Exporting Calendar and Palm Desktop Quits

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I am planning on saying goodbye to my Palm after 3 devices and at least 10 years of loyalty.  On Thursday, I'll be ordering an iPhone.  I have already exported my Contacts to Address Book, no problem.  But when I try to export my calendar to iCal (in a vCal format) it starts exporting and then the entire program quits.  I spent over 2 hours with Palm Chat Support last night.  We did a clean install of Palm Desktop.  Still can't do it.  I have DBFixit on my phone.  I ran that and it still doesn't work.  I have a lot of information on my calendar.  Could that be the problem?  I would hate to have to hand transfer all of my information onto my new phone.  Does anyone have any ideas?
Roberta

Might want to look into the software for sale from Chapura:
http://www.chapura.com/pocketcopy_details.php
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