Syncing Strategy - Any Howto Examples out there?

[Greenman]

FMPro 2011 Advanced

Outlook 2007

I have contacts in outlook that I want to sync with Filemaker.

I'm using Productive Computing's Outlook Manipulator.

Technically, the plugin is capable of push-to, pull-from, or delete-from outlook and is not actually a syncing tool.

I'd like to set up some fields that will help me sync Outlook with FMPro. If Outlook as been modifed since the last sync, I want to pull from Outlook. Likewise if Filemaker has been modified while outlook's version has not, I want to push to Outlook. If both have been modified since the last sync, I want to flag the contact in FM as conflicted so I can parse it manually.

I know I'll have to use timestamps, but I'm not exactly sure how I'll know that the contact has changed in Outlook.

I'd be grateful for any example strategies for two-way syncing between outlook and filemaker.

[Greenman]

I think I'm going to try an MD5 hash based on all field relevant field data along with modified dates.

[Bernard]

Did you find a way to sync?  I'm looking for the same solution.

Thanks

[Kris M]

 http://www.productivecomputing.com/contact.php

 

They should support their product

Edited April 22, 2015 by Kris M