Erik_Henderson
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Importing ical filies to Outlook 2003
When trying to import files I get the following:
Microsoft Office Outlook cannot import vCalendar file. This error can appear if you have attempted to save a recurring Lunar appointment in iCalendar format. To avoid this error, set the appointment option to Gregorian instead of Lunar
How do I import these files??
Microsoft Office Outlook cannot import vCalendar file. This error can appear if you have attempted to save a recurring Lunar appointment in iCalendar format. To avoid this error, set the appointment option to Gregorian instead of Lunar
How do I import these files??
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We researched this problem with loading iCal .ics files into Outlook. The problem seems to be that iCal adds VTIMEZONE sections to the ics file that Outlook can't handle. They generate the misleading lunar/gregorian silly error message.
Outlook 2003 seems to want to have GMT times, and also wants to have DTSTART and DTEND fields for the start and end of an event, instead of DTSTART and DURATION. We can configure iCal to generate GMT-only information that reads into Outlook, but need to do it for every event, which isn't practical.
Here's a link that makes this even more cryptic.
http://microformats.org/wiki/icalendar-implementations
We researched this problem with loading iCal .ics files into Outlook. The problem seems to be that iCal adds VTIMEZONE sections to the ics file that Outlook can't handle. They generate the misleading lunar/gregorian silly error message.
Outlook 2003 seems to want to have GMT times, and also wants to have DTSTART and DTEND fields for the start and end of an event, instead of DTSTART and DURATION. We can configure iCal to generate GMT-only information that reads into Outlook, but need to do it for every event, which isn't practical.
Here's a link that makes this even more cryptic.
http://microformats.org/wiki/icalendar-implementations
Thanks war1. You always have the seriously indepth knowledge base. ;-) You are awesome.
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I had found the same websites and this did not help. What I did finally find was a converter at http://icalshare.com/portal.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mhsoftware.com%2Fbin%2FiCalConvert.msi&what=link&item=20060713172148171
Thanks
Erik
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Erik
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I had this issue for Microsoft Outlook 2003, created in 2003. A user was receiving a recurring .ICS meeting file as an e-mail attachment and it would not import on her machine. Other users are able to import this item without a problem, but because she is a heavy calendar user there must have been a conflict.
The resolution: install SP3 for MS Office.
(http://www.microsoft.com/d
The resolution: install SP3 for MS Office.
(http://www.microsoft.com/d
There apparently are some incompatibilities between the iCal items produced
by Mac and Outlook. I found some didn't work when VTIMEZONE data was defined
a certain way.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring/browse_thread/thread/3255e679724bf31c/5cd62aa87ee1918b%235cd62aa87ee1918b
The problem seems to be that iCal adds VTIMEZONE sections to the ics file that Outlook can't handle. They generate the misleading lunar/gregorian silly error message.
Outlook 2003 seems to want to have GMT times, and also wants to have DTSTART and DTEND fields for the start and end of an event, instead of DTSTART and DURATION.
We can configure iCal to generate GMT-only information that reads into Outlook, but need to do it for every event.
http://calendarswamp.blogspot.com/2005/08/outlook-2003-for-ical-import-use.html