import iCal javascript error

[Kulwant]

Hi, 

I have a few issues the Scheduler control as follows:

Problem 1

When I try to import calendar event using the demo application https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/scheduler/import-export-ical  with uk bankholiday I download from https://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/holidays/uk-holidays-75/  but I get a javascript error as follows, It looks like the DTSTART:20200101 does not have a time stamp,  It would be nice if the control could validate when importing and report this to the user, I can also replicate the problem by removing the timestamp from the default data provided in the demo site, I know its a data issue but is there a workaround?

ical.min.js:1 Uncaught Error: invalid date-time value: "2020-01-01T::"

 

[Veselin Tsvetanov]

Hi Kulwant,

Here are the answers to your questions:

Problem 1: The error observed is thrown by the iCal library itself and not by the Kendo implementation:

ical.min.js:1 Uncaught Error: invalid date-time value: "2020-01-01T::"
    at Function.ICAL.Time.fromDateTimeString (ical.min.js:1)
    at Object.decorate (ical.min.js:1)
    at r._decorate (ical.min.js:1)
    at r._hydrateValue (ical.min.js:1)
    at r.getFirstValue (ical.min.js:1)
    at r.getFirstPropertyValue (ical.min.js:1)
    at t._firstProp (ical.min.js:1)
    at t.get startDate [as startDate] (ical.min.js:1)
    at importICal (eval at <anonymous> (jquery.min.js:2), <anonymous>:138:34)
    at FileReader.eval (eval at <anonymous> (jquery.min.js:2), <anonymous>:94:25)

Having that said, I would recommend you to direct your request to the iCal library maintaners:

https://github.com/mozilla-comm/ical.js/

Problem 2: The Scheduler widget requires a special type of DataSource schema in order to interpret and return its events in iCal format. Having that said If you are not initially using the scheduler.setDataSource() call to populate the widget, you will need to configure the schema in the widget initialization:

$("#scheduler").kendoScheduler({
  dataSource: {
    schema: kendo.data.schemas["scheduler-ical"]
  },

Here is a Dojo sample demonstrating the above approach:

https://dojo.telerik.com/EGiYEzID/7

Regards,
Veselin Tsvetanov
Progress Telerik

[Kulwant]

Thank you