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iCalendar is a widely-used data format for representing and exchanging calendaring and scheduling information independent of any particular calendar service or protocol.

iCalendar is a data format for representing and exchanging calendaring and scheduling information such as events, to-dos, journal entries, and free/busy information, independent of any particular calendar service or protocol.

Used and supported by many products, including , Apple's iCal and Microsoft .

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ics with alert?

Hi I just found out about the ics file format, and I'm wondering whether its possible to include one or 2 alert points in an event entry which will automatically get picked…
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iCalendar does not create an event for organizer

I’m trying to create an event in my Microsoft Outlook calendar by using iCalendar standard. I’ve sent an email with content type “text/calendar” to my Exchange mailbox from .NET application. It arrives to Outlook as an meeting request. Everything…
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How can an ICS file be written for a recurring event?

I want to create an ICS file that describes a recurring event, an event that takes place every Monday from 13:00 to 14:00 UTC for all of 2016. The ICS file should be importable by Google Calendar. I have found it difficult to find and understand…
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Delete calendar event using iCalendar file import (Outlook 2003 problem)?

Is there a way for me to delete items from calendar by using iCalendar import? I know that there is a METHOD:CANCEL, however when I tried it, it didn't do anything to the calendar event. Here is what is in my iCalendar file. When I try to import it…
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URL Scheme to Trigger Calendar Client

I have a website that generates dynamic calendar (icalendar). Lets assume that this calendar is accessible over HTTP at a URL like this http://www.example.com/cal?q= Everything works fine so far. Now I want to let the users subscribe…
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create .ics file on the fly using javascript or jquery?

Can someone tell me if there is any jquery plugin to dynamically create .ics file with values coming from the page div values like there would be
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How to create .ics file using c#?

I used below code for creating .ics file but it's not working can any one help me,where its going wrong. System.Text.StringBuilder sbICSFile = new…
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Webcal / .ics subscribe to feed from within Android App

For a recent application, I want to provide the ability to subscribe to a calendar feed while staying on the android device. Going to calendar.google.com and manually adding the http link (ics) isn't an option. I can't really find a lot of…
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iCalendar to force the 'Accept/Decline' buttons to appear in an updated event instance for Outlook?

Does anyone know what iCalendar conditions I need to force the 'Accept/Decline' buttons to appear in an updated meeting message for Outlook 2007? Is there a combination of regular iCalendar fields, or some X-MICROSOFT fields I'm missing out on to…
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Developing a CalDav server

I have a set of events saved in my database (a very special database, so I can't use some popular open-source servers with, say, MySQL). Now I want to build a CalDav server (by Java) so that a user can connect his calendar client to it to retrieve…
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Set Update Limits on iCalendar Feed

I have a calendar feed (.ics) available from my application, but it's quite large since it includes over 4,000 events. Is there a standard or best practice when it comes to specifying how many events get downloaded or how far back or forward the…
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How to create a .ICS file with multiple VEVENTs to be imported into an existing Outlook Calendar

I have a need to allow for a user to download an event that has multiple meeting dates. To do this I have created a memorystream to be downloaded which produces a .ics file. For…
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Send email to Outlook with ics meeting appointment

I want to send an email with appointment\meeting (ICS) to Outlook client. When the user receive the email he should accept the meeting invitation and automatically the meeting goes to the calendar and the email is automatically deleted. I'm using…
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How to use aliases in Google Calendar?

I have a google account (say hellome@gmail.com) that is set up to send mail for many other accounts (hellome@mydomain.com, secondaccount@gmail.com...). For at least one of those accounts (hellome@mydomain.com) google will not let me set up a…
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Opening ICS file with multiple events creates new calendar in Outlook

I would like to be able to create an ICS file with multiple events that user will be able to import in their default Exchange Calendar. I need to support Outlook desktop client, Office 365 web interface and Apple iPhone Mail/Calendar. Note that…
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