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We are currently unable to export the description because of some issues properly handling HTML that may be included.. but I think we have a fix pending for that (keep in mind, we rushed this out the door just for you wink

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As to the incorrect dates, etc. .. what would be helpful would be if you *saved* the .ics file locally (rather than opening it), and then opened it up with notepad and pasted the contents here. Please also include what the correct date/time *should* be so I can compare them.
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I think this is where I need to post. I am new to localendar and trying to get it up and running for our site. I am testing both IE & Firefox. I have entered events in the calendar. I logout and view the calendar as a user would. I click the event to open the detail window. I see the option to Save To Google, iCalendar, Outlook, and Yahoo. However, when I click Outlook, I get an error message. It says, "cannot import vCalendar file." Google and Yahoo work just fine. I know users are going to want Outlook as many of our emails are through Outlook. Any ideas. What other information can I supply to help out? Thank you!

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What version of outlook are you running? Different versions are more/less friendly to the vcalendar format.

Also, can you tell me the date/title of the event on your calendar you were trying to export?
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Hello

I am using Outlook 2003.

The date/title of the Event is April 16, 2009. The WorkSafeMT Safety Committee Meeting. I have tried other Events I always get the same error message.

Thank you!

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I'll have a look at the event and see if Outlook 2007 can handle it. I know vCalendar support is spotty in Outlook 2003.
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Hi again Marc,

Well, since I last posted on this issue, I got a new version of Outlook. I can now click on the Outlook icon in an event detail box and OPEN the event in my Outlook! Yeah!

Trouble is, the event has no details (so I cut and paste them in from the Localendar detail box) and it ALWAYS saves the event on today's date rather than the correct date and time of the event. Then I have to open the event in my Outlook and move it to the correct date and time.

Is anyone else having this problem or is it just me?

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Can you give me the time date and title of the event in question?

I'll take a look at the Outlook export file that is being generated
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It doesn't matter what event I click on. When I click on the "Outlook" icon in the description box and "Open" it, the event is automatically saved to today's date - not on the correct date.

I then copy the details from the LoCalendar detail box into the open Outlook entry. Should that be automatic or does the detail not carry over?

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I believe we just brought the titles over right now b/c the event detail can have a ton of HTML that many desktop calendar programs have trouble understanding.

I'm actually on vacation right now, but I'll ask for some more info when I get back :-)
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Have a nice vacation and please get back to me on the dates issue. I can deal with the details but the event does need to end up on the right date. Thanks!

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