On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 22:02, Jim Meyer wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm moving this thread from the Evolution list to the Evo-Hackers list
> as a double-check as well as to ask for advice on where to start.
> 
> On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 12:42, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 18:59, Jim Meyer wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > > 
> > > I was wondering if anyone's currently investigating (or has
> > > investigated) getting Evolution to sync with Netscape Calendar,
> > > particularly v4.7.1. NSCal 5.1 has a documented API, but I've not been
> > > able to find docs for v4.7.1's API, if there is one. 
> > > 
> > no one is working on this, AFAIK.
> 
> So, to double-check: no one here knows of anyone working on this, do
> they?
> 
> > > However, I've noticed that NSCal v4.7.1 can export a vCal file; I was
> > > intending to approach it from that direction if no one had a better
> > > solution.
> > > 
> > yes, that should work, and if not, please report bugs.
> 
> Cool. It'll be a bit of a clunky approach as 
> 
> My next question is one of approach. I'm betting that it'll be easiest
> to behave somewhat like a pilot-sync operation would. Unfortunately,
> this will be a bit clunkier as the export from NSCal will be manual, as
> will be the import to NSCal as well. I'm generally envisioning the
> process to go something like:
> 
> 1. Export vCalendar data from NSCal
> 2. Actuate syncing tool which reads vCal file, performs sync with
>    Evo, and writes vCal file of events which must change in NSCal
> 3. Import vCalendar data into NSCal

I guess a better approach would be to write a NSCal-backend for
evolution. Or an intelligent importer which is able to import, into
evolution, all the NSCal settings. Although a simple importing/syncing
tool would also work.

cheers
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


_______________________________________________
evolution-hackers maillist  -  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers

Reply via email to