Hello all,
I think I may have found a bug with the Export function for the RadScheduler. I used the Export function as follows:
and then used this iCal feed in lotus notes and got the error: "The content of this URL does not conform to the iCalendar parsing specification." At first I thought this was because I was using a custom appointment object and editappointmentdialog. Here is the contents of the .ics file produced from the export function:
Please note the bolded lines. This above .ics file did not load correctly in lotus notes and produced the error message I said above.
All I had to do to fix this error and get my ics file correctly working in lotus notes was make the following changes to the above bolded lines:
Can you confirm that setting time zone as
EDIT: I found another fix for this.
We can leave the DTSTART and DTEND in VEVENT as is:
BUT we have to add a timezone offset to the DTSTART (in STANDARD and DAYLIGHT) of VTIMEZONE
I think I may have found a bug with the Export function for the RadScheduler. I used the Export function as follows:
Using stream As FileStream = File.Create("schedule.ics") Me.schAvailability.Export(stream, New SchedulerICalendarExporter)End Usingand then used this iCal feed in lotus notes and got the error: "The content of this URL does not conform to the iCalendar parsing specification." At first I thought this was because I was using a custom appointment object and editappointmentdialog. Here is the contents of the .ics file produced from the export function:
BEGIN:VCALENDARPRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//NONSGML RadScheduler//ENVERSION:2.0CALSCALE:GREGORIANMETHOD:PUBLISHBEGIN:VTIMEZONETZID:Mountain Standard TimeBEGIN:STANDARDTZNAME:Mountain Standard TimeTZOFFSETTO:-0700TZOFFSETFROM:-0600RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=SU;BYMONTH=11;BYSETPOS=1;WKST=MODTSTART:16010101T020000END:STANDARDBEGIN:DAYLIGHTTZOFFSETFROM:-0700TZOFFSETTO:-0600DTSTART:20070101T020000RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=SU;BYMONTH=3;BYSETPOS=2;WKST=MOTZNAME:Mountain Daylight TimeEND:DAYLIGHTEND:VTIMEZONEBEGIN:VEVENTDTSTART;TZID=Mountain Standard Time:20100702T000000DTEND;TZID=Mountain Standard Time:20100702T235900SUMMARY:VacationDESCRIPTION:VacationUID:98ef45e7-e8b1-43b9-92f2-91cd7a9cf2fbLOCATION:VacationX-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSYBACKGROUND:BUSINESSEND:VEVENTEND:VCALENDARPlease note the bolded lines. This above .ics file did not load correctly in lotus notes and produced the error message I said above.
All I had to do to fix this error and get my ics file correctly working in lotus notes was make the following changes to the above bolded lines:
DTSTART:20100702T000000-0700DTEND:20100702T235900-0700Can you confirm that setting time zone as
;TZID=Mountain Standard Time: is indeed an issue (for lotus notes)?EDIT: I found another fix for this.
We can leave the DTSTART and DTEND in VEVENT as is:
DTSTART;TZID=Mountain Standard Time:20100702T000000DTEND;TZID=Mountain Standard Time:20100702T235900BUT we have to add a timezone offset to the DTSTART (in STANDARD and DAYLIGHT) of VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VTIMEZONETZID:Mountain Standard TimeBEGIN:STANDARDTZNAME:Mountain Standard TimeTZOFFSETTO:-0700TZOFFSETFROM:-0600RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=SU;BYMONTH=11;BYSETPOS=1;WKST=MODTSTART:16010101T020000-0700
END:STANDARDBEGIN:DAYLIGHTTZOFFSETFROM:-0700TZOFFSETTO:-0600DTSTART:20070101T020000-0700RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=SU;BYMONTH=3;BYSETPOS=2;WKST=MOTZNAME:Mountain Daylight TimeEND:DAYLIGHTEND:VTIMEZONE2 Answers, 1 is accepted
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Hello Brennan,
Thank you for writing.
Our export/import mechanism of the ICal format supports DTSTART and DTEND for the recurrence rules according to the ICal specification. Maybe, Lotus Notes does not provide a way to import/export according to this standard. You have two options to solve this problem.
1. Write custom a export class that exports ICal format that Lotus Notes can understand.
2. Modify the exported file removing the incorrect rows.
If you have other questions, feel free to contact us.
Best wishes,
Dobry Zranchev
the Telerik team
Thank you for writing.
Our export/import mechanism of the ICal format supports DTSTART and DTEND for the recurrence rules according to the ICal specification. Maybe, Lotus Notes does not provide a way to import/export according to this standard. You have two options to solve this problem.
1. Write custom a export class that exports ICal format that Lotus Notes can understand.
2. Modify the exported file removing the incorrect rows.
If you have other questions, feel free to contact us.
Best wishes,
Dobry Zranchev
the Telerik team
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answered on 15 Sep 2010, 03:40 PM
This must be an issue on the lotus notes end of things then. Thanks again Dobry.