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mkdevo · #1 03-17-2005, 10:59 AM

i saw this here and was wondering if something similar could be done in VB for adding a VB calendar event to your MS Outlook calendar.. it would be extremely useful..

anyone have any idea of how easy/difficult this would be?

Colin F · #2 03-17-2005, 11:42 AM

Your example is coded in ASP, but it's an interesting idea.

I think I'll have a look at that...

It seems they're using a vcs file.
Here is the format:

Code:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:1.0
BEGIN: VEVENT
DTStart:20050317T000000
DTEnd:20050318T000000
Location;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:River Street Jazz Cafe | Plains, PA
UID:20050317T00000020050318T000000
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=0D=0A=0D=0ANote: Start and endtimes of Outlook appointment above may differ from official event starttime=0D=0A=0D=0AMore Info:http://www.jambase.com/search.asp?eventID=3D283585=0D=0A=0D=0AGo SeeLive Music!=0Dhttp://www.jambase.com
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The Breakfast
PRIORITY:3
End:VEVENT
End:VCALENDAR

What would need to be done is code a page which outputs this data, given the eventid. Not that hard actually...

Colin F · #3 03-17-2005, 12:25 PM

Here's some code you can use:

PHP Code:


			
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'outlookevent')

{

    if (!$eventinfo['eventid'])

    {

        eval(print_standard_error('error_invalidid'));

    }

    

    $noheader = 1;



    $fromdate_1 = date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_from']);

    $fromdate_2 = date('His', $eventinfo['dateline_from']);

    $fromdate = $fromdate_1 . 'T' . $fromdate_2;



    if ($eventinfo['dateline_to'] != 0)

    {

        $todate_1 = date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_to']);

        $todate_2 = date('His', $eventinfo['dateline_to']);

    }

    else

    {

        $todate_1 = date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_to'] + 86400);

        $todate_2 = date('His', $eventinfo['dateline_to']);

    }

    $todate = $todate_1 . 'T' . $todate_2;

    

    $vcsoutput = 'BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:1.0

BEGIN: VEVENT

DTStart:' . $fromdate . '

DTEnd:' . $todate_1 . '

UID:' . $fromdate . $todate_1 . '

DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=0D=0A=0D=0A' .  $eventinfo[event] . '

PRIORITY:3

End:VEVENT

End:VCALENDAR';



    header('Content-type: application/download');

    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=event.vcs');

    echo $vcsoutput;

    exit;





}

Add this to your calendar.php, before this:

PHP Code:


			
eval(print_standard_error('error_invalidid'));



/*======================================================================*\

|| ####################################################################

Then, add a link and link to calendar.php?do=outlookevent&e=$eventid

mkdevo · #4 03-17-2005, 02:41 PM

colin -

wow. thanks. i have a couple of issues though.

first is probably something simple - when i added the link to my template, i altered the following in calendar_showeventsbit:

Code:

<tr>
	<td width="50%" class="tcat">$eventinfo[title]</td>
	<td width="50%" class="tcat"><p align="right"><a href="http://www.thebreakfast.info/forum/calendar.php?do=outlookevent&e=$eventid">Add to Outlook <img border="0" src="http://www.thebreakfast.info/images/outlook_logo.gif" width="30" height="30"></a></td>
</tr>

that messed up my main cell (see pic below).. can you tell what i did wrong there?

now, when i click on the link, i get:

Invalid Event specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster

i'm guessing i messed something up with the link (see code above), because when i hover over it, it shows ...calendar.php?do=outlookevent&e=0

just wondering if you could help me get this going. thanks again!

dave

Colin F · #5 03-17-2005, 07:49 PM

use $eventinfo[eventid] instead of $eventid

Also, you might have to change the colspan for the table cells below...

zylstra · #6 05-25-2005, 04:26 PM

Don't forget to add

PHP Code:


			
SUMMARY: ' .  $eventinfo[title] . '

before the DESCRIPTION: part.

