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All contents on this page are copyright (c) 1998 by Tilo Christ. All rights reserved.
This page was last rebuilt on Wed Dec 9 11:46:03 CET 1998 .

Installation

Unpack the download archive into a place of your liking. Include the file Java/SyncBuilder.jar into your CLASSPATH environment variable. Then check for successful installation.

Checking for successful installation

Make sure the current directory (.) is included in your CLASSPATH environment variable! Then change to the Java/samplecode directory. Execute java dlptest. This will run the software through a short display of its functionality.
Be sure to choose . (dot) as the device to which your Palm device is connected. This means you wish to use Network HotSyncTM technology . Make sure you have the Windows NT RAS server setup correctly and you have the Network Hotsync software installed on your Palm device . Read the instructions
here to find out how to obtain the software and how to setup RAS.

Troubleshooting

Connection hangs after dial-up
If the Palm device can successfully establish a PPP connection with your Windows NT RAS server, but it hangs after the connection has been established, then do the following:
Go to the HotSync screen on your Palm device . Activate the menu. Turn off "LanSync". Go to the "Main PC setup" dialog. Make sure that only the IP-address but not the name of the main PC are entered (that is, the name field must be blank, and you need to clear it if it contains an entry).
Then try again.

Important Shortcomings Of The Windows NT Version

  • No native support-code is included. This means there is only Network HotSync, no serial HotSync. No .PRC and .PDB files can be processed. Not all of the Palm device īs built-in applications are supported.
  • Fails with the Microsoft JVM. I have used it with an older build (came with SDK2.0) and it spewed Exceptions within the GregorianCalendar class. It works fine with Sunīs JDK1.1.6 though.