[sync] Fwd: Using SyncML / examples / accessing Funambol database

Mon Feb 18 09:55:50 UTC 2008

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Zitat von Sid B <siliconpi at gmail.com>:

> Hi Jan,
>
> Sorry for bothering you, but I need your help with something. I'm
> trying to get Horde's SyncML to act as a client to a Funambol
> Server backend. I did read the code and there were portions where
> it was mentioned that it is possible to have it act as a client
> (see SyncML\Backend.php : Line 148 or so).
>  Just recently, I noticed one of your posts (dated: May 26 2005) on
> MAILING.WWW.HORDE-IMP in which you state that it is NOT possible to
> use Horde's SyncML as a client... That really confused me... is
this
> still true? If not, can you help me by pointing out some examples
or
> some documentation which can teach me how to do this?

Yes, it's still true and probably always will be.

> I've tried enquiring from the sync mailing list, but no luck so far
> (see far below).
>
> Appreciate your time.
>
> Thanks,
> Sid
>
> On May 26 2005, 7:43 pm, j... at horde.org[1] (Jan Schneider) wrote:
> > Zitat von Fabio Pietrosanti <li... at pietrosanti.it[2]>:
> > ...
> > > > @HordeSyncML
> > >Horde have it's own SyncML support which, as far as i
> understand, it's
> > > less solid and stable than Sync4j.
> > > Does Horde SyncML support could work as a SyncML frontend
> for Kolab
> > > resources?
> > > No, Horde SyncML is
> a SyncML server, not a client. Though Horde in
>  > return is a client
> to Kolab.
> > > > What's, for the Kolab andHordecommunity, the best choice
> to have Kolab
> > > support with mobile device troughsyncml?
> > > I would suggest using Kolab'sSyncMLserver, that would save you
> an
> > additional layer between your mobile clients and the final
> data storage.
> > > Jan.
> >  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: OTTO BERGER <otto at bergerdata.de[3]>
> Date: Feb 17, 2008 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [sync] Using SyncML / examples / accessing Funambol
> database
> To: sync at lists.horde.org[4]
>
>
> Hi,
>
> i simply overlooked that you want a SyncML client instead of a
> server.
> ;-) I noticed the constants at the backend - but i've no info about
> running the package as client.
>
>
> Sid B schrieb:
>   > Hi Otto,
> >
> > Thank you for your reply - I setup Horde's SyncML Package
> (using the
> > Framework that you specified) on my machine and it looks to be
> working fine.
> > I'm now trying to write some code that will talk to the
> Funambol server
> > itself.
> >
> > I've had a look at the  href=\"http://fourmont.org\">fourmont.org
link that you mention
> below - it seems
> > to be more of a implementation of a SyncML server, whereas I
> already have an
> > SyncML server running (in the form of the Funambol server). I
> did browse
> > through a bit of SyncML\Backend.php and it definitely said
> that we can use
> > it as a client to connect to another server, *but* I simply
> cannot find
> > decent documentation that will show me how to use the
> functions / etc...
> > Surely, I can play around with these things, but that would be
> a very
> > inefficient way of approaching the problem...
> >
> > Would you know of any other location besides the below which
> might help me
> > get hold of an example which shows using the SyncML package as
> a client?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Sid
> >
> > On Feb 15, 2008 5:19 PM, Otto Berger
> <otto at bergerdata.de[5]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> some useful information was found on
href=\"http://fourmont.org\">fourmont.org - but the site seems
> >> to be down at the moment.
> >>
> >> Give this a try:
> >> <
> >>
href=\"http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:t5Phb4M9TaYJ:fourmont.org/drupal/node/2+fourmont.org+0.7&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=de\">http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:t5Phb4M9TaYJ:fourmont.org/drupal/node/2+fourmont.org+0.7&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=de
> >> furthermore, the code is very well documented. So i
> recommend to
> >> download the SyncML Package from cvs or the snapshots.
> >>
> >> i.e.
> >> <
> >>
href=\"http://ftp.horde.org/pub/snaps/latest/framework-FRAMEWORK_3-2008-02-15.tar.gz\">http://ftp.horde.org/pub/snaps/latest/framework-FRAMEWORK_3-2008-02-15.tar.gz
> >> Take a look at Backend/Sql.php
> >>
> >> Otto
> >>
> >> Sid B schrieb:
> >>>  <sync at lists.horde.org[6]>
> >>> Hi there,
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to create a PHP webpage that uses Horde's
> SyncML to access a
> >>> Funambol database running locally on my PC, but I'm
> not able to make
> >> much
> >>> headway. I'm looking for some example code that can
> show me how to read
> >> /
> >>> write from that database, but have not been able to
> locate anything. I
> >>> browsed through the Horde Library (at:  target=\"_blank\"
>
href=\"http://www.horde.org/papers/\">http://www.horde.org/papers/),
> >> but I
> >>> couldn't locate anything which talked about SyncML.
> >>>
> >>> I'm able to install Horde fine and run some simple
> commands, but I can't
> >>> figure out how to use the SyncML module at all. Is
> there some
> >> documentation
> >>> which exists (with examples), other than the one at
> >>>
href=\"http://dev.horde.org/api/framework/\">http://dev.horde.org/api/framework/
> ?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Sid

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