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Sync Calendar field with iCal

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Hi everyone!

Does anybody know if it's possible to mark an event in my FMP9 database and sync automatically with iCal?

I want to mark a new event in a calendar field that i have and make iCal (from MAC OSX) automatically create a new event at the exactly day.

All be very glad if you guys help me!

Thanks a lot!

Without knowing much about this product, have I noticed this:

http://www.qutic.com/product/FM-iCal-Connector

--sd

  • 3 weeks later...

I haven't used that plug-in but it looks like it might be a good solution. I've been using Applescripts in conjunction with Filemaker scripts for a while and it works fine. However, what I'm doing is probably a ton more complicated than a plug-in.

I'm using button navigation to get around my databases. Each time you "exit" a record via the button navigation, the script checks to see if the record needs to be updated in iCal (i.e. timestamp specific fields were last updated). If so, it sends/receives the data with iCal via Applescript. The tricky thing is perfecting the communication between iCal and Filemaker.

It can be done but it's also a pain in the App[lescript].

  • 1 year later...

myFMbutler has a thing called 'FileMaker to vCal' which published a constantly-updating stream of event information; iCal, sunbird, and other calendar apps can then subscribe to this and have live current data.

SeedCode uses the same technique to publish data from their excellent calendar solution.

I've yet to make the technique work reliably with my system, but the sample files did work properly so it can definitely be done. One needs to be able to write XML and/or XSLT.

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