tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19110402076633746172024-03-12T18:12:11.937-07:00iCal2ViewtyPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756072989860633761noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911040207663374617.post-32306009220966969982008-03-10T14:31:00.000-07:002008-03-10T14:34:34.048-07:00Ping usersHi,<div><br /></div><div>Just wanted to see if anyone is still using this script and finding it useful.... Post below. sorry to ask just, but I'm interested to see how many people are using it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pat (in sunny Basel)</div>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756072989860633761noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911040207663374617.post-7114272146969445712008-01-23T09:18:00.000-08:002008-01-23T09:23:59.597-08:00iCal2Viewty 0.3Just created this page to share the iCal export script for LG Viewty phone. Not sure if it is useful to anyone else, but it does what<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> I</span> want it to do :-)<div><br /></div><div>Please understand this is a very basic program and I am not a "pro" programmer, so don't expect too much from the program :-)</div><div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">************ READ ME 1st ***************</span><br /><p>New Version 0.3 - Now 10.5 version. (use <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/">0.2 version</a> for OSX 10.4)<br /></p>THIS is NOT a 2-way sync you <span style="font-weight: bold;">will </span>lose your current phone calender.<br /><br />Make sure you have taken a backup of your current events. You will need to clear the memory and it is always a good idea to have a copy:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Organiser > Settings > Backup calendar & to do > Calendar > Yes</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*****************************************</span><br /><br />It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial Share-Alike (v2) license.<br />http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/deed.en_GB<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;">Instructions</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Main</span><br /><br />1) First you need to make sure your LG Viewty is paired with your Mac with bluetooth. If you need help with this try the apple site:<br /><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34744"> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34744</a><br /><br />2) <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/iCal2Viewty.zip">Download the program</a><br /><br />3) Clear the memory before running the program or you will end up with duplicate entries:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Organiser > Settings > Clear all > Yes</span><br /><br />4) Run the program, which will end with the running of "Bluetooth File Exchange" to transfer to the phone.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Advanced Config.</span><br /><br />By default the program only add events from the last 2 months and into the next 3, ie, 4 months in total, however if you create a file called <span style="font-style: italic;">/tmp/ical2viewty.config</span> you can override these settings if you have more or less events that fill the 100 event limit of the phone.<br /><br />The ical2viewty.config file should contain only the following 4 lines :<br /><br /><?<br />$months_history = 1;<br />$months_future = 3;<br />?><br /><br />If you want to have peek to see what it is doing the code can be found <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/code.txt">here </a>- please excuse the very poor code in my parts - bad I know....<br /><p>Older versions of the code can be found <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/">here</a></p><p><br /></p>Thanks<br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br />Thanks to Ben Barnett (<a href="http://menial.co.uk/">http://menial.co.uk/</a>) for great "iCalender File Parser" php function used by my program.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Known Limitations/Problems</span><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br />Lots, but here are the main ones.<br /><ul><li> This is not a Sync - It is one way only!!!!</li><li>Yearly everts are added always as Birthdays - Don't find many other uses for Yearly events so the script does not bother to parse them as anything else</li><li> Monthly events recurring x number of times doen't work too well - This is a problem with phone.</li><li> Alarms not working - again the phone has issues with the "common" format - This is a problem with phone</li><li> 100 items limit - This is a problem with phone</li><li>Todos - Not supported.</li></ul><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> To Do</span><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br /><ul><li> - Config file location</li><li> - Alarms</li></ul><br />-------------------------------------------<br />Version History<br />-------------------------------------------<br /><p>0.3 This Version. Change in iCal file locations for OSX10.5. Updated script to match</p><p>0.2 This version. Added Onscreen feedback with CocoaDialog</p><p>0.1 First Copy.</p></div>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756072989860633761noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911040207663374617.post-64700012036308759572008-01-22T23:15:00.000-08:002008-01-22T23:19:46.197-08:0010.5<div>Problems with OSX 10.5:</div><div><br /></div>Having just upgraded to 10.5 - I see that not all contacts are copied. Not sure at the moment why....... <div><br /></div><div>Planning to have a look once I get a chance in the next weeks, but not promising anything.... Please feel free to take the code and improve at will :-)</div><div><br /></div><div>Pat</div>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756072989860633761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911040207663374617.post-54320851652754915952007-12-09T05:03:00.001-08:002007-12-09T05:10:38.235-08:00iCal2Viewty 0.2Just created this page to share the iCal export script for LG Viewty phone. Not sure if it is useful to anyone else, but it does what<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> I</span> want it to do :-)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">************ READ ME 1st ***************</span><br /><p>New Version 0.2 - added some onscreen feedback - Thanks for your feedback - It is very welcome.<br /></p>THIS is NOT a 2-way sync you <span style="font-weight: bold;">will </span>lose your current phone calender.<br /><br />Make sure you have taken a backup of your current events. You will need to clear the memory and it is always a good idea to have a copy:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Organiser > Settings > Backup calendar & to do > Calendar > Yes</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*****************************************</span><br /><br />It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial Share-Alike (v2) license.