how they see fit.
> 
> 		jeff
> 
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