[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: iCal files made by Sunbird

[R.I.Pienaar]

hello,

I cracked this one, a few problems in mozilla files:

1) they go over multiple lines, like:
   SUMMARY
    :Celeste Birthday
   iCal or the Pocket PC doesnt like this
2) Monthly repeating events are missing the BYMONTHDAY= bit in mozilla:
   RRULE
    :FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=1

   Pocket PC (but not it seems iCal) needs:
   RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTHDAY=20

The 2nd one is the big one, without that the pocket pc needs a hard reset.

I wrote a perl script to fix up both of these issues and add header section
that looks more like a iCal one than a Mozilla one. 

If anyone needs this let me know.

On Thu Mar 17, 2005 at 10:54:15PM +0000, R.I.Pienaar wrote:
> hey,
> 
> I am a recent mac convert and have a number of icalendar files made by
> Sunbird.  I just purchased Missing Sync to sync my new and existing ical
> files.
> 
> The sync works fine nothing goes wrong in the syncing process and as long as I
> do not subscribe to any of my Sunbird created files its all good.  The moment
> I subscribe with iCal to a sunbird calendar and run iSync the pocket pc gets
> bogged down and wont even boot, needs a hard reset or a re-iSync without the
> Sunbird calendar.
> 
> I am guessing there is something weird in these files that Missing Sync
> doesn't like, is anyone aware of what or maybe of a util that can fix/clean up
> my files so they will work with Missing Sync?
> 
> thanks
> 
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