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Posted by wildbill on January 14, 2008, 2:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options Raj,
Thank you for your persistence and thoroughness in pursuing my question,
which has to do with mobile 6 not syncing imported events when syncing
calendar events with Outlook.. I have Outlook 2000, but I have about 500
"users" who have various versions of Outlook. I have not yet encountered a
version of Outlook that will not import the data.
As you requested, I have sent this same info to you via email to which I
attached the entire ics file. I believe the snippet failed because I merely
gave you the first several lines of the file, and the necessary last line
(END:VCALENDAR) was missing, so that the snippet did not constitute a
complete ical file.. Sorry.
As I have mentioned elsewhere, the sync function was ok in earlier versions
(mobile 4 and 5), although it became more complex with mobile 5, which
required this series of steps: With the active sync box open, select tools,
select options, select calendar, click on settings and select synchronize all
tasks. Or, at this same level, click on task sync settings, and then click on
synchronize all tasks.
"Raj Pillai" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry but the snippet doesn't seem to be a valid iCalendar file. It might be
> incomplete and therefore I am unable to import it. In the meanwhile I tried
> testing with another valid iCalendar file and it imported alright and
> synchronized correctly to the device. Which version of MS Outlook are you
> using? If possible, mail me your iCalendar file and I will take a closer
> look.
>
> Could you explain the following bit in greater detail:
>
> > With Mobile 5 we had to elect an option to get all of the events to sync.
> > Evidently that option is no longer offered with Mobile 6.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Raj Pillai
> Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices
> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj
>
>
>
> > Thank you for responding to my post. Your response triggers additional
> > questions in my mind. We have been offering this calendar data since 2004,
> > and have not had the trouble you describe with Windows Mobile 5 and
> > earlier.
> > With Mobile 5 we had to elect an option to get all of the events to sync.
> > Evidently that option is no longer offered with Mobile 6.
> > It is puzzling to think why Microsoft would presume to filter data while
> > syncing. How is that adding value to the customer's experience? Hopefully,
> > Microsoft will change its activeSync software to at least let the user
> > decide
> > whether to sync imported data.
> > I appreciate your offer to take a look at the snippet I provided. I can
> > see
> > from your documentation that more will be required, but handling the 365
> > single event files that you suggest will guarantee a poor user experience.
> > It
> > seems to me that this is what importing is all about.
> >
> > "Raj Pillai" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Have documented something similar long ago. See -
> >> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/VCS.html Don't have my device right now
> >> but
> >> will test the snippet and reply later.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Raj Pillai
> >> Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices
> >> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >I have an ical file containing about 365 all day events. This file is
> >> > imported into Outlook and the data all shows on the Outlook calendar.
> >> > Up
> >> > to
> >> > Mobile 5, this data would sync just fine. With mobile 6, the data seems
> >> > to
> >> > be
> >> > ignored by ActiveSync except for events which have been manually edited
> >> > within Outlook. Although the data impoorts into Outlook fine, I have
> >> > pasted
> >> > in below the first few lines of the data file (one event) in case we
> >> > have
> >> > omitted something that mobile 6 requires. To put it broadly: Why
> >> > doesn't
> >> > this
> >> > data sync? Here is the snippet:
> >> > BEGIN:VCALENDAR
> >> > PRODID:-//Resource Publications, Inc.//ProductName//EN
> >> > VERSION:2.0
> >> > METHOD:PUBLISH
> >> > BEGIN:VEVENT
> >> > DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071202
> >> > DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071203
> >> > TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
> >> > SEQUENCE:0
> >> > UID:http://www.rpinet.com
> >> > DTSTAMP:20071202T000000Z
> >> > CATEGORIES:ORDO2008
> >> > DESCRIPTION:1st Sunday of Advent\nSunday\nviolet\nIsaiah 2:1-5/Psalm
> >> > 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9/Romans 13:11-14/Matthew 24:37-44\nHours:
> >> > Begin
> >> > Psalter I, Advent Week 1
> >> > SUMMARY:1st Sun Advent
> >> > PRIORITY:5
> >> > CLASS:PUBLIC
> >> > END:VEVENT
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>
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