contacts categories

[stormuk1]

in my contacts i have different categories eg personal, business, hotels etc. but when i sync it to pda it only syncs the main/original contacts folder and not business and hotels. is their any way i can get all categories to my pda. any help would be apprieciated.

thanks

If you look at Active Sync>Options>Contacts you will see radio buttons etc for sync all contacts or 'The following catagories' Make sure you have checked the buttons you want to sync for.

[kilthro]

If you look at Active Sync>Options>Contacts you will see radio buttons etc for sync all contacts or 'The following catagories' Make sure you have checked the buttons you want to sync for.

Thanks. I didn't know that myself.

[stormuk1]

thanks for your help but it doesnt seem to work on mine,still only brings up main contact list....

[callmemoe]

in my contacts i have different categories eg personal, business, hotels etc. but when i sync it to pda it only syncs the main/original contacts folder and not business and hotels. is their any way i can get all categories to my pda. any help would be apprieciated.

thanks

I think that ActiveSync only allows synching of the main original contacts folder. You may want to try Chapura's product for synching multiple folders. Try Chapura I have never used it so I don't know how well it works.

[cmagdanz]

I use Chapura's PocketMirror Pro 1.0 for Windows Mobile specifically to synch Outlook Public Folder, and it works pretty well. It "imbeds" itself into ActiveSynch, and you set it up to replace ActiveSync's ability to synch one or more of Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks.

When you use PM to sync subfolders benath a default folder or to sync public folders, PM creates a category with the name of the folder preceded by an asterisk on the PPC. So the folders themselves do not appear on the PPC, only "*folder".

When I first tried PM, I went whole hog with bunches of subfolders, and PM tripped up (failed to synch properly). I now use PM to synch only top level Public Folders (specifically contacts), and it works great. For me the $50 price was worth having access to all that company-wide data.

PM manages duplicates, too. I used to use MS's free Outlook PCS and some free duplicate manager for which I cannot remember the name. PM works superbly better than that approach.

Chapura's PocketMirror was the only product I was able to find that would synch Public Folders. I contacted several other software firms directly, and they were unable to do it. This was several months ago.Chapura's technical support has been very responsive to me the several times I talked with them right after I bought PM.