"Matt M." <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I understand that ActiveSync doesn't "support" synchronizing Contact
> subfolders. Does this mean that contacts in subfolders are not
> synchronized
> at all, or simply that they aren't "grouped" into folders in Pocket
> Outlook.
>
> I will probably migrate to using categories instead of folders to
> achieve
> the behavior I desire. But, in the mean time, I'm curious what will
> happen
> to contacts in subfolders. Some of the messages/responses here seem to
> indicate they will appear in Pocket Outlook but just not be grouped, while
> other messages/responses seem to indicate that only records in the main
> Contacts folder will appear in Pocket Outlook.
>
> I have Outlook 2003 and would be considering a Pocket PC with Windows
> Mobile 2003, Second Edition.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
Hi Matt,
ActiveSync will synchronize the Contacts that are available in the main
Contact folders. None of the other sub-folders or the Contacts within them
will be synchronized. ActiveSync allows you to customize the amount of
Contacts items that can be synchronized into the PPC but this is with
respect to the Contacts available in the main folder only.
If you like to sort your Contacts, then you would need to use the Categories
feature instead of sub-folders since this feature is supported by
ActiveSync. However, the Categories must be applied to the Contacts
available in the main Contacts folder. Any contact item outside this folder
cannot be seen by ActiveSync.
ActiveSync has options for synchronizing categories in
Tasks/Calendar/Contacts. Take a look at the following links for better
understanding on how categories can be used:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/arti...on=expand,3142
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/arti...on=expand,8034
Microsoft had earlier released an add-in which would create copies of the
contacts in your sub-folder into the main folder and would also append the
Categories field of these contacts, which helped sorting on your PPC. This
enabled synchronization of the Contacts stored in sub-folders. However,
this was a one way sync operation only. More information about this add-in
is available here ---
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/opcs.aspx
Please note that this works with Outlook 2000 and 2002 only. Users have
reported installation problems when they tried installing it with Outlook
2003.
I hope this information helps you clear your doubts !!
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Regards,
Raj