VCS format, Outlook, and ActiveSync

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I own a Dell AXIM-30 running pocket outlook, and also a desktop computer
running outlook 2003. I keep them in sync with ActiveSync 3.7.1

Everything works fine except on thing:

My company has a web-based calendaring tool. It does not sync with Outlook,
but one can request and download a .VCS file that represents all the events
in the calendar. I can import this into outlook 2003 no problem.

However, the events that I import in this way do not sync to the PDA. They
are imported properly into Outlook 2003 on the desktop, but never appear on
the PDA no matter what I do.

How is this possible? How does ActiveSync "know" these were imported? If I
open them, change them, and resave them, they still do not get picked up for
syncing.

Anyone understand this?

Scott Bain
slbain@netobjectives.com

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This is a complexing problem. An outside possibility is that in Outlook you
have multiple accounts with local folders. Outlook in many cases will
display items from both calendars in a single calendar, so on the desktop it
will look like they are all in the same calendar. However, ActiveSync only
synchronizes with your default folders, so those imported calendar items
wouldn't be picked up.

As a workaround, you can try this:
1) In Outlook 2003, create a new calendar folder (File->New->Folder, type a
name and set Folder contains = Calendar Items).
2) Select all the calendar items that you imported (this may be easier if
you choose View->Arrange By->Current View->"Active Appointments" or "By
Category" ).
3) Move all those calendar items to the new folder (Edit->Move to Folder...)
4) Export this folder to a text file (File->Import and Export...->Export to
a file->Comma Separated Values (Windows)->[select the folder]->[choose a
location to save])
5) Delete the folder you created and all the items in it.
6) Import the items from the text file back into your calendar (File->Import
and Export...->Improt from another program or file->Comma Separated Values
(Windows)->[select the file you exported to]->[select your calendar folder].

Good luck,

Ammon Larson
ammonl@online.microsoft.com
Mobile Devices, Microsoft

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"Scott Bain" <slbain@netobjectives.com> wrote in message
news:u3wCK6%23AFHA.2428@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>I own a Dell AXIM-30 running pocket outlook, and also a desktop computer
>running outlook 2003. I keep them in sync with ActiveSync 3.7.1
>
> Everything works fine except on thing:
>
> My company has a web-based calendaring tool. It does not sync with
> Outlook, but one can request and download a .VCS file that represents all
> the events in the calendar. I can import this into outlook 2003 no
> problem.
>
> However, the events that I import in this way do not sync to the PDA.
> They are imported properly into Outlook 2003 on the desktop, but never
> appear on the PDA no matter what I do.
>
> How is this possible? How does ActiveSync "know" these were imported? If
> I open them, change them, and resave them, they still do not get picked up
> for syncing.
>
> Anyone understand this?
>
> Scott Bain
> slbain@netobjectives.com
>