Also, the dates aren't correct for ranged events. I'll have to fix this later.

zennifer · #7 10-10-2006, 05:04 PM

Is anyone working on this? I have it almost working but the timezones are causing an issue with the times not being correct.

Here's what I have:

PHP Code:


			
// ##############################  add to outlook ############################

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'outlookevent')

{

    if (!$eventinfo['eventid'])

    {

      eval(standard_error(fetch_error('invalidid')));

    }

    

    $noheader = 1;



    if (date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_to']) >= date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_from']))

    {

        $todate_1 = date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_to']);

        $todate_2 = date('His', $eventinfo['dateline_to']-3600);

        $fromdate_1 = date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_from']);

        $fromdate_2 = date('His', $eventinfo['dateline_from']-3600);

        $fromdate = ':'.$fromdate_1 . 'T' . $fromdate_2;

        $todate = ':'.$todate_1 . 'T' . $todate_2;

    }

    else 

    if ($eventinfo['dateline_to'] = $eventinfo['dateline_from'])

    {

        $todate_1 = date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_from']);

        $todate_2 = date('His', $eventinfo['dateline_from']-3600);

           $fromdate_1 = date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_from']);

        $fromdate_2 = date('His', $eventinfo['dateline_from']-3600);

        $fromdate = ';VALUE=DATE:'.$fromdate_1;

        $todate = ';VALUE=DATE:'.$todate_1;

    }

    else

    {

        $fromdate_1 = date('Ymd', $eventinfo['dateline_from']);

        $fromdate_2 = date('His', $eventinfo['dateline_from']-3600);

        $fromdate = ':'.$fromdate_1 . 'T' . $fromdate_2;

        $todate = ':'.fromdate;

    }

        

    

    $event_char = array("<br>", "<\br>", "\n", "\r");    

    $description_rep = str_replace($event_char, "\\n ", $eventinfo['event']);

    $title_rep = str_replace($event_char, " ", $eventinfo['title']);

    

    $vcdatestamp_1 = date('Ymd');

    $vcdatestamp_2 = date('His');

    $vcdatestamp = $vcdatestamp_1 . 'T' . $vcdatestamp_2;

    

    

    

$vcsoutput = 'BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:2.0

PRODID:fnlct_calendar

METHOD:PUBLISH

BEGIN:VEVENT

DTSTART' . $fromdate . '

DTEND' . $todate . '

LOCATION:

TRANSP:OPAQUE

SEQUENCE:0

UID:' .$eventinfo[eventid].'FNLP' .$fromdate. '

DTSTAMP:'.$vcdatestamp.'

DESCRIPTION:\\n'.$description_rep.'

SUMMARY:'.$title_rep.'

URL:http://sitename.org/discussions/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e='.$eventinfo[eventid].'

PRIORITY:1

X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:2

CLASS:PUBLIC

BEGIN:VALARM

TRIGGER:-PT60M

ACTION:DISPLAY

DESCRIPTION:Reminder

END:VALARM

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR';



 header('Content-type: application/download');

 header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=FNLCT_Event_'. $eventinfo[eventid].'.ics');

 echo($vcsoutput);

 exit;





}  



// ############################# end add to outlook ##########################

Like I said it creates the file fine and imports great but the times are wrong and no amount of fennegaling I do changes that.

zennifer · #8 01-18-2007, 04:06 AM

Lots of views but no input. No one out there can figure this out?

marlita · #9 01-22-2007, 06:19 PM

maybe this could be switched to a different forum, like a mod forum or something, since you've already got it almost figured out. that way, more people are likely to see it and maybe have the answer to fix that last little bit. i'd love to add this to my board once it's fixed re:time zones & ranged events. thanks

glowinggal · #10 05-16-2007, 01:20 AM

ditto; I've found Icalendar and LOVE IT but would love to have the forum integration feature of course...

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