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/*! @page pageicalsrvclients IcalSrv clients status and supported features
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@author JVL
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@date 20060314
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@version 0.9.01R2
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@todo edit and update the IcalSrv client information document.
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On this page you will find some first reports on the use of Egroupware and IcalSrv
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with specific clients.
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@section secsupfeatures A short note on supported features in the clients
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Whether some feature, like e.g. <i>importing recurrent events</i> from
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a specific client into Egroupware is supported or not, can in
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principle depend on three things: 1) does the client allow setting
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this, 2) does egroupware provide a method for setting and using this
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and finally 3) is the IcalSrv service capable of converting this
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specific info from the client to egw and possibly vice versa?
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@subsection secegwexample A small example of a week view in Egroupware
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In Egroupware I filled a week calendar with
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- E1) a recurring dinner event, every two days,
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- E2) a meeting appointment on monday morning
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- E3) a free day on thursday
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\image html egwcalweek-small.jpg The egw calendar filled in weekview
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And in Egroupware Infolog I added a Task and a subtask
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- T1 Write a XYZ report and as subtask
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- T2 write chapter 10 of the report
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This shows up in egroupware as in the picture below:
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\image html egwinfolog-small.jpg The egw infolog list view with 2 tasks
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@section secko35 Client: Korganizer 3.5.0 (or Kontact)
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Korganizer is the KDE agenda and todo client. I used the 3.5.0
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version for most of the testing (so it should work well ;-) )
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@subsection subseckorgsetupcal Korganizer: setting up a "remote icalendar".
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To access the IcalSrv for Egroupware calendar and tasks, you have to
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add a socalled <i>kresource</i> to the resources. You can do this
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either via a wizzard or by doing an <i>Add</i>(resource) in the
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left-under pane.
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The resource must be of the type <i>remote iCalendar</i> and for
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reading and writing the same URL should be used.
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When done so, both events and tasks will get imported and exported
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from Korganizer via the same kresource.
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@subsection subseckorgauth Korganizer: handling Authentication
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To authenticate to the IcalSrv from within korganizer.
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you can just set the <i>Download From</i> and <i>Upload To</i>
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fields of the created kresource to one and the same URL as something like:
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<code>http://myserver.myorg.org/egroupware/icalsrv.php</code>
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Later on, when you do a reload or a save, a popup window will appear
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that ask you for authentication info. Fill this in and set "remember
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info on local computer" or so and your done.
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@subsection subseckorgrelopubl Korganizer: Reloading and Publishing
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Can be configured as automatic, time triggered or manual.
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.....TBW.......
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@subsection seckorgexample Korganizer: week view of the example.
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Korganizer connected via IcalSrv to our example account in Egroupware show us the view below:
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\image html korganizerweek-small.jpg Korganizer weekview via the remote icalsrv connected to egroupware.
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Notice that:
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- the Todos are neatly shown in their hierarchy and with their percentages completed
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- the due date of the Todo is shown in the <i>All Day</i> screen
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- the whole day event on thursday is correctly shown in the <i>All Day</i> screen.
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@subsection seckorgproblems Korganizer: problems
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- Korganizer can get its caches confused.
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- Korganizer in default setting does a <i>automatic publish </i> immediately after
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each change of an event or todo. This can be costly.
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....TBW...
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@section secsunbird Client: Sunbird
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Sunbird is the standalone calendar application from the Mozilla project.
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.....TBW....
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@subsection subsecsunbirdsetupcal Sunbird: setting up a calendar.
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......
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@subsection subsecsunbirdauth Sunbird: handling Authentication
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....TBW........
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@subsection subsecsunbirdrelopubl Sunbird: Reloading and Publishing
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@subsection secksunbirdexample Sunbird: Week view of the example.
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On connecting Sunbird to our egw account via icalsrv, this gives us
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the view below:
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\image html sunbirdweek-small.jpg Sunbird weekview via the remote icalsrv connected to egroupware.
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Notice that:
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- the task hierarchy display (task and subtasks) and the percent
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complete is not shown in Sunbird. Merely a list of the induvidual
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tasks. It can though be completely configured to have these and other
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fields of the tasks shown in the task overview pane.
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- the all day event on thursday is present, but due to some bug, it is a bit
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small displayed..
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@subsection secsunbirdproblems Sunbird: problems
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- In version 0.2+ under Linux I could not publish recurrent events! It seemed that these
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also were not exported correctly to a localfile. Seems like a sunbird bug.
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- In version 0.2+ under Linux I could not add new tasks in a subcribed calendar.
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Dont know what is wrong here..
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- ..... TBW....
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@section secevolution Evolution 2.x
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Evolution provides in its 2.x versions utilities to handle calendars
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and tasks. For some strange reason it seems that in the versions that
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I tried (v2. ??) <b>only reading from remote iCalendars is implemented!</b>
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For implementing writing via iCalendar there even seems to be a
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pending bounty available... (status: end 2005) Strange if you know
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that evo does have a more or less working caldav-plugin..
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@subsection subsecevosetupcal Evolution: setting up a "On The Web Calendar".
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Both Calendars and Tasks can be read using, what Evolution calls the
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<i>webcal</i> protocol.
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To setup a remote calendar do the following:
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- in calendar pane, on the right mouse button menu select <i> New Calendar</i>
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- chose a Type: <i>On the web</i> and give a name etc.
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This should now build a new calendar in entry in the calendar pane,
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under the "On The Web" folder.
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- with the right mouse select its menu and select properties.
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In here you can set the name, color, URL and refresh timings.
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@subsection subsecevoauth Evolution: handling Authentication.
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You can authenticate to the IcalSrv from within evolution by setting
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in the properties field of a (remote) calendar the URL as something like:
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<code>webcal://username:passwd@myserver.myorg.org/egroupware/icalsrv.php</code>
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I didnot find any other method.
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@subsection subsecevosetuptasks Evolution: setting up remote tasks
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Setting up task access via IcalSrv is quite analoguous to the "On the
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web" calendar setup:
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Go to the Tasks pane, select new tasklist, select "On the Web".
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Then via the properties menu of the new "on The Web"-tasklist set the
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correct URL again.
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@subsection subsecevorelopubl Evolution: Reloading and Publishing
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There seems to be no direct manual reload available, though quitting the
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application and restarting online work seems to do a reload too.
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Automatic (repeatedly after some duration) reloads can be set.
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@subsection seckevoexample Evolution: week view of the example.
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Evolution connected to our egw example account , gives the view below:
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\image html evolutionweek-small.jpg Evolution weekview via the remote icalsrv connected to egroupware.
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Notice that the task hierarchy display (task and subtasks) and the
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percentage complete is not available in Evolution.
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@subsection secevoproblems Evolution: problems
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....TBW....
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@section secfurtherclients Further Clients
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...
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I hope to get reports of other clients too.
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Good luck.
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JVL
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etc.
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*/
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