Problems importing vcalender

H

hallstein

I cannot import this file. It's produced from Mozilla Calendar 1.0 It
imports fine in other programs.

Can somebody please help? It's required by us to follow standards of
other programs.

----- Attached: Meeting.ics -----

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
X-WR-CALNAME :calname
X-WR-RELCALID :90A39A1B-30CA-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-CALP
X-WR-TIMEZONE :Europe/Oslo
CALSCALE :GREGORIAN
VERSION :2.0
PRODID :-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.0//EN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID :Europe/Oslo
LAST-MODIFIED :20050130T135309Z
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART
:20041031T010000
TZOFFSETTO
:+010000
TZOFFSETFROM
:+000000
TZNAME
:CET
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART
:20050327T030000
TZOFFSETTO
:+020000
TZOFFSETFROM
:+010000
TZNAME
:CEST
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041101T130000
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041101T133000
SUMMARY
:BCCStechm›te
UID
:D8DB5D2C-30CA-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144516Z
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:5. etg
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144255Z
UID
:3AFA3E0A-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041102T090000
SUMMARY
:super meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20041115T225959Z;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:meetingplace
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144348Z
UID
:5B0A32D2-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041102T130000
SUMMARY
:Tech meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041105T143000
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041105T150000
SUMMARY
:free bsd meeting
UID
:828FE093-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144441Z
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:meetingplace
DTSTAMP
:20041113T170516Z
UID
:269C93A4-3596-11D9-8B4E-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041116T090000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041209T180000
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041209T223000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:2CF2C1BE-3748-11D9-BD95-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041115T205346Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041125T170000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:2828A074-3A90-11D9-840A-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041120T010457Z
DURATION
:pT1H
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050505
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050506
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:7FD12189-72C5-11D9-825E-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20050130T134812Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID
:0D85F059-72C5-11D9-825E-000D93B66D7C-RID
SUMMARY
:Meeting
LOCATION
:tbd
CATEGORIES
:meeting
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
CLASS
:pUBLIC
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050507
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050508
DTSTAMP
:20050130T134535Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050205T231308Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTODO
UID
:cd254a7e-1dd1-11b2-bead-d34787b0b76c
SUMMARY
:Meeting
DESCRIPTION
:Meeting
LOCATION
:Meetingplace
CATEGORIES
:projects
STATUS
:NEEDS-ACTION
CLASS
:pUBLIC
DTSTART
:20050208T130000
DUE
:20050215T130000
DTSTAMP
:20050205T225917Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050207T125257Z
END:VTODO
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID
:6b134d00-1dd2-11b2-82be-fb0cb1fd53c3
SUMMARY
:Meeting
DESCRIPTION
:
LOCATION
:Meetingplace
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-UNITS
:days
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:5
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050221
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050223
DTSTAMP
:20050207T130104Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050207T133816Z
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER
;VALUE=DURATION
:p5D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTODO
UID
:5a738dc8-1dd2-11b2-968f-ec7cbb4343ed
SUMMARY
:Meeting
PRIORITY
:9
STATUS
:NEEDS-ACTION
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:0
DTSTAMP
:20050211T094253Z
END:VTODO
BEGIN:VTODO
UID
:e8b2e61a-1dd1-11b2-a1c7-c91b9d73fb0f
SUMMARY
:Meeting
STATUS
:COMPLETED
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:0
X-MOZILLA-RECUR-DEFAULT-INTERVAL
:0
DTSTAMP
:20050211T094701Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050211T094852Z
COMPLETED
:20050211T104852
END:VTODO
BEGIN:VTODO
UID
:77e5341a-1dd2-11b2-be3d-9b1d1a452897
SUMMARY
:Meeting
DESCRIPTION
:
CATEGORIES
:Business
PRIORITY
:1
STATUS
:NEEDS-ACTION
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:30
X-MOZILLA-LASTALARMACK
:20050211T131505
X-MOZILLA-RECUR-DEFAULT-INTERVAL
:0
DUE
:20050207T120000
DTSTAMP
:20050205T230414Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050211T121505Z
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER
;VALUE=DURATION
;RELATED=END
:pT30M
END:VALARM
END:VTODO
END:VCALENDAR
 
S

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

Did you use the File | Import and Export command in Outlook? What version of Outlook?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
H

hallstein

Sue said:
Did you use the File | Import and Export command in Outlook? What version of Outlook?

Yes ive tried that also. I have Microsoft Office XP (2002)
(10.6515.6714 SP3)
 
S

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

What happened when you tried? And what's the problem again?

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take the time to quote the original message.


--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
H

hallstein

What happened when you tried? And what's the problem again?


I have Microsoft Office XP (2002) (10.6515.6714 SP3)

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Problems importing vcalender
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 14:08:16 +0200
From: hallstein <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring

I cannot import this file. It's produced from Mozilla Calendar 1.0 It
imports fine in other programs.

