Hello Beta-Batpeople,
It's probably not what 9Val had intended with his question "The most un-obvious things" and it certainly isn't really "about programming in se"-reply. Strictly speaking, it isn't even a reply... Lately, I've been looking for a way to save some time. The main address-data I am using are in: - an MS Access-database (clients) - Time & Chaos (clients an professional contacts) - The Bat! Some (number is growing daily) are in 2 or even 3 of the abovementioned. Very nice if someone decides to change his/her address, email or other data (haven't had anyone changing day of birth, though), I have to update all of those databases... So, what are the alternatives? [Let's start by saying I haven't found (nor looked for) a solution as far as the MS-Access database is concerned. So, when I say, "only one program running", I'm not taking into account Access.] - Start using Outlook. That's only one program running and I can synchronise with my PDA Do I have to mention Outlook is inferior to TB! as far as mail is concerned? (It has IMAP, but I haven't tried that out) -Start using Barca. Also, only one program running, but I cannot synchronise with my PDA (currently that's only possible with Palm-based PDA's). Mail handling (personalisation) is better than Outlook, but it still isn't The Bat!... (It also has IMAP, but I haven't tried that either) - Find someone who writes a tool to synchronise TB! and T&C! :-) I have tried the latest version of "Dawn", but that one takes most of my PC's memory and I have to "kill" it. Besides, Dawn doesn't synchronise address book data. I still prefer TB! by far, AFA as mail handling/writing is concerned. Barca is better for reading HTML-mail coming from trusted, professional partners. Personally I have no problems with TB-IMAP, but then again, I only have one Fastmail account with little traffic, so I'm not going to contradict "heavier" users... T&C synchronises with my PDA If I remember well, there was talk about a new "standard" that would make it possible for applications to use the same database, but that doesn't help me right now... Any suggestions??? -- Best whishes! Mark Partous Using Barca 1.4.1001 L ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.25 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
