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Hi again,
I don't check my public accounts quite so often either, so the delay is
understandable.
I try to use my Palm as a diary/archive as well. To do this, I always make
sure I have the 'save in archive' option ticked when items are erased. They
then 'bubble through' to files which I keep safely. I rarely use my archives,
but these can be extremely valuable. You can open them in Palm Desktop and
perform search on them, thereby having a door to past dates beyond
recollection.
Roy
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Roy Schestowitz
http://schestowitz.com/
On Saturday 22 January 2005 15:40, you wrote:
> Sorry I didn't reply sooner... I hardly ever use mt hotmail account :-)
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look into this. I did "reload" a few archive
> files from the backups and it seems to have brought in some of the
> historical data (although not all obviously). I also seem to remember
> being asked how long it should store events at the initial setup way back
> when but I cannot find it any more. The date book preference that you
> suggest only specifies the start/end of each day and alarm preset options.
>
> Yes, I guess that I was keeping it as kind of a diary and that is the base
> of my question!
>
> No problem writing to the group :-)
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Kevin.
>
> From: Roy Schestowitz <roy@schestowitz.com>
>
> >To: kevinmwade@hotmail.com
> >Subject: Re: Missing dat in Date Book
> >Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:41:07 +0000
> >
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> >I think I see what you mean now. I hope you will not mind me making this
> >reply
> >public (so that it can help others too). Let me know if you do mind.
> >
> >If you had data that is months old, it is highly unlikely that Palm will
> >keep
> >it 'alive'. Datebook is not designed to be a diary, but a planner rather.
> >There is an option you can access from Databook->Preferences (on the PDA,
> >not
> >Palm Desktop) which specifies how old an event has to be in order for it
> > to be automatically removed and moved to the ARCHIVE! You can find all
> > the missing data in your .dat or .dba (Date(B)ook Archive) files. I think
> > it's the latter type and it can be found under
> >/<installation_dir/Palm/<your_username>/Datebook. It all comes with a few
> >exceptions, but perhaps you will be lucky.
> >
> >If it doesn't help, let me know and I'll gladly give more detailed
> >explanations.
> >
> >Roy
> >
> >- --
> >Roy Schestowitz
> >http://schestowitz.com/
> >
> >Quoting kevinmwade@hotmail.com:
> > > Thanks for replying... I mean that Todays date is, for example, Jan
> > > 11, 2005 and the only data in my date book before August 2004 are
> > > repeat entries like birthdays. All the individial events are gone!
> > > I'm not sure if next month, I will be missing August data as well!!
> > > Part of the probelm may arise from my synchronising my palm from two
> > > computers but I don't remember any specific error messages after
> > > syncing... I have an old backup from October 2004 but I assume I would
> > > lose all the subsequent data since then.... Before I explore that, I
> > > just wondered if it is actaully archived somewhere but I don't find any
> > > .vcs extension files. Thanks for your time.
> > >
> > > Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > > > kevinmwade@hotmail.com wrote:
> > > > > I am using a Zire 71 and Date Book v 4.5.1P. Recently, apart from
> > > > > those dates that repeat on a yearly basis, my date book is empty
> > >
> > > from
> > >
> > > > > before the last two months...
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean October backwards? Do you mean the next 2 months?
> > > >
> > > > > Is this data actually lost
> > > >
> > > > Have you changed the visibility of records manually? Have you got
> > >
> > > back-ups?
> > >
> > > > Data will not just disappear... did you get a prompt with an error
> > >
> > > after
> > >
> > > > synchronisation at any point in the past?
> > > >
> > > > > or have I
> > > > > inadvertently changed the view format to only show the last two
> > > > > months??
> > > >
> > > > I don't think such an option exists.
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any help in this area...
> >
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