IBM Lotus Notes and Calendaring

[brekse]

IBM Lotus Notes can save calendars in ics format.
But how do I put the ical file on the server?
From Notes I can save it as a file. No option to save it on a webserver

[cpg]

you *could* make a share for /var/hda/calendars/html and save the ics file there "by hand" every time.
then other people should be able to see it. not very orthodox, but it may work!

'd be interesting if it worked!

[brekse]

Share created ok.
But how do I open it?
My idea is to publish it and open it in Firefox.
When i try a url like http://webcal/week.php?cal=US+Holidays&getdate=20090224 I can see a calendar.
Changin to cal=mycal or mycal.ics just gives me an empty calendar.

I have tried to open it in Windows Vista Calendar, and that is ok but not what I wanted.

Thanks in advance

[cpg]

if the share is called, say, cal, you open it by using a file browser and going to

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\\hda\cal

if it's a mac, then it's:

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smb://hda/cal

[brekse]

Sorry, I did not explain correctly...
I have created the share.
I can open it with a file browser.
I can save (or copy) the .ics file there
I can open the calender file with windows calender, and import it into any calenderprogram.

But I cannot open it in my web-browser, Firefox (or any other).
I want to open it in the same manner that we can do when we open the AmahiSampleA calender that I find on the page http://hda/calendar.

That should be possible? In other words, to publish my calender for viewing with a web-browser.

[cpg]

got it.

i wonder if it's a linux permissions problem.

i tried like this:

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# cd /var/hda/calendar/html/ # cp -a Home.ics Test.ics

and i was able to

- see it in the calendars page and
- click it and see it with webcal.

do you see it in the calendars page?

if you do, when you click on it, is it empty or does it give an error?

if you know about linux permissions, could you go there (/var/hda/calendar/html) and see if user apache (which is what the webdav server runs as) would be able to read the contents?

if you are handy with scripts, note that you can probably automate the pushing of the calendar (and with proper locking semantics!) with scripts and a package called cadaver.

[brekse]

Ooops
in you first post you told me to share
/var/hda/calendars/html
but now, as I try /var/hda/calendar/html, it's getting better
I'll give it a try in the weekend.

Thank you for quick response .

[brekse]

With the new mapping I got it to work, I can select appointments and export them as a ics-file, and it shows up as it is supposed to be.
I can automate this, I think.
I can not export "all" the calendar, looks like that ics-file is different from when I select just some. I'll just write to IBM and of course they'll change it

Anyway,
This is good news and a thing I need to convince my-better-half that we do need a computer in the living room