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Scripts to export ADE Campus to ICS Calendar files
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Cannot import link or ics file into Outlook #1

Closed Okhoshi closed 10 years ago

Okhoshi commented 10 years ago

Cannot use the ics file or the link neither into the Outlook Client or Outlook Online.

It tells me that the "UID" property is missing on each VEVENT.

Okhoshi commented 10 years ago

Refering to the RFC2445 about the iCalendar format, it seems that the UID field is missing whereas it is mandatory and must be unique. https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.txt point '4.8.4.7 Unique Identifier'

"A good method to assure uniqueness is to put the domain name or a domain literal IP address of the host on which the identifier was created on the right hand side of the "@", and on the left hand side, put a combination of the current calendar date and time of day (i.e., formatted in as a DATE-TIME value) along with some other currently unique (perhaps sequential) identifier available on the system (for example, a process id number). Using a date/time value on the left hand side and a domain name or domain literal on the right hand side makes it possible to guarantee uniqueness since no two hosts should be using the same domain name or IP address at the same time. Though other algorithms will work, it is RECOMMENDED that the right hand side contain some domain identifier (either of the host itself or otherwise) such that the generator of the message identifier can guarantee the uniqueness of the left hand side within the scope of that domain."

cdamman commented 10 years ago

Merged