I've added Marks instructions to the http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/PreviewDesktopImportExport page. That page is fact linked to from the Get Started Guide, Chapter 3 as the place to go for more information on import/export. Pieter
On 8/10/07, Ted Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suggest a wiki page w/ import/export recipes from various clients... > Perhaps linked from the product faq > > On Aug 10, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Mimi Yin wrote: > > Find a way to collect user-contributed instructions??? Set up a section on > Troubleshooting page? > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Mark Vermette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *Date: *August 10, 2007 2:13:13 PM PDT > *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Subject: **[chandler-users] Importing from Now Up To Date* > > > Hi everyone... > > > I've found a somewhat convoluted but successful way of importing > appointments from Now Up To Date v 5.1.1 running on my G4 PowerBook under > OS X 10.2.8. I had no problems exporting 4 years of appointments to > Chandler 0.7alpha5 running on WinXP SP2. It takes both Palm Desktop and > iCal on the Mac to make this trick work, however. > > > The basics are: > > > 1.) Export from Now Up To Date using it's default Text export format. Use > the defaults in the Export dialog. > > > 2.) Using Palm Desktop (I used v4.1) import the data file. Palm Desktop > will automatically detect the format as "Now Up To Date 2.0 - 3.5", and > display sample columns and the data that goes into them, similar to an > import into Excel. Everything matched in my case, without any action on my > part. > > > 3.) Use Palm Desktop to re-export the file. In the export dialog, select > "Date Book" as the module, "All Datebook Items" for Items, and "vCal" for > the format. > > > 4.) Now, open iCal (in my case, v1.5.5) and import the vCal file. You may > want to create a new iCal calendar to keep this data separate. > > > 5.) Export the iCal file and import it into Chadler via directions found > here: > http://chandlerproject.org/pub<http://chandlerproject.org/pub/Product/GetStartedGuide/3-Importing-ExportingData.html> > /Product/GetStartedGuide/3-Importing-ExportingData.html<http://chandlerproject.org/pub/Product/GetStartedGuide/3-Importing-ExportingData.html> > > > I don't know if anyone needs this info, but I thought I'd let people know > it's possible to do, and it Just Works. > > > --Mark > _______________________________________________ > chandler-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.org<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://lists.osafoundation.org<http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users> > /mailman/listinfo/chandler-users<http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users> > > > >
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