On Dec 22, 2005, at 8:36 AM, Stephan Stapel wrote:
Outport works and you don't to install any macros into Outlook (I'm
quite
sure I won't have the necessary rights to do that at work and it
could be
interpreted as a threat as well...).
The only thing is that it exports every single item as a single
file, so I
have a bunch of files I need to import.
If Outport exports a directory of individual .ics files, Chandler can
actually import those all at once by pairing a FileSystemConduit with
a CalDAVFormat object as follows:
----
# This is a standalone example runnable via RunPython
from application import Utility, Globals
from osaf import sharing
# Set up a Chandler in-memory repository (required only in this
standalone example)
Globals.options = Utility.initOptions()
Utility.initLogging(Globals.options)
Globals.options.ramdb = True
view = Utility.initRepository('', Globals.options, True)
# Set up the format/conduit/share to import all .ics files residing in
# /Users/morgen/individual.ics.files/ directory
format = sharing.CalDAVFormat(itsView=view)
conduit = sharing.FileSystemConduit(itsView=view,
sharePath='/Users/morgen',
shareName='individual.ics.files')
share = sharing.Share(itsView=view, conduit=conduit, format=format)
# sync( ) will import each .ics; subsequent sync( ) calls would reload
# any modified .ics files, import new ones, and if it detects that a
# .ics file has disappeared it will remove the corresponding Chandler
# item from the collection
share.sync()
collection = share.contents
for item in collection:
print item.displayName, item.startTime
----
However, this only gets us from Outlook to Chandler, and not the
other way around, but it's a start.
For outlook2ical I receive an error message but this message cannot be
viewed entirely in the import iCal dialog (a bug you probably have to
fix...).
You're getting an error within Chandler? You can always get to a
stack trace by using the "Test | Show log window" menu.
For automatic syncing of my appointments, might Cosmo be the tool
to check
out?!
In the environment you've described, Cosmo isn't going to help,
unless Outlook becomes a CalDAV client.
If I understand correctly, I'd have to start Chandler manually and
then manually import the ical files. Right?!
Well, once the above code has been executed, all you would have to do
is click on the Sync All toolbar button within Chandler and it would
re-sync with that directory of .ics files that you exported from
Outlook.
~morgen
P.S. I also came across this Outlook --> .ics exporter...
http://www.ryanwatkins.net/software/
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