Re: Event dialog > Attachments has no effect on Google calendar?

Philipp Kewisch <[email protected]> Tue, 17 May 2016 10:51:19 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.calendar
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 5/17/16 10:40 AM, STF wrote:
> On 2016.05.16 23:20, Stefan Sitter wrote:
>> On 16.05.2016 20:29, STF wrote:
>> Are you using the build-in CalDAV provider or the Provider for Google
>> Calendar extension to access your calendar?
> 
> CalDAV provider.
> 
> (I always prefer something general having a broad and widely accepted
> standard than specific implementation which has its own "standard" --
> the day when the guys who know this specific implementation are gone,
> the product will virtually be dead)

It may well be that Google does not store the properties when using the
caldav access. You can check it by enabling the debug prefs and noting
the difference between what is sent and what is received.


>> Does Google support adding attachments links to an event using the
>> Google Calendar web interface?
> 
> I would say "sort of yes".  In Google Calendar web interface, the
> attachment function lets us attach files.  So I suppose I could create a
> shortcut file and attach it.
I don't think these attachments are exposed via CalDAV.

Philipp