Can somebody please help? It's required by us to follow standards of
other programs.

----- Attached: Meeting.ics -----

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
X-WR-CALNAME :calname
X-WR-RELCALID :90A39A1B-30CA-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-CALP
X-WR-TIMEZONE :Europe/Oslo
CALSCALE :GREGORIAN
VERSION :2.0
PRODID :-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.0//EN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID :Europe/Oslo
LAST-MODIFIED :20050130T135309Z
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART
:20041031T010000
TZOFFSETTO
:+010000
TZOFFSETFROM
:+000000
TZNAME
:CET
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART
:20050327T030000
TZOFFSETTO
:+020000
TZOFFSETFROM
:+010000
TZNAME
:CEST
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041101T130000
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041101T133000
SUMMARY
:BCCStechm›te
UID
:D8DB5D2C-30CA-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144516Z
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:5. etg
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144255Z
UID
:3AFA3E0A-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041102T090000
SUMMARY
:super meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20041115T225959Z;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:meetingplace
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144348Z
UID
:5B0A32D2-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041102T130000
SUMMARY
:Tech meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041105T143000
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041105T150000
SUMMARY
:free bsd meeting
UID
:828FE093-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144441Z
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:meetingplace
DTSTAMP
:20041113T170516Z
UID
:269C93A4-3596-11D9-8B4E-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041116T090000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041209T180000
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041209T223000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:2CF2C1BE-3748-11D9-BD95-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041115T205346Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041125T170000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:2828A074-3A90-11D9-840A-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041120T010457Z
DURATION
:pT1H
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050505
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050506
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:7FD12189-72C5-11D9-825E-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20050130T134812Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID
:0D85F059-72C5-11D9-825E-000D93B66D7C-RID
SUMMARY
:Meeting
LOCATION
:tbd
CATEGORIES
:meeting
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
CLASS
:pUBLIC
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050507
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050508
DTSTAMP
:20050130T134535Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050205T231308Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTODO
UID
:cd254a7e-1dd1-11b2-bead-d34787b0b76c
SUMMARY
:Meeting
DESCRIPTION
:Meeting
LOCATION
:Meetingplace
CATEGORIES
:projects
STATUS
:NEEDS-ACTION
CLASS
:pUBLIC
DTSTART
:20050208T130000
DUE
:20050215T130000
DTSTAMP
:20050205T225917Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050207T125257Z
END:VTODO
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID
:6b134d00-1dd2-11b2-82be-fb0cb1fd53c3
SUMMARY
:Meeting
DESCRIPTION
:
LOCATION
:Meetingplace
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-UNITS
:days
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:5
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050221
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050223
DTSTAMP
:20050207T130104Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050207T133816Z
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER
;VALUE=DURATION
:p5D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTODO
UID
:5a738dc8-1dd2-11b2-968f-ec7cbb4343ed
SUMMARY
:Meeting
PRIORITY
:9
STATUS
:NEEDS-ACTION
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:0
DTSTAMP
:20050211T094253Z
END:VTODO
BEGIN:VTODO
UID
:e8b2e61a-1dd1-11b2-a1c7-c91b9d73fb0f
SUMMARY
:Meeting
STATUS
:COMPLETED
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:0
X-MOZILLA-RECUR-DEFAULT-INTERVAL
:0
DTSTAMP
:20050211T094701Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050211T094852Z
COMPLETED
:20050211T104852
END:VTODO
BEGIN:VTODO
UID
:77e5341a-1dd2-11b2-be3d-9b1d1a452897
SUMMARY
:Meeting
DESCRIPTION
:
CATEGORIES
:Business
PRIORITY
:1
STATUS
:NEEDS-ACTION
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:30
X-MOZILLA-LASTALARMACK
:20050211T131505
X-MOZILLA-RECUR-DEFAULT-INTERVAL
:0
DUE
:20050207T120000
DTSTAMP
:20050205T230414Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050211T121505Z
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER
;VALUE=DURATION
;RELATED=END
:pT30M
END:VALARM
END:VTODO
END:VCALENDAR
 
S

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

And what happened when you tried to import the file -- error messages, other symptoms?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
S

sjnet

The error message I get when importing a Mozilla (5.0) ics file is
"vCalendar/iCalendar import failed. The input file may be corrupt." I have
also tried comma and tab separated (Mozilla did not create any csv or txt
export file, so I had to convert the ics file) and others. The csv and txt
imports appeared to be working, but no data was imported. I was prompted to
"Map custom fields," but cancelled as I only used standard fields.

I was able to import some calendar schedule entries by importing a vcs file,
though the recurring entries did not import as recurring, but as single
events (start date only), and none of the task list entries could import
(Mozilla does not seem to have an export function for these, so the original
ics file has to be used). I imagine the problem is on Mozilla's end, since
their calendar has a lot of problems, but if anyone can think of a way to
import all the entries, including the task list (so I never have to use
Mozilla calendar again), that would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
A

Anders Haahr via OfficeKB.com

OK - here's a first helping hand. This has been tested in Outlook 2003.
According to MSDN you might have some other issues in older versions, but
I'm not able to help with that.

