Customizing Pylon

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All available filters

Note

The above screen shows a Pylon Pro installation for a Palm device. If

 

you have licensed Pylon Conduit, you will not see the “PylonPro”

 

 

 

application entry.

 

To make changes to a PIM application sync filter, continue with the

 

following section, “Making generic changes to a sync filter” (page 76).

 

to make changes to a PIM application sync filter.

 

For information on how to create and edit filters for Lotus Notes

 

custom databases, see “Syncing custom databases” (page 133).

Making changes to Custom Field Mapping

Although the Custom Field Mapping section on filter configuration documents contains a list of fields that is specific to each application, it is not listed under the application-specific instructions that follow. It is not listed in the generic instructions below, either. It is a special case, for these two reasons:

Pylon’s default field mappings are the best match-up of fields in the Notes database with fields in the device application, so you will probably never need to change them.

Typical Notes and Pylon users should not try to modify the default field mappings. If you want to change the default mappings, you should either be a Lotus Notes expert yourself, or bring in a Lotus Note expert to assist you.

That said, here is an overview of what is involved in changing the custom field mappings for a sync filter:

In the Custom Field Mapping section of a filter configuration document, the names on the left are the device field names.

The default Lotus Notes field name mapped is not displayed.

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Sybase Desktop manual Making changes to Custom Field Mapping, All available filters