10
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Microsoft Works 4, 3
For EPOC Sheet
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Excel 97, 95, 5, 4
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Lotus 123 wk 4, 3,1
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Quattro Pro 8, 7, 6, 5
For EPOC Data
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Access
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Foxpro 3, 2.6, 2.5, 2.0
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Dbase 5, 4, 3
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CSV
For PIM (Contacts and Calendar)
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Lotus Organizer 97, 97 GS
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S 7.5, 7
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Outlook 98, 97
3.4 EPOC Compatibility
The EPOC release ER5 used by the MC 218 is completely backward-compatible with earlier
versions of the EPOC operating system, so most of the existing EPOC programs will work
perfectly with the MC 218.
However, you should be aware of the following:
1. A few third party OPXs used undocumented and unsupported features
of the OS (e.g. obtained by reverse-engineering INI files etc).
This means that these third-party developers will need to change,
rebuild and re-release their OPXs in order for them to work on ER5
devices.
2. However, one major third-party OPX developer (responsible for
Systinfo.OPX etc) has agreed to transfer their OPXs to Symbian to
develop and support. Symbian will be releasing these OPXs into EPOC
World shortly, including a version of Systinfo that runs on ER5.
3. A new ER5 DBMS utility OPX called dbUtils will also be available.
This OPX helps overcome certain incompatibilities in ER5 DBMS. This
OPX (and the incompatibilities) are documented in the ER5 OPL SDK.
4. WINS OPXs are completely incompatible. This is due to BC changing
between ER3 and ER5. The implications are that developers will need to
rebuild and re-release any WINS versions of their OPXs (end-users are
not affected by this). This change is documented in the ER5 C++ SDK.
3.5 PC Synchronization
PC synchronization, and interaction with a desktop PC, is extensive with the MC 218. The MC
218 is not only a perfect mobile communication companion but also a very good companion for
your desktop PC.