tags:

views:

82

answers:

1
Q: 

How to get file path of a CalCalendarItem?

Hi guys,

I want to add meta data to an iCal event (task) with OpenMeta. Therefor I need the path to the file that contains the event (task). Is there a possibility to get this programmatically if a have a certain CalCalenderItem?

Thank you very much!

Best, Felix

+1  A: 

The simple answer is you can't. CalendarStore makes no guarantees about where/how it will store the data, only that it will store it.

In practice (at least right now), everything is kept in a SQLite Core Data store. Files for each individual item are then generated for the benefit of Spotlight.

As I understand it, you are wanting to find the location of those Spotlight files and add metadata to them. But even if you do locate them (which there's no API for), when the main store is next updated it will probably overwrite your modified record with a fresh version anyhow, defeating what you want.

Mike Abdullah  2009-11-25 11:33:58
You're right of course - looking at the files in ~/Library/Calendars shows the bulk are Spotlight stubs.
Joshua Nozzi  2009-11-25 12:05:42
Oh ok, I didn't know that these are only Spotlight stubs. Well good to know that dealing with this files is not a good approach. Thank you very much! :)
Felix Kling  2009-11-25 13:37:22

related questions

How can I use Core Animation to interpolate property values over time on my own classes?
Opening a non-standard URL in a Cocoa app
Up-to-date libFoundation alternative
What's a good way to write a Cocoa front-end to an Erlang application?
What is the best book for learning objective-c?
Performance difference between dot notation versus method call in Objective-C
Cocoa tips for PHP developers?
What is the best way to unit test Objective-C code?
Best way to export a QTMovie with a fade-in and fade-out in the audio
NSEnumerator performance vs for loop in Cocoa
Objective-C: Passing around sets of data
How can I launch the Google Maps iPhone application from within my own native application?
What does the @ symbol represent in objective-c?
What's the difference between a string constant and a string literal?
What's a 'null defined macro'?
Any ReSharper equivalent for Xcode?
Objective-C/Cocoa: How do I accept a bad server certificate?
Drawing a view hierachy into a specific context in Cocoa
In Cocoa do you prefer NSInteger or just regular int, and why?
Cocoa - best way to capture key events in NSTextView?
How do you name your instance/param values?
Accessing iSight programatically?
Cocoa and Objective-C resources?
Understanding reference counting with Cocoa / Objective C
How-to articles for iPhone development, Objective-C