Hi Daryl Just spotted your post on 1/6/3. I�m the author of JiCal and have just discovered (having upgraded Evolution from 1.0.8 to 1.2.2 that it�s free/busy functionality has broken. I haven�t changed any code so either Evo is broken or they�ve tightened/changed requirements outside of the spec.
I�ll ensure that FBURL processing works as soon as I can detect what in Evo has changed. BTW. A Dutch Sys Integration firm recently funded an extension to do work group calendaring. It�s Week-at-a-glance HTML views of particular groups of users. A single XML file can be used to define each group and the views can be forward planned . Works well and really tested the Repeat Rules thoroughly. I�m currently docbooking JiCal so should be done this week sometime and release under 1.3.4. A question or two for the list. I�m designing a Calendar Access Protocol server under the JiCal banner. Does anyone know how hard it will be to plug in a �CAP� (http://www.calsch.org) Client to Evo? I�ve already had talks with a German OS project who think the Outlook plugin is not so bad. Wouldn�t it be nice to have a true open source calendar server and a migration path from Outlook to Evolution as and when departments are ready? I think Lotus Notes are moving to get CAP client/server working for their offering (as main chatter on the calsch list is from there). Best regards Stuart Guthrie On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 04:09, Daryl Manning wrote: > Did anyone try jiCal for what this guy is trying ? It doesn't even > require you to use JBoss anymore, you can just set a cron job every > couple of minutes to go through the directories and pick up changed > information. > > We were planning on trying this here where I am. > > Be interested if anyone has crib notes on this or similar. > > Goal is to get Evolution, Outlook and Apple iCal all working together > for appointment bookings and such with FBURL and calendaring for each > user in the org though it would be nice if we could have any iCal/iMips > compatible client working with it. > > ciao ! > Daryl. > > > On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 09:56 PM, Lonnie Borntreger wrote: > > > I've commented on each point below. General comment: points 1 and 3 do > > not require a "calendar server"... just a host for free/busy, and the > > meetings are accepted into the local Evolution/Outlook calendar. > > > > On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 11:54, Bryce Harrington wrote: > >> From inside of outlook: > >> 1) From inside of outlook. Create a > >> meeting by selecting a list of attendees > >> and having the tool (outlook) display > >> the available times. > > > > Set up an internal ftp or http server that accepts uploads (either > > authenticated, or anonymous). Set each Outlook user to publish their > > free/busy time to this server (need to install the "Web Publishing > > Wizard" for this), into some file (if using unique usernames, something > > like this) - > > ftp://server/calendars/username.vfb > > > > Place that information into the contact information, either local > > contacts (Evolution and Outlook), global free/busy location settings > > (in > > Outlook), or into the contact LDAP server (if you have one - for > > Evolution and Outlook). > > > > Then, when scheduling a meeting the free/busy info is retrieved and > > displayed in the meeting scheduler dialog. > > > > NOTE: Evolution currently does not have the ability to publish > > free/busy > > to a server, but it can email the information (Actions->Publish > > Free/Busy). If you set up a special account on that free/busy server > > to > > receive these emails, and use procmail or some other filter to pull out > > the information and save it into the correct directory into > > username.vfb, then Evolution calendars will be visible. However, > > Evolution users will have to remember to publish the free/busy > > manually, > > unlike Outlook which would do it automatically. > > > > NOTE2: this does not give calendar capabilities to users not using > > Evolution or Outlook. > > > > NOTE3: this does not give the ability to actually view someone's > > calendar (to see what meeting they're in), just the times that are > > already scheduled. Others have posted tools that allow web viewing of > > the Evolution calendar file (since it is ical formatted), but this > > requires manually uploading the calendar, and I don't know of a way to > > do this from Outlook. > > > >> 2) Be able to designate a proxy for a person, > >> that person should get a copy of all meeting > >> requests and be able to respond as the person > >> requested for the meeting. > > > > Don't know of anyway to do this outside of Exchange. > > > > > >> 3) And of course sync up with the individuals > >> outlook/Evolution calendar when they get > >> back online. e.g. You can make appointments > >> without the individual actually being online > >> at the time of the appointment. > > > > Using the method shown in response to point 1, they will "sync up" by > > receiving emailed meeting requests, and accepting - or declining - > > them; > > since the actual calendar is stored locally. > > > > So, while not quite as "integrated" as Exchange - there are other > > options to allow scheduling meetings - without spending cash. As far > > as > > full-blown calendar sharing/serving stuff that works with different > > calendar clients, there have been several free projects started over > > the > > ages to do this, but all seem to have died - some never made it out of > > planning. Everybody seems to want this, but nobody seems to want to do > > it. > > > > > > One other option for all this.... buy Exchange and the Exchange plug-in > > for Evolution. That will give you all that you want, but will cost. > > > > > > Hope that helps, > > Lonnie Borntreger > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > > ===================================== > Daryl Manning > Greenpeace International, IT > Keizersgracht 176, 1016 DW Amsterdam > The Netherlands > +31 20 523 6678 > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Stuart Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Eureka IT Pty Ltd _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
