icalendar

what client(s) should be targeted in implementing an ICalendar export for events?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar I'm working to implement an export feature for events. The link above lists tons of clients that support the ICalendar standard, but the "three big ones" I can see are Apple's iCal, Microsoft's Outlook, and Google's Gmail. I'm starting to get the feeling that each of these client implement differe...

Creating iCal Files in c#

I'm looking for a good method of generating an iCalendar file (*.ics) in c# (asp.net). I've found a couple resources, but one thing that has been lacking is their support for quoted-printable fields - fields that have carriage returns and line feeds. For example, if the description field isn't encoded properly, only the first line will...

Best iCalendar library for Java?

I'm looking for a library to handle iCalendar data in Java. Open source, well-documented implementations with a good object model are preferred. iCal parsing capabilities are less important to me, but still nice to have. Does anyone have any recommendations? ...

ICalendar and event updates not working in Outlook

I'm generating ICalendar (.ics) files. Using the UID and SEQUENCE fields I can update existing events in Google Calendar and in Windows Calendar BUT NOT in MS Outlook 2007 - it just creates a second event How do I get them to work for Outlook ? Thanks Tom ...

Is there a way to programmatically import ICS into Google Calendar?

I don't see any obvious way to import ICS files into Google Calendar from the API docs here: http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/developers_guide_protocol.html And I'd greatly prefer not to have to parse them myself just to send the appointments into GCal. I'm looking for a programmatic solution, not something like import plugins for...

iCalendar Format (Outlook 2007)

I've got a little problem, I need to be able to have a reoccurring event (forever) that marks the day after the second Tuesday of each month. Your probably thinking, why not just Wednesday of each month. October 2008 is an example, it starts on a Wednesday. :( Really I just need it in Outlook, probably (but not limited to) some iCalend...

Looking for a room booking/hire calendar control for asp.net

Hi all, I'm looking to implement a room booking calendar using ASP.net. Before I go coding the whole thing myself I thought I'd ask to see if anyone knows of any good free or commercial components that do the following. Display a calendar in month view with the ability to colour code specific days to denote full, partial or no availab...

Parsing iCal/vCal/Google calendar files in C++

Hello all, Can anyone recommend a ready-to-use class/library compatible with C/C++/MFC/ATL that would parse iCal/vCal/Google calendar files (with recurrences)? It can be free or commercial. Thanks in advance! ...

Daylight savings time change affecting the outcome of saving and loading an icalendar file ?

I have some unit tests that started failing today after a switch in daylight savings time. We're using the iCalendar python module to load and save ics files. The following script is a simplified version of our test. The script works fine in 'summer' and fails in 'winter', as of this morning. The failure can be reproduced by setting ...

Programmatically add custom event in the iPhone Calendar

Is there any way to add iCal event to the iPhone Calendar from the custom App? ...

Help updating an event in Outlook 2007 with an iCalendar file

First of all: There is a previous thread with this question, but it looks dead. The guy that asked the question says he figured it out, and hints at an answer, but I could not get it to work. It doesn't seem like SO users have enough incentive to post to the old thread so I am starting this new one. I am sorry if this is not the right th...

Schedule an appointent from a SharePoint workflow

I need to get an appointment into someone's Outlook calendar based on requests from their employees. The application runs in SharePoint (WSS 3.0). My first impressions are to use iCal or send meeting requests, but I haven't done either before & I'm looking for a very quick & easy way to get it done. Any ideas? ...

How to: Export events into a single iCalendar file?

Can I export multiple calendar events into a single iCalendar file? ...

How to: Update calendar events that were imported by iCalendar file?

How do I update calendar events that were imported by iCalendar file? I need to re-import events but I want to make sure that the existing events are updated. Currently if I do an import, it adds additional event instead of updating existing event on my Outlook calendar. BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:123@mydomai...

How to create a .ICS file with multiple VEVENTs to be imported into an existing Outlook Calendar

I have a need to allow for a user to download an event that has multiple meeting dates. To do this I have created a memorystream to be downloaded which produces a .ics file. For example: BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Company//Product//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Subject of Event LOCATION:Location of Event UID:12275...

Delete calendar event using iCalendar file import (Outlook 2003 problem) ?

Is there a way for me to delete items from calendar by using iCalendar import? I know that there is a METHOD:CANCEL, however when I tried it, it didn't do anything to the calendar event. Here is what is in my iCalendar file. When I try to import it to Outlook, it just adds these events. BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//DDay.iCal/...

Is there a good forum out there discussing iCalendar format and interoperability?

I can't seem to find a good forum focusing on iCalendar format. Specifically how iCalendar is implemented with Outlook. ...

Integrating iCalendar in Moodle

Hi all, I am working on a Moodle project and I have downloaded and installed the latest build(1.9) on my system. I'm using this framework for the very first time so presently trying to get familiar with the environment and the documentation. My need is to embed an iCal kinda calendar on Moodle's front page using the PHP iCalendar API. ...

Convert Dates

Hi, Does anyone know of an easy(built in) way to convert a string like '20081231T130000' (ICalendar I think) to DateTime in C#? Or do I need to parse the string? ...

Set Update Limits on iCalendar Feed

I have a calendar feed (.ics) available from my application, but it's quite large since it includes over 4,000 events. Is there a standard or best practice when it comes to specifying how many events get downloaded or how far back or forward the calendar should go? My main question though, is how to configure or set an update limit on ...