<br />http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/deed.en_GB<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;">Instructions</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Main</span><br /><br />1) First you need to make sure your LG Viewty is paired with your Mac with bluetooth. If you need help with this try the apple site:<br /><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34744"> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34744</a><br /><br />2) <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/iCal2Viewty.zip">Download the program</a><br /><br />3) Clear the memory before running the program or you will end up with duplicate entries:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Organiser > Settings > Clear all > Yes</span><br /><br />4) Run the program, which will end with the running of "Bluetooth File Exchange" to transfer to the phone.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Advanced Config.</span><br /><br />By default the program only add events from the last month and into the next 3, ie, 4 months in total, however if you create a file called <span style="font-style: italic;">/tmp/ical2viewty.config</span> you can override these settings if you have more or less events that fill the 100 event limit of the phone.<br /><br />The ical2viewty.config file should contain only the following 4 lines :<br /><br /><?<br />$months_history = 1;<br />$months_future = 3;<br />?><br /><br />If you want to have peek to see what it is doing the code can be found <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/code.txt">here </a>- please excuse the very poor code in my parts - bad I know....<br /><p>Older versions of the code can be found <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/">here</a></p><p><br /></p>Thanks<br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br />Thanks to Ben Barnett (<a href="http://menial.co.uk/">http://menial.co.uk/</a>) for great "iCalender File Parser" php function used by my program.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Known Limitations/Problems</span><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br />Lots, but here are the main ones.<br /><ul><li> This is not a Sync - It is one way only!!!!</li><li>Yearly everts are added always as Birthdays - Don't find many other uses for Yearly events so the script does not bother to parse them as anything else</li><li> Monthly events recurring x number of times doen't work too well - This is a problem with phone.</li><li> Alarms not working - again the phone has issues with the "common" format - This is a problem with phone</li><li> 100 items limit - This is a problem with phone</li></ul><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> To Do</span><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br /><ul><li> - Config file location</li><li> - Alarms</li></ul><br />-------------------------------------------<br />Version History<br />-------------------------------------------<br /><p>0.2 This version. Added Onscreen feedback with CocoaDialog</p><p>0.1 First Copy.</p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756072989860633761noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911040207663374617.post-9811002880237116892007-11-30T03:27:00.000-08:002007-12-09T05:04:29.678-08:00iCal2Viewty 0.1Just created this page to share the iCal export script for LG Viewty phone. Not sure if it is useful to anyone else, but it does what<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> I</span> want it to do :-)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">************ READ ME 1st ***************</span><br />THIS is NOT a 2-way sync you <span style="font-weight: bold;">will </span>lose your current phone calender.<br /><br />Make sure you have taken a backup of your current events. You will need to clear the memory and it is always a good idea to have a copy:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Organiser > Settings > Backup calendar & to do > Calendar > Yes</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">*****************************************</span><br /><br />It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial Share-Alike (v2) license.<br />http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/deed.en_GB<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;">Instructions</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Main</span><br /><br />1) First you need to make sure your LG Viewty is paired with your Mac with bluetooth. If you need help with this try the apple site:<br /><a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34744"> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34744</a><br /><br />2) <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/iCal2Viewty.zip">Download the program</a><br /><br />3) Clear the memory before running the program or you will end up with duplicate entries:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Organiser > Settings > Clear all > Yes</span><br /><br />4) Run the program, which will end with the running of "Bluetooth File Exchange" to transfer to the phone.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Advanced Config.</span><br /><br />By default the program only add events from the last month and into the next 3, ie, 4 months in total, however if you create a file called <span style="font-style: italic;">/tmp/ical2viewty.config</span> you can override these settings if you have more or less events that fill the 100 event limit of the phone.<br /><br />The ical2viewty.config file should contain only the following 4 lines :<br /><br /><?<br />$months_history = 1;<br />$months_future = 3;<br />?><br /><br />If you want to have peek to see what it is doing the code can be found <a href="http://www.cm7.ch/ical2viewty/code.txt">here </a>- please excuse the very poor code in my parts - bad I know....<br /><br />Thanks<br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br />Thanks to Ben Barnett (<a href="http://menial.co.uk/">http://menial.co.uk/</a>) for great "iCalender File Parser" php function used by my program.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Known Limitations/Problems</span><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br />Lots, but here are the main ones.<br /><ul><li> This is not a Sync - It is one way only!!!!</li><li>Yearly everts are added always as Birthdays - Don't find many other uses for Yearly events so the script does not bother to parse them as anything else</li><li> Monthly events recurring x number of times doen't work too well - This is a problem with phone.</li><li> Alarms not working - again the phone has issues with the "common" format - This is a problem with phone</li><li> 100 items limit - This is a problem with phone</li></ul><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> To Do</span><br />-------------------------------------------<br /><br /><ul><li> - Config file location</li><li> - Alarms</li></ul><br />-------------------------------------------<br />Version History<br />-------------------------------------------<br /><p>0.1 First Copy.</p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01756072989860633761noreply@blogger.com6