Re: Cocoa code for publishing a calendar

FROM : Joseph Jones
DATE : Wed Jan 01 20:36:00 2003


> From: Ray Kiddy <<email_removed>>
> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 17:15:31 -0800
> To: Joseph Jones <<email_removed>>
> Cc: Cocoa Dev <<email_removed>>, Mac OSX Dev
> <<email_removed>>
> Subject: Re: Cocoa code for publishing a calendar
>
> There are two separate parts to the question here.
>
> First, can one publish information in "iCal" format, presumably so that
> an iCal application somewhere across the Internet can access it?
> Second, can one get this data hosted on .Mac?
>
> The first question is a technical question and the answer is yes, one
> can publish information so that it can be read by iCal.
>

I am already doing this. I am exporting my information into an iCal file.

> Or are you interested in trying to reverse-engineer the iCal/.Mac
> conversation so that your own client can get the Apple .Mac
> infrastructure to vend its calendars? This might not be worth the
> effort. It might be easier to export your data into iCal, and get iCal
> to publish the data to .Mac.


Pretty much as you describe. I can already import my exported iCal file into
iCal, but I was hoping to avoid requiring the user to work outside of my
application and provide a one click method of publishing my calendars.

Thanx,
Joe