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The jSyncManager team is pleased to announce the addition of a new core jConduit to the project -- FotoReader. FotoReader allows users of the Zire 71 to export photos from their handheld to standard JPEG files on their PCs.

This new jConduit will be available as part of the new jSyncmanager v3.2 alpha, due later this week.

The jSyncManager team would like to alert developers using the CVS repository that the project JAR file build targets have changed.

In particular, building the "binjar" target no longer creates a JAR that contains all the jSyncManager project classes. Instead, it builds a JAR that no longer contains the API or jConduits.

The build the jConduits, there is a new "jconduitjar" target, which will put them into their own, seperate JAR file. To build the API, please use the existing "apijar" target.... read more

The jSyncmanager v3.2 alpha 01 will be released early this week. Be sure to check back in a few days to download this updated code, which includes the new TCP network sync transport, and fixes to the DefaultConduit when used with OS5 devices.

The jSyncManager Project is pleased to announce that we've added a TCP-based Network Synchronization Transport class to our CVS ropository.

Please note that this code is currently UNTESTED and EXPERIMENTAL. We request that interested users test this code, and let us know their results. The jSyncManager Development Team is currently attempting to setup the necessary resources to test this support ourselves, however as this has recently been the #1 most requested enhancement, we're making it available early for end-user testing.

The jSyncManager Development team is pleased to announce that the jSyncManager jSerial API beta 01 has been released. The jSerial API consists of two parts -- the Java code common to all platforms, and the native library that provides serial support.

At this time, only IBM's OS/2 platform has a native implementation. As this is a lower-priority project, other platform support will only be added if individuals volunteer to code the necessary native libraries.

The jSyncManager Development Team is pleased to announce the introduction of three new sub-projects to the jSyncManager family: jSerial, CDK-J Bridge, and OS2USB.

The jSerial project was an attempt to create a specification for a serial port access API in Java, prior to the invention of the Java Communications API. It was the original transport for the jSyncManager, and now, after languishing on a hard drive untouched for several years, has been updated to work with the latest jSyncManager codebase and added to our CVS tree. It currently sports a native library implementation for IBM's OS/2 operating system, and is suitable for users of that OS who don't have access to IBM's pay-to-download website that is the source of the Java Communications API for OS/2. It may also be suitable for developers on other platforms that don't have a port of the Java Communications API, as the jSerial API is vastly simpler to implement.... read more

The planned CVS reorganization has been completed. Those requiring source access should check out the "jsyncmanager" module. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to send them to info@jsyncmanager.org.

The jSyncManager development team will be undertaking a CVS reorganization today. This reorganization is being done in order to better serve our developers, and is based on our experiences with the v3.0 release, and the need for a directory to contain contributions with their own build reuirements, which are external to the core jSyncManager.

A note will be posted when this re-organization is complete. Thank-you for your patience.

The jSyncManager Team is very pleased to announce that the jSyncManager v3.0 Application Programming Interface and Core Application Set have gone gold, and are now available for download.

The jSyncManager is a pure Java toolkit for synchronizing PalmOS based handhelds with files, databases, and applications running on Java-enabled systems. The jSyncManager features the jConduit plug-in architecture, allowing developers to create their own data synchronization objects that can be plugged into the jSyncManager to synchronize custom data sets. The Core Application Set contains a full Swing-based GUI for synchronizing PalmOS-based handhelds, as well as a text-based MultiPort Server suitable for multi-dock servers and dial-in modem pools.... read more

The final jSyncManager v3.0 sources in our CVS repository have now been tagged as "JSYNCMAN_API_3-0_final" and "JSYNCMAN_CAS_3-0_final". All source files have been given the revision number "3.0".

These are the sources that the final jSyncManager v3.0 file releases will be based upon. We expect the files to be online for Monday, October 20th, 2003. Please check back then to download the official binary releases.

The jSyncManager v3.0 API and Core Application Set Release Candidate 2s are now online and available for download.

This release sees one minor fix to a small discrepency between the jConduit Development documentation, and the gamma 01 implementation. The jConduit Dev documentation states that the AbstractConduit constructConfigPanel() method can return null for no configuration panel. However, in the gamma 01 implementation, this would cause a NullPointerException. This has been now been fixed.... read more

The jSyncManager Development Team is pleased to announce that the first jSyncManager v3.0 API and Core Application Set Release Cantidates have been released.

The jSyncManager is a pure-Java Application Programming Interface and Application Set for performing data synchronization tasks with PalmOS-based handheld devices. It includes a full protocol stack set, data abstraction objects, PRC/PDB import/export facilities, synchronization engine, jConduit plug-in subsystem, and end-user applications for synchronizing PalmOS handhelds.... read more

The jSyncManager team is pleased to celebrate its first year as an Open Source project on SourceForge!

