Re: [Kde-pim] Importing vCard in KOrganizer

On Tuesday 10 November 2009 14:04:39 Jurian Sluiman wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 14:42:55 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 13:29:15 Jurian Sluiman wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > I had an old Ubuntu system (8.10). Made an export of my calendar (File
> > > > Export > vCalendar) and installed the latest Ubuntu (KDE 4.3.2,
> > > Kontact 4.3.2, Korganizer 4.3.2).
> > >
> > > If I try to import the vCard back (File > Import > Import Calendar) and
> > >  select the file, my calendar remains empty. A new resource or merging
> > > the calendar into the default one: both options won't work. Checking
> > > the vCard with Kate show me all the tasks and events I entered.
> > >
> > > I'm completely lost without my calendar :p , so does anybody have an
> > > idea to import my calendar?
> >
> > Jurian, this is the development list, not a user-support list.  You will
> >  find the subscribe page for the user list at
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-users
> >
> > Did you make a backup of your ~/.kde before changing your installation? 
> > If so, you only need to copy the std.vcf into the equivalent place in
> > your new installation, and it should work without further changes.
> >
> > Anne
> 
> Oops, sorry. I have been subscribed more than a year ago and forgot that
> completely!  Hereby I do a repost for kdepim-users.
> 
> About your suggestion, I have a backup of my complete home directory
> (including .kde, but also e.g. .local/share/akonadi if that might be
> important).
> 
> Don't you mean the std.ics instead of std.vcf (because the latter is for
> Kaddressbook, where importing worked fine)? 

You are correct - I had just come in, and only partly tuned the brain in :-)

> Looking at std.ics, it's full
>  of my appointments. I have copied the file again, but it didn't solve the
>  problem. It's really strange because the vCal is filled, the "Default
>  Calendar" resource points towards that file, but Korganizer is still
>  completely empty (except for the birthdays and some special dates).
> 
If you have a std.ics that should be availabe as long as the calendar is told 
that it is the Default Calendar.  OTOH, if akonadi has created a resource for 
you then you would also need to find and copy over the mysql database.  Since 
I don't have that yet I can't point you to it.  Sorry

Anne
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