Best practices for synchronizing custom properties of Pocket

Joris van Lier · Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

I'm working on a managed (C#) Windows Mobile 5.0 Application that
manipulates Custom Properties of PimItem (Appointment) objects.

Problem:
It seems that neither Outlook User Properties nor PocketOutlook custom
properties are synchronized to the Exchange 2003 Server by ActiveSync

Work-around:
My current work-around serializes the custom properties into the PimItem
(Appointment) body,
although this method works, it's not aesthetically pleasing for our desktop
users because a blob of XML is visible when these appointments are viewed in
outlook, additionally it may make the application more susceptible to
user-error's because of the possibility of unintentionally editing the XML
blob in the body of the appointment.

Question:
What are best practices for:
1. saving "Custom Properties" to a PocketOutlook PimItem
2. having these properties propagated by ActiveSync to an Exchange Server
3. accessing such properties from a managed Desktop application, or Exchange
Store Sink

Joris van Lier

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Chris De Herrera · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 2284

Hi,
Unfortunately, there is no support to sync custom properties or custom
fields with Exchange ActiveSync or ActiveSync on your PC. The workaround
you are using is the best one I have heard of.

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Chris De Herrera
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"Joris van Lier" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> I'm working on a managed (C#) Windows Mobile 5.0 Application that
> manipulates Custom Properties of PimItem (Appointment) objects.
>
> Problem:
> It seems that neither Outlook User Properties nor PocketOutlook custom
> properties are synchronized to the Exchange 2003 Server by ActiveSync
>
> Work-around:
> My current work-around serializes the custom properties into the PimItem
> (Appointment) body,
> although this method works, it's not aesthetically pleasing for our
> desktop users because a blob of XML is visible when these appointments are
> viewed in outlook, additionally it may make the application more
> susceptible to user-error's because of the possibility of unintentionally
> editing the XML blob in the body of the appointment.
>
> Question:
> What are best practices for:
> 1. saving "Custom Properties" to a PocketOutlook PimItem
> 2. having these properties propagated by ActiveSync to an Exchange Server
> 3. accessing such properties from a managed Desktop application, or
> Exchange Store Sink
>
>
> Joris van Lier

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