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As a transition strategy to new devices and operating systems, DateBkp will now run reliably as a standalone program in the MotionApps Classic environment which basically emulates a traditional Palm OS environment on the new Palm Pre. This will be of interest to all DateBk users who vitally need all the functionality of DateBk on a handheld. In the future, this will provide a transition strategy to the use of Pimlical which is even more powerful and features connectivity to internet calendar standards. Pimlical was designed to be a cross-platform application and will be rolling out on several different desktop and handheld platforms during the course of 2011. The Classic certified DateBk6p version is a $9.95 upgrade for those users who had previously purchased DateBk3/4/5/6 from Pimlico Software. The $9.95 price also includes a $5 discount coupon on the new Pimlical calendar application which can be applied to a future purchase of Pimlical on any platform that it supports (currently, only windows desktop). Installing DateBk6p into Classic Environment
Getting existing data migrated into the Classic Environment You will
also likely need to perform a one-time migration of your existing calendar data into the classic
environment. If you have an SD card on your handheld that you can read on
the desktop, the procedure is simple: Use a third party file utility like
FileZ and copy
these files to the SD Card: On the desktop, you will see these files with a .PDB extension added. To install your PIM databases, just copy them to the ClassicApps/Install folder on your Pre. Next time you launch Classic, your PDB files will be imported into the main storage memory of Palm OS and should be visible in the built-in Palm OS apps in classic and also seen by DateBk6p. If you don't have an SD card, the procedure is a bit trickier: again, using FileZ, in the General tab, change the CreatorID of the CalendarDB-PDat file from PDat to say PDaz and change the filename from Calendar-PDat to Calendar-PDaz. In the Attrs tab, make sure the Backup checkbox is checked. Repeat this step in a similar fashion for the other three PIM databases. Then hotsync. All four databases should now appear in your Backup folder as they will no longer be recognized as the built-in Pim databases. Continue with the first procedure to copy those four files into the Classic environment, but after you do that, reverse the renaming procedure using FileZ to restore the original filename and creatorID. You will also likely want to restore the original filename and creatorID on those files in your physical Palm OS device too - otherwise it will look like they "disappeared".
If you need
help getting this all to work, contact Technical
Support. Known issues in MotionApps' Classic environment. The 1.2 update has fixed several prior problems (such as using alarms). Remember that you must exit out of DateBk6 before quitting the Classic environment (launch some other application or go to the home page so that Classic will write out any pending information). The only other issue that has been reported to us is that there can be a hang if the emulator was left running in the background for more than 5 min or so, no matter what app was active (i.e. not an issue specifically with DateBk6p). However, the user who reported this problem also said that changing the emulator settings from Turbo to normal seems to have fixed that issue. Note: if you trying to sync via WiFi, but have been unsuccessful, this comment by a user may be helpful: "I have FINALLY been able to sync my Palm Pre with the Palm Desktop software using Wifi. I found by reading the PreCentral Classic forum that several people were unable to sync if they also had a laptop using Wifi as they were "competing" for the signal. I turned mine off and was able to sync. When was the last time that you missed buying a birthday present because there was no ADVANCE warning of an event? Or missed a task because your tasks were not integrated with your calendar? Or spent more than two taps inserting a commonly used event for which DateBk6 has a built-in template? Or needed to look at a week-at-a-glance with the TEXT listed of your appointments? Or wanted to use color on your Palm handheld to emphasize important events? Or wanted to keep your spouse's or co-worker's calendar on your palm - but visibly separate from your own? Or have DateBk6 time-zone aware so that alarms and events are properly keyed to the correct timezone? Or wanted to recover an event that you accidentally just deleted? Or link an event or ToDo to an addressbook entry and automatically log to it? Or put an alarm on a ToDo? Or handle events that span midnight? Or.....? DateBk6 handles all of these tasks and more. No wonder it is one of the most popular Palm programs ever written! A light version of DateBk3 (DateBK4/5's predecessor licensed to Handspring) appeared in every Handspring handheld and the PalmOne Treo 600 smartphone under the name DateBook+ or Calendar. Best of all, the proceeds from this product go towards wildlife conservation and the Dewar's Gorilla Haven project in the North Georgia Mountains
Some notable features:
Colors, fonts, icons, custom alarms and repeats (on both
events and ToDo's) make it easy highlight
important events Floating Reminders (advances) for items give advance warning
that avoid surprises. Alarm Manager shows all upcoming alarms, allows you
to silence all alarms to a fixed date/time, or you can designate
certain events (such as meetings) to automatically silence
alarms.
Weekly View with text shows a week-at-a-glance with
the ability to read the appointment text. Year, 4-month and
list views are also featured in DateBk6 and even the graphical
weekly and monthly
views have options to display text. TimeZone management allows multiple items in
different timezones to be displayed with adjustments in your
current timezone.
Flexible purging, separate history database and undelete
functions make it easy to manage past events.
Enhanced Date Picker has popup list of all events/ToDo's
Anniversary feature shows years for anniversaries or
ages on birthdays - also handles birthday field in proprietary
contacts database present on some newer Palm devices.
Link items to other items, so an appointment can link to
other related appointments or ToDo's - or to contacts
associated with that appointment.
More than 100 other features covering ease of use, and
flexible configuration options make DateBk6 one of the best
values in Palm OS add-on software.
Support. When you need help, you are talking to
highly experienced Palm users/developers with a genuine
interest in helping you - not novice support technicians at a
large company that have relatively little interest in your
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DateBk6 for Palm OSฎ is
a highly advanced calendar application
that brings a wealth of functionality
not even present in most desktop calendar programs. DateBk was
so popular that Handspring licensed a light version of it for their
handheld devices and Palm used it on their Treo-600 SmartPhones instead of
the regular Palm OS calendar application.
