Re: [Kde-pim] Importing vCard in KOrganizer

On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 15:55:42 Jurian Sluiman wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 15:23:27 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > 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
> 
> That's exactly the problem:
> * Korganizer has a default calendar ("Default Calendar")
> * The calendar is "local file resource" pointing to
> /home/jurian/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/std.cs and is in the vCalendar
>  format * The file (^^) exists and is like the one I attached with the
>  previous message
> 
> Conclusion: /me doesn't see a thing :p
> 
> If using Akonadi is a possible option, I can change towards Akonadi. But
>  even a normal file isn't working so I have my doubts about it.
> 
> Regards, Jurian

Ok, I finally solved the problem! How? Copy/paste each event. I selected 10 
events from the old vCal file and pasted them into the std.ics. Started 
KOrganizer and they were there. Then I did the next 10 or something (just to 
make sure nothing went wrong in the mean time).

I noticed quite some differences between the files. Mostly because one is at 
"VERSION: 1.0", the other has version 2.0. I think that caused the problems 
and KOrganizer fails to convert an old version of a vCalendar file into a newer 
version (am I right?).

A pity it costs me hours to copy all the events, but I'm glad I finally have a 
working calendar system. If this is a new discovered bug, I'm available to 
help finding the  cause.

Regards, Jurian