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Recurring events show up in UTC time in Outlook

Here is the generated iCal. BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Test//Outlook//EN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:GMT-6 standard time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-050...

Creating .ICS files, adding to outlook

Hi, I am creating a simple application that will allow users to download .ICS files, and import them into their chosen calendar application/site. I am happy with the creation process, but have a question regarding opening them in outlook. (will be developed in C#, ASP.NET) When I do open one, it adds a new calendar, and doesn't add th...

Help with generating ical ics files

I would like to generate ics files. Are there any libraries or APIs that would be of help please? Thank you ...

Image in description

Hi! I have to insert image to description of iCalendar event. Is it possible? Thanks, Katy. ...

Lotus Domino Designer import 3rd party jar file

I'm developing custom Agent for LotusNotes 8.5. I'd like to use iCal4j jar to convert Calendar issue to ICS format. Question is: how to import coresponding jar in Lotus Agent ?? Now is written when compile: package 'net.fortuna.ical4j.model' does not exist. ...

How to prevent: Programmatically created ICS files become HTML-formatted in Outlook 2007

I have an ASP.NET application that creates and downloads ICS files to the user. It's working fine. With StackOverflow's help, I got past a number of ICS+Outlook hurdles, so thanks. But Outlook 2007 is HTML-formatting my plain-text ICS content. So I will put in something like this: Training date/time: - GMT: [dateAndTime] - Loca...

Looking for javascript lib that implements RRULE (iCalendar RFC 5545)

Hello everyone, I am looking for a good iCalendar RFC 5545 processing library (open source / GPL compatible) that has been implemented in javascript. My current interest is a js library that fully implements the RRULE so that we can use our calendar web app offline with HTML5 compatible browsers. We have our UI so just a usable library...

Creating a central calender for local syncing (iCal/CalDAV/???)

Currently a website I'm working on has a web-based calender of upcoming events. We are looking into the possiblilty of expanding this so that people can locally access the calender data - if possible through exchange, google calender or any other major calender program. My question is on how to implement this. The diary is likely to cha...

RegEx - Not match inside a text?

I am working with iCal entries: BEGIN:VEVENT UID:944f660b-01f8-4e09-95a9-f04a352537d2 ORGANIZER;CN=****** DTSTART;TZID="America/Chicago":20100802T080000 DTEND;TZID="America/Chicago":20100822T170000 STATUS:CONFIRMED CLASS:PRIVATE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY TRANSP:OPAQUE X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:TRUE DTSTAMP:20100802T212130Z ...

Creating calendar subscriptions

Hey all, I was wondering how to make calendar subscriptions that will automatically update in your calendar client as events are added. A lot of people have a Holiday subscription that will pull down popular holidays, how do you do that on that on the backend? Unlike the holiday calendar, I would like it to be able to add and remove e...

icalendar file not opening in Microsoft Outlook

Hi Everyone, My icalendar is not working in Microsoft Outlook.Its shows the following error. "The file 'CalendarGlobal' is not a valid Internet Calendar File".The calendar file format is like this.webcal://imanagepm.imanageproject.com/en-US/Feed/CalendarGlobal?Token=6ZaqESzgKNA%3d The calendar opens properly in 30 boxes and the mozill...

How does iCal / WebDev Calendar works?

I tried to post in Apple Developer Forum but I got no luck for 6 days... I hope I get more here :) I'm about to create a convert tool from a CRM application to ical format, witch works fine (I generate the correct code and is well imported, but I need more...), I wanted to know how does iCal App in the Mobile works. How, after the f...

Client side iCalendar Event Creator

Hi, I need to add some functionality to a web application that allows a user to create an event which will be added to a calendar. I would like to give the user as much flexibility as possible when created events (single events, recurring events, etc) ... bascially as much of the flexibility that iCalendar allows for its Events as possi...

How do we PUSH new updates on iCal events?

How can we PUSH to the subscribed device new updates? I can easily generate a .ics file from my CRM Diary, and successfully importing to Google as a new Calendar URL, but when I create a new entry in my CRM Diary, how can I alert "Google Calendar" for the new created/updated event? I'm a little lost, and I can't find a solution, I ...

Creating a Dynamic iCalendar Feed

I am looking for a means to generate a iCalendar feed using .Net , atm I am using the DDay library to generate the iCal file and write it to the response. The problem with this is if I feed the URL to outlook it says that it is a invalid ics file. I have tried various routes including : Using MVC routing so that the link contains a .i...

Haskell Parsec and Unordered Properties

I am trying to use Parsec to parse something like this: property :: CharParser SomeObject property = do name parameters value return SomeObjectInstance { fill in records here } I am implementing the iCalendar spec and on every like there is a name:parameters:value triplet, very much like the way that XML has a name:att...

Programming a semi-monthly calendar entry

Greetings, Trying to code a semi-monthly calendar entry to be imported into a Google calendar. The objective is to get one entry that will drop a recurring item on the 15th and the last day of the month, provided that if either hits on a weekend, the entry hits on the last workday prior. (That way, if/when I leave the company, I have on...

Standard Format for Representing Time Recurrence/Schedules?

I'm aware of iCal's RECUR value but I'm not sure how flexible it is. Are there any other formats that can represent arbitrarily complex recurrence schedules? I'd like to use a standard because the component I'm writing is meant to interface with other applications I've written and ideally third party applications. Something like: ...

Writing ICS files for multiple clients, including Google

I need to write a script for publishing .ICS files. I've read that it's difficult to do this right, either because some calendar clients are buggy (lots of people claim Google Calendar is extremely buggy especially regarding time zones) or because developers aren't following the spec properly. I only need to do this for North America bu...

How do I set the timezone in an iCal feed using DDay.iCal?

I'm creating an iCal feed using DDay.iCal. It works, but I can't figure out how to set the timezone for the feed. Here's the basic code: iCalendar iCal = new iCalendar(); // <-- Set the Timezone HERE to PST (Pacific Daylight Time) Event evt = iCal.Create<Event>(); evt.Start = new iCalDateTime(meeting.MeetDate); evt.End = evt.Start.Ad...