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• Usage Scenarios
• FAQs
• Getting Connected...
• Core Concept: Synchronization
• Context Menu Items

Getting Connected...

Please install the connectivity solution of your mobile, and establish the connection to it.  DAO4Sync Mobile Edition will use this connection to access the mobile’s data layer.

If an active connection has been established, it will be shown as illustrated in the following picture:

Core Concept: Synchronization

Synchronization is a core concept of DAO4Sync. It will keep the files and folders of your DAO4Sync Drive in sync to your mobile.

Following picture shows the different system components involved:

Basically, the user is working with her/his application of choice with the DAO4Sync Drive.

Connected

In connected state to your mobile, there are two configuration modes which will be influencing the synchronization process:

Sync All Files

Sync All Files, means every file or folder operation processed by the DAO4Sync Drive (e.g. create, delete, rename, update etc.) will be automatically also done on your mobile’s data storage side. So your mobile data and the data within the DAO4Sync Drive will be directly in synchronization.

Sync only User selected files

Sync only User selected files, means the synchronization process will synchronize only files of your choice with your mobile storage.

Please use the Options dialog to change the configured sync mode.

Not Connected

Not connected to your mobile, you work only with your DAO4Sync Drive. After reconnecting an update of the corresponding files or folders will be done, automatically by the DAO4Sync Synchronization Engine.

Synchronization Control

It is possible to explicitly disable the synchronization on file or folder level. That means, in case of disabling the synchronization, you work normally with the application of your choice, but no update to your mobile will be done. You can then e.g. after finishing your work reactivating the synchronization to update your mobile’s data again.
Influencing the Synchronization of folders can be done via your file or folder related context menu.

DAO4Sync Context Menues

DAO4Sync Windows Explorer Context Menu

Following picture is showing part of the context menu items when right-clicking on a file or folder within your Windows Explorer:

Call: Only selectable on contact folders, created by usage of DAO4Sync S60 (Linked). Selecting the menu item will call the number of the contact.

Send Message: Only selectable on contact folders, created by usage of DAO4Sync S60 (Linked). Selecting the menu item will create and open a text file. When you save it the very first time the text content will be send to the number of the contact (Read More »).

Synchronize: Will start a synchronization process to the selected folder and its subfolders.

Ignore from Synchronization: The folder and its subfolders will not synchronized regarding your mobile.

Folders without synchronization can be identified by the red cross like shown with the following picture (folder Others):

Activate Synchronization: Will activate the synchronization of the folder and its subfolders.

DAO4Sync Tray Icon Context Menu

Following picture is showing the context menu when right clicking on the DAO4Sync system tray icon:

Open...

Opens the DAO4Sync Drive. It is additionally also possible to double click on DAO4Sync tray icon to open the drive.

Work Offline

Selecting leads to disabling of the DAO4Sync Synchronization Engine. That means you will work in the same way as if your mobile is disconnected.

Phone Connect...

Opens the corresponding connectivity solution of your mobile.

Synchronize…  >  Synchronize Drive…

Every folder and file of the connected DAO4Sync Drive will be synchronized. The Synchronization Engine will launch the following dialog to show the folders actual synchronized:

Synchronize… 

Opens the synchronization dialog, as following picture will show:

Log Monitor

Opens the logging console window. You can see which folders will be synchronized or which file operation will be executed.

Options Dialog

Following picture shows the launched DAO4Sync Options dialog:

Following areas can be influenced:

Auto Mount Support - Mount when Startup

Check this, if you want to automatically mount the selected drive letter when starting DAO4Sync ME.

Synchronization Engine

Folder content: This setting influences a central behavior of the Synchronization Engine. The option Sync All Files means that the engine will copy all files and the corresponding file’s content. Option Sync only User selected files will copy only the files without the file’s content. The User can pinpoint the needed files to synchronize also the file content with the context menu selection Activate Synchronization.
Auto Sync: The Synchronization Engine can automatically run, select the time of the schedule from no sync; 15 sec; 30 sec; 45 sec;1 min; 5 min; 10 min; 30 min or 1 h.
Synchronize when Exit: You can configure a final synchronization run before finishing your work with DAO4Sync.

Progress Dialog - Show Progress Dialog when Synchronizing / Auto Sync

A synchronization between DAO4Sync Drive and your mobile will be shown with progress dialogs. To disable launching of progress dialogs uncheck this setting.

Application Log Support - Logging when Startup

The DAO4Sync logging console window will be launched automatically when starting DAO4Sync.

Drive Letter - Mount / Unmount

Select the drive letter you want to assign to your DAO4Sync Drive. In unmounted state press the mount button to assign the drive letter and in mounted condition press the unmount button to remove the drive from your system.

It can be the case that DAO4Sync cannot unmount the drive, reasons can be that running applications a blocking the unmount process. Solutions will be to close such applications to do a successfully unmount .

Change the DAO4Sync Drive Size

When your drive is unmounted you can resize your DAO4Sync Drive from 100 MB up to 4 GB, but any existing data on the drive will be destroyed. 

Following picture shows the options dialog with the focused format button, which will start the resizing process:

DAO4Sync will ask you if you really want to resize your disk, following dialog will show a possible scenario, resizing from 300 MB up to 1 GB, pressing No: