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dov	2011-01-06 , 07:42
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Is there any way of accessing the calendar from the command line? E.g. I would like to write add a calendar quick add widget that does the follows:

1. Pops up a small entry widget in which I would type something like:

Lunch with Ron next Wednesday at 12:00

2. A freetext format parses would convert this into an ical file.
3. The widget should somehow import the ical file into the calendar db.

The question is how to do step number 3?

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	nicolai	2011-01-06 , 10:44
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Originally Posted by dov

Is there any way of accessing the calendar from the command line? E.g. I would like to write add a calendar quick add widget that does the follows:

1. Pops up a small entry widget in which I would type something like:

Lunch with Ron next Wednesday at 12:00

2. A freetext format parses would convert this into an ical file.
3. The widget should somehow import the ical file into the calendar db.

The question is how to do step number 3?

The only way I know is using the calendar-backend API.
http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-fi...4d8d5b8d043570
But if you do so, you can just skip step 2 and 3 and use
the API for adding a new task.

Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I used the calendar
API in my calendar-home-widget and my scout application.

Nicolai

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jackburton	2011-01-06 , 12:16
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This is a little off-topic, Nicolai, but how hard would it be to create a command line app that exports a calendar to ical? I know there is an option in the UI for this, but I would like to automatically push some of my calendars to my personal "cloud" using scheduled tasks. I don't know C++ nor QT (I'm a java guy) but I'd like to learn. Would this API be something easy enough to use to do what I have described. Any high level steps to get started? There is a ton of documentation floating out there on how to develop on Maemo and getting started seems difficult.

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	nicolai	2011-01-06 , 12:57
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@jackburton

Yes, this should be easy.
Setting up the scratchbox development
envrionment is much more difficult than writing this app.

I don't know the qtmobility api for the calendar. But installing
QtCreator and making a simple commandline application should be
easy. The calendar-backend uses C++ as well, so it is easier to use
this from Qt code than for a gtk+ application for example.

nicolai

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jackburton	2011-01-06 , 13:22
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@Nicolai

Thanks for the input. So I should be able to do this with QtCreator then? I'll check that out first.

Also, kudos for the Calendar Home Widget.

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dov	2011-01-06 , 13:52
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@nicolai

The link you pointed me at imports ICS data. Do you have a link to this format, or did you suggest that I use non-file methods of the API? Is it the same fromat as the VCARD file format mentioned in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar ?

Regarding your programs scout and calendar-home-widget, are the sources available for reference?

Originally Posted by nicolai

The only way I know is using the calendar-backend API.
http://maemo.org/api_refs/5.0/5.0-fi...4d8d5b8d043570
But if you do so, you can just skip step 2 and 3 and use
the API for adding a new task.

Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I used the calendar
API in my calendar-home-widget and my scout application.

Nicolai

Thanks a lot!

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	nicolai	2011-01-06 , 14:08
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Originally Posted by dov

@nicolai

The link you pointed me at imports ICS data. Do you have a link to this format, or did you suggest that I use non-file methods of the API? Is it the same fromat as the VCARD file format mentioned in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar ?

I would suggest to use non-file methods and use the api to
create and insert new entries.

Originally Posted by dov

Regarding your programs scout and calendar-home-widget, are the sources available for reference?
Thanks a lot!

Yes -> maemo.org/packages

regards
Nicolai

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	Khertan	2011-01-06 , 14:20
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http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...lendar_example

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	Khertan	2011-01-06 , 14:37
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And the bruteforce methode

sqlite3 ~/.calendardb
Insert into Components (CalendarId, ComponentType, Flags, DateStart, DateEnd, Summary, Status, AllDay, Until, CreatedTime, ModifiedTime, Tzid, TzOffset) VALUES (1, 2, -1, 1294095600, -1, 'Test Insert Todo Non valide', 0, -1,0,1294087227,1294144124,'Europe/Paris',3600);
^D

But be careful with text encoding

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dov	2011-01-06 , 15:03
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@ Khertan

Now we're talking.

Does the calendar application poll its database or is it necessary to bump it somehow to make it reread the file when it changes after inserting changes through sqlite3?

Btw, I assume that you meant ~/.calendar/calendardb .