New on the Web-Site

• Update to the "Palm OS and Java" section (1999-03-04)
  Fixed links and added Tiny Genie.
• Update to the "Palm OS and Java" section (1999-01-30)
  Complete reorganization and many new product entries.
• Update to the "Palm OS and Networking" section (1998-12-09)
  Added description of the WaveSync product.
• Update to the "Palm OS and Java" section (1998-12-09)
  New description of Waba Beta5.
• Updates to the "Palm OS and Java" section (1998-11-03)
  Check out the Java-PalmPilot Connectivity Project. I will cooperate with that project through feedback to the author, and by including portions of his code into the SyncBuilder framework .
• Mailing-List (1998-10-11)
• User´s Guide (1998-10-10)

 New in the SyncBuilder framework

• Includes special version of pilot-link 0.9.1 (1999-03-21)
  I was never too happy about the installation procedure, which patched the original pilot-link and then created an incompatible binary by the same name as the original pilot-link. I am now supplying a stripped down, improved version of pilot-link, which no longer collides with the original pilot-link either.
• Improved support for conduit development (1999-03-21)
  Interfaces in com.syncbuilder.sync have been improved to be more useful, and the com.syncbuilder.directory package has been improved to make it useful for storage of configuration data.
• Added early version of SyncMan GUI (1999-03-03)
  A GUI was obviously on many folks´ wish-list. This one uses Swing 1.1 and looks pretty cool.
• Minor fixes for Java 2 compatibility (1999-03-03)
  The primary development platform is JDK 1.1, and this will not change anytime soon.
• New utility MemoWeb converts Memo Pad entries into a web-page (1999-02-21)
  This is mostly there to demonstrate the functionality of the new MemoryDatabase class.
• Improved support for synchronization over a serial cable on Win32 (1999-02-19)
  I have added a new native library for Win32. Early testers report great reliability, and it is much easier to install than the existing CommAPI/JHotSync solution.
• Support for location independent storage (1999-02-14)
  New interface com.syncbuilder.storage.StorageManager gives uniform access to file-systems, web-servers, FTP-servers, etc. This is especially useful for database storage, and for storage of configuration data.
• Support for manipulating databases in memory (1999-02-9)
  New class com.syncbuilder.storage.MemoryDatabase makes this possible. This can be extremely useful for synchronization and conversion work.
• Support for synchronization over a serial cable on Win32 (1999-01-31)
  This is accomplished through Brad Barclay´s JHotSync stack. Check out the installation instructions for further details!
• Several new and updated utilities (1999-01-31)
  This includes an installation utility for PRC/PDB (from disk or from the web), a simple backup utility, and some more (see samplecode/README). And they all can be used through a new GUI interface (command-line is still there, and will remain there).
• New application skeleton for command-line and GUI applications (1999-01-22)
  This makes it much easier to develop attractive utility programs.
• The DLP protocol layer is in Pure Java now! (1998-12-31)
  This means: No more limitations when you synchronize over TCP/IP. I consider that a major break-through.
• New README-file explains the purpose and usage of all sample-code (1998-12-31).
• New utility/sample program TimeSync synchronizes time on the Palm device with time on the host (1998-12-13)
• Compilation with javac is possible now! (1998-12-09)
  I never noticed that only IBM Jikes could process SyncServer.java. I still recommend using Jikes, though, which is now freely available Open Source^TM!
• More pure Java code. Some of this was contributed by Robert Crawford. Thanks, Robert! (1998-12-06)
• Redesign of Database, and DatabaseImplFactory allows you to define your own database format without changing my code (1998-12-06)
• Platform independent installation software works on non-Windows platforms (1998-11-03)
• SyncBuilder got rated "Top 25%" by JARS! (1998-10-22)
  It scored 928 out of 1000 points.
• Initial support for logging of server-messages (1998-10-10)
• Built-in support for multiple simultaneous connections!
  Check out the com.syncbuilder.sync.SyncServer class
• Defined interface for reusable synchronization handlers
  Check out the com.syncbuilder.sync.SyncHandler class
• Pure Java support for Palm^TM Memo Pad
• Finally settled to a package name of com.syncbuilder.*
  This does not imply that I have any intentions to go commercial!