The jSyncManager Project has been around for many years, seeing it's first GA release in May of 1999. However, it wasn't until a year ago today (Sept 23rd, 2003) that it became an Open Source endevour on SourceForge.

To celebrate, the jSyncManager team will be releasing it's first Release Cantidates for the jSyncManager v3.0 later today. Please be sure to drop by later this afternoon to download this latest code. And join us in raising a glass of your favorite beverage to the past and future success of the jSyncManager project!

The jSyncManager team is pleased to announce that the jSyncManager v3.0 Gamma 01 releases will be online this Monday, September 22nd, 2003. Please be sure to stop by the jSyncManager website then to download your copy!

The jSyncManager v3.0 Core Application Set beta 02 and API beta 05 are now available online for download.

Please note that these are the last planned beta releases for the jSyncManager v3.0. A gamma release cantidate is expected within the next two weeks, followed shortly thereafter with a final release. Please be sure to test this release and report any bugs you find through the SourceForge bug reporting mechanism.

Please be sure to check into the jSyncManager.org website on Monday, September 9th to download what is planned to be the last beta releases of both the jSyncManager v3.0 Core Application Set and the jSyncManager v3.0 Application Programming Interface!

The jSyncManager team has setup the following "convienence URLs" for quickly accessing the various sites used by the jSyncManager project. If you frequently use our resources, please keep this list handy -- if you don't have a site bookmarked, remembering these URLs is easier than remembering their full, real URLs:

Homepage: www.jsyncmanager.org
CVS: cvs.jsyncmanager.org
IRC: irc.jsyncmanager.org
ViewCVS: viewcvs.jsyncmanager.org
SourceForge Project Page: sf.jsyncmanager.org
Freshmeat Record: freshmeat.jsyncmanager.org
Commerciat Services: service.jsyncmanager.org

The first beta release of the jSyncManager Core Application Set has now been released. This release is considered feature complete, and is ready for end-user testing.

New in this release is the ability to set the handheld user name, a new Swing-based dialog set for the Default jConduit, and a new JavaHelp-based help subsystem.

Additionally, the jSyncManager API beta 04 was released simultaneously.... read more

The jSyncManager project, which is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was hit with a serious power outage this week. This outage affected over 50 milion energy consumers in Canada and the United States this past weekend.

The jSyncManager project is fairly well distributed, so the impact has been minor. Our nightly build system (and the network its on) have experienced several power failures, preventing nightly builds and nightly build reports from being generated. Additionally, the POP server that services many of the @jsyncmanager.org e-mail addresses has also been offline at times, affecting our ability to respond to queries from users.... read more

The last of the new items to be implemented for the jSyncManager Core Application Set v3.0, the JavaHelp subsystem, has now been integrated. This code is immediately available via CVS.

The first official beta release (beta 01) of the jSyncManager Core Application Set will be posted online this Monday, August 18th 2003. Please be sure to visit the jSyncManager website then to download.

The jSyncManager team is pleased to announce the release of alpha 02 of our Core Application Set. The Core Application Set (CAS), built upon the jSyncManager API, provides a set of applications for performing and managing PalmOS-based handheld synchronizations in a pure-Java environment.

We expect this to be the last alpha release of the CAS. The only remeining feature to implement is the help subsystem, which we are currently working on. Once in place, we'll be releasing the v3.0 CAS beta 01, with a current target of late July 2003... read more

For those of you who would like to keep up-to-date with jSyncManager-related announcements, but who don't wish to visit our website on a regular basis, we have setup a new jSyncManager Announcement mailing list.

Please visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/jsyncmanager-announce to subscribe to this list. Note that this is a read-only mailing list, and thus will not be used for user discussion (if you're looking for such a list, please subscribe to the jSyncManager Open mailing list at https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/jsyncmanager-open\).

The jSyncManager team will be releasing alpha 02 of the Core Application Set later this week. This should be our last alpha release, as the only feature currently missing is the help subsystem. Once the help subsystem is implemented, we'll be moving the v3.0 CAS to beta status.

Please be sure to stop by to download and test the v3.0 CAS alpha 02 release when we post it in the next few days!

The jSyncManager team is excited to announce the first alpha release of the jSyncManager v3.0 Core Application Set (CAS). The Core Application Set includes all of the jSyncManagers GPL end-user applications built upon the jSyncManager v3.0 API, along with the jSyncManager core jConduits.

Developers and users alike are encouraged to download and test this release. Information on running the program, along with its requirements, are listed in the release notes. We encourage users and developers to open bug reports if they run into any problems, errors, or exceptions.... read more

The jSyncManager team is proud to announce the beta 02 release of the jSyncManager v3.0 API. This release fixes a major bug with handleld resource block parsing, that could cause exceptions and/or data corruption. Other updates are also included -- be sure to check the change log for full details.

This release corresponds to the API code included in the jSyncManager v3.0 Core Application Set alpha 01 release.