1) Outlook needs a METHOD:pUBLISH entry in the file header.

2) Outlook doesn't seem to support VTIMEZONE (or part of it) - so delete
everything between BEGIN:VTIMEZONE and END:VTIMEZONE (or try to delete one
'tag' at the time in this entry)

3) Outlook doesn't seem to support VTODO (or part of it) - so find these
entries in your file and delete these too (or try to remove one tag at the
time as in 2)

I did some testing with your file and the version below you can save in a
file and import into outlook 2003. You'll miss your tasks and because of
the missing timezone, the time for all the events may be wrong.

Please import it, look carefully through the result and report back if any
of the imported stuff is incorrect. In this way it will be easier to make a
complete list of incompabilities. This will help future users and it'll
help me too to provide some conversion tool (even though I'd prefer to
convert the other way around - from Outlook to Mozilla Calendar, that is ;-)

P.S. Can anyone tell me how I remove the three copies of Hallsteins
calendar that I now have in my Outlook calendar ??? :))

Hallstein - Here's a version that you should be able to import (with
events, without tasks):
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
X-WR-CALNAME :calname
X-WR-RELCALID :90A39A1B-30CA-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-CALP
X-WR-TIMEZONE :Europe/Oslo
CALSCALE :GREGORIAN
VERSION :2.0
PRODID :-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.0//EN
METHOD:pUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041101T130000
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041101T133000
SUMMARY
:BCCStechm›te
UID
:D8DB5D2C-30CA-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144516Z
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:5. etg
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144255Z
UID
:3AFA3E0A-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041102T090000
SUMMARY
:super meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20041115T225959Z;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:meetingplace
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144348Z
UID
:5B0A32D2-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041102T130000
SUMMARY
:Tech meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041105T143000
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041105T150000
SUMMARY
:free bsd meeting
UID
:828FE093-30CB-11D9-9009-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041107T144441Z
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION
:pT1H
LOCATION
:meetingplace
DTSTAMP
:20041113T170516Z
UID
:269C93A4-3596-11D9-8B4E-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041116T090000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
RRULE
:FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041209T180000
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
DTEND
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041209T223000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:2CF2C1BE-3748-11D9-BD95-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041115T205346Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;TZID=Europe/Oslo
:20041125T170000
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:2828A074-3A90-11D9-840A-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20041120T010457Z
DURATION
:pT1H
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050505
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050506
SUMMARY
:Meeting
UID
:7FD12189-72C5-11D9-825E-000D93B66D7C-RID
DTSTAMP
:20050130T134812Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID
:0D85F059-72C5-11D9-825E-000D93B66D7C-RID
SUMMARY
:Meeting
LOCATION
:tbd
CATEGORIES
:meeting
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
CLASS
:pUBLIC
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050507
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050508
DTSTAMP
:20050130T134535Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050205T231308Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID
:6b134d00-1dd2-11b2-82be-fb0cb1fd53c3
SUMMARY
:Meeting
DESCRIPTION
:
LOCATION
:Meetingplace
STATUS
:TENTATIVE
CLASS
:pUBLIC
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-UNITS
:days
X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH
:5
DTSTART
;VALUE=DATE
:20050221
DTEND
;VALUE=DATE
:20050223
DTSTAMP
:20050207T130104Z
LAST-MODIFIED
:20050207T133816Z
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER
;VALUE=DURATION
:p5D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
 
H

hallstein

Anders said:
OK - here's a first helping hand. This has been tested in Outlook 2003.
According to MSDN you might have some other issues in older versions, but
I'm not able to help with that.

1) Outlook needs a METHOD:pUBLISH entry in the file header.

2) Outlook doesn't seem to support VTIMEZONE (or part of it) - so delete
everything between BEGIN:VTIMEZONE and END:VTIMEZONE (or try to delete one
'tag' at the time in this entry)

3) Outlook doesn't seem to support VTODO (or part of it) - so find these
entries in your file and delete these too (or try to remove one tag at the
time as in 2)

I did some testing with your file and the version below you can save in a
file and import into outlook 2003. You'll miss your tasks and because of
the missing timezone, the time for all the events may be wrong.

Please import it, look carefully through the result and report back if any
of the imported stuff is incorrect. In this way it will be easier to make a
complete list of incompabilities. This will help future users and it'll
help me too to provide some conversion tool (even though I'd prefer to
convert the other way around - from Outlook to Mozilla Calendar, that is ;-)

P.S. Can anyone tell me how I remove the three copies of Hallsteins
calendar that I now have in my Outlook calendar ??? :))

Hallstein - Here's a version that you should be able to import (with
events, without tasks):

Thanks!
 

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