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---+ How to publish Calendar items to iCalendar format?

ODS iCalendar offers the feature to publish calendar items to iCalendar format for exchange with 3rd party iCalendar compliant applications:

   1. Go to <b>Import/Export</b> menu from the left vertical navigation.
   2. Go to <b>Manage Publications</b>.
   3. Click <b>New Publication</b>.
   4. In the form, enter the parameters as follows:
      1. <b>Name:</b> the name of the publication
      2. Select <b>Refresh type</b>: 
         * manually
         * after any entry is changed
         * every [n] hours /days
      3. Select <b>Destination Type</b>:
         * WebDAV path
         * URL
      4. Enter username and password if needed.
      5. Select <b>Options</b> for Tasks and ToDos.

Here is sample scenario how to publish Calendar items:

   1. Login at <code>[[http://myopenlink.net:8890/ods/][http://myopenlink.net:8890/ods/]]</code> as user <b>demo</b>
   2. Go to its <b>Calendar</b>
   3. Go to <b>Import/Export</b> -> <b>Manage Publications</b> -> <b>New Publication</b>
   4. In the form, enter:
      * <b>Name:</b> MyPublication
      * Leave <b>Refresh Type</b> as default.
      * For <b>Destination Type</b>, choose <b>URL</b> 
      * For <b>WebDAV Path / URL</b>, enter:
<verbatim>
http://demo.openlinksw.com/DAV/home/demo/mypublication.xml  	 
</verbatim>
         * Note that if the file does not exist, it will be created (if you have the right credentials).
      * Enter for username and password: <b>demo</b>.
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   5. Click <b>Create</b>.
   6. The publication will be created.
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   7. You can click the <b>Sync</b> button to force synchronization.   
   8. The Status should now be shown as <b>OK</b>, with the date of execution.
   9. The content of the created file should resemble:
<verbatim>
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:GMT+0000
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT +00:00
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:del624f3e197bg22u81i5i4kh0
URL:http://myopenlink.net/dataspace/demo/calendar/demo%27s%20Calendar/1991
DTSTAMP:20080930T144705Z
CREATED:20080630T151931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20080630T183700Z
SUMMARY:repair MIS order data
DESCRIPTION:fixed th
....
</verbatim>


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