Hi all,
How can I use Caldavzap with only subscribed (read-only) calendars with no connection to a CalDAV url?
Is this a new feature or can I get this to work by using the configuration in a certain way?
Thanks,
Pander
Hi,
I never tested it using subscribed calendars only. The primary functionality is "CalDAV client", the subscribed calendars functionality was added much later - and I don't think that it will work (without a configured CalDAV account).
JM
On 18 Oct 2016, at 15:55, Pander pander@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
Hi all,
How can I use Caldavzap with only subscribed (read-only) calendars with no connection to a CalDAV url?
Is this a new feature or can I get this to work by using the configuration in a certain way?
Thanks,
Pander
On 2016-10-18 22:12, Ján Máté wrote:
Hi,
I never tested it using subscribed calendars only. The primary functionality is "CalDAV client", the subscribed calendars functionality was added much later - and I don't think that it will work (without a configured CalDAV account).
I understand. Nevertheless, it is a great secondary raison d'être of Caldavzap. Two ways of approaching this come to mind.
The first is to create a read-only CalDAV account with empty calendar that will never be filled with any events. For that account in Caldavzap, subscribe to several ICS calendars.
The second is to implement support for an account that has no username and no password and immediately bypasses logging. Users will see the subscribed calenders but none of the CalDAV functionality will be used.
I am willing to test out the first approach and hope that it can be added to the documentation when it works successfully. Is that OK?
For the second approach, I need someone familiar with Caldavzap to help implement it. Is there anyone interested in this?
Best,
Pander
JM
On 18 Oct 2016, at 15:55, Pander pander@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
Hi all,
How can I use Caldavzap with only subscribed (read-only) calendars with no connection to a CalDAV url?
Is this a new feature or can I get this to work by using the configuration in a certain way?
Thanks,
Pander
Hi,
On 3 Nov 2016, at 13:42, Pander pander@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
On 2016-10-18 22:12, Ján Máté wrote:
Hi,
I never tested it using subscribed calendars only. The primary functionality is "CalDAV client", the subscribed calendars functionality was added much later - and I don't think that it will work (without a configured CalDAV account).
I understand. Nevertheless, it is a great secondary raison d'être of Caldavzap. Two ways of approaching this come to mind.
The first is to create a read-only CalDAV account with empty calendar that will never be filled with any events. For that account in Caldavzap, subscribe to several ICS calendars.
If you use DAViCal you can create a principal without calendars (if these are created automatically you can delete them), and then subscribe to other principals' calendar(s) (if the permission is set to read only for these the interface will not allow any data manipulation). Then you need to import your ICS file to the subscribed calendars and it will work (there is also a DAV binding funcionality which maybe works for remote calendars - but I never tried it). This setup will work with globalAccountSettings and will not require login ...
The second is to implement support for an account that has no username and no password and immediately bypasses logging. Users will see the subscribed calenders but none of the CalDAV functionality will be used.
I am willing to test out the first approach and hope that it can be added to the documentation when it works successfully. Is that OK?
I have no problem with adding anything useful into documentation (even if the approach I mentioned above with DAViCal will work and it not requires any documentation update).
For the second approach, I need someone familiar with Caldavzap to help implement it. Is there anyone interested in this?
I don't think that it worth the effort, and also I'm still busy with other projects so I cannot guarantee any help :-/
Cheers,
JM
Best,
Pander
JM
On 18 Oct 2016, at 15:55, Pander pander@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
Hi all,
How can I use Caldavzap with only subscribed (read-only) calendars with no connection to a CalDAV url?
Is this a new feature or can I get this to work by using the configuration in a certain way?
Thanks,
Pander
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Ján Máté -
Pander