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Tag: CalDAV

  • Custom iCalendar data in Kronolith & Nag

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    Ralf
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    The iCalendar exchange format is everywhere in Horde’s calendar (kronolith) and tasks (nag) apps. It is offered for manual import/export. It is the centerpiece of the CalDAV synchronisation protocol and various APIs of these apps. The format also plays a role in email invitiations and updates sent via iTip. It is a very powerful and…

  • DAVx5 CalDAV may break with Unicode symbols in Horde/Kronolith syncs.

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    Ralf
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    If you get user complaints about broken CalDAV syncs with Horde, there’s many places to look at. In one particular instance, an event was created from travelling app Transportr into the stock android Calendar app. Through the DAVx5 sync app, the user wanted to push these events to Horde’s SabreDAV interface – and from there,…