Resolving transfer conflicts
About conflict resolution
You can specify how conflicts are resolved when you transfer information
between your Newton device and your computer.
A
conflict
occurs when key fields of information in your Newton application
match key fields of information in your computer’s application, but not all
fields are the same. For example, your Newton and your computer might have
two different phone numbers for the same person at a particular company.
The Newton Connection Utilities determine there’s a conflict because the
information in the key fields for the person’s name and company are the same,
but other information is not the same (in this case the phone number). The
utilities must then determine whether to keep or change the conflicting
information—for example, whether to keep the phone number from the
computer file or from the Newton device.
You can determine how the Newton Connection Utilities handle conflicting
entries. For example, if you usually make changes on your Newton device and
always want those changes kept or transferred to your computer files, you can
select a conflict resolution that always keeps your Newton application
information. In this case, the information on the Newton is said to
win,
because it always replaces conflicting information in the computer file.
You can also have your computer
win
. Conflicting information is then updated
from the computer file to your Newton device.
You can also have the utilities keep all information, adding all conflicting
entries to your files so that nothing is lost.
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