Re: ActiveSync installation issue on a Mac OS X

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From: Neville Lang (neville_at_MAPS_ONnjlsoftware.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:32:15 +1100

Ilya,

Thank you for that clue - I will follow it up.

Regards,
Neville Lang

""Ilya Tumanov [MS]"" <ilyatum@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> There's no AS for Mac, hence the "Missing sync".
>
> You should consider creating native Mac installer which would use "Missing
> sync" capabilities instead of AS.
>
> Please see this for more details:
> http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_PPC_SDK.pdf
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ilya
>
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> > From: "Neville Lang" <neville@MAPS_ONnjlsoftware.com>
> > Subject: ActiveSync installation issue on a Mac OS X
> > Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:01:57 +1100
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a Pocket PC app that I sell to consumers. My app is on a CD
> therefore
> > depends on using RAPI and ActiveSync for its installation since it has
> EXEs
> > on both the desktop computer and the Pocket PC that enable interworking
> with
> > a third party app in Windows on the desktop.
> >
> > I have a customer query about installing my app. They have reported that
> > they cannot install MS ActiveSync on a Mac OS X. My customer has a Dell
> Axim
> > X50 and they use a piece of software called Missing Sync to sync the MS
> > programs to Outlook on the Mac - everything works well there. They have
> also
> > installed Virtual PC 7 and run some Windows packages without a problem.
> >
> > Does anyone know why MS ActiveSync cannot be installed onto a Mac OS X?
> > Unfortunately, I do not have any error messages to pass on at this stage
> but
> > merely wanted to know whether anybody has a Pocket PC app using the Mac
> OS X
> > configuration.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Neville Lang
> >
> >
> >
>

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