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AlQ - 23 Sep 2006 03:11 GMT

I have an application that can generate vcs files that are importable into
Outlook as calendar appointments. I would really like to import them as tasks
but Outlook refuses to do so. How can this be done?

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Brian Tillman - 23 Sep 2006 04:08 GMT

> I have an application that can generate vcs files that are importable
> into Outlook as calendar appointments. I would really like to import
> them as tasks but Outlook refuses to do so. How can this be done?

Since vcs files are vCalendar files - files that contain calendar entries -
I don't think you can't import them as tasks because they don't contain task
information.

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AlQ - 25 Sep 2006 18:22 GMT

vcs files can indeed contain task information. A task is referred to as a
vTODO in the vcs format. They apparently work with Lotus notes but not with
MS Outllook.
See http://www.wissel.net/blog/d6plinks/SHWL-6GLRBJ

> > I have an application that can generate vcs files that are importable
> > into Outlook as calendar appointments. I would really like to import
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> I don't think you can't import them as tasks because they don't contain task
> information.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 23 Sep 2006 04:09 GMT

Task items and calendar items use different file formats and cannot be interchanged for importing. Calendar items use the iCal format and tasks the iTask (IIRC).

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After furious head scratching, AlQ asked:

| I have an application that can generate vcs files that are importable
| into Outlook as calendar appointments. I would really like to import
| them as tasks but Outlook refuses to do so. How can this be done?

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AlQ - 25 Sep 2006 18:23 GMT

Where can I find the iTask file format specification?

> Task items and calendar items use different file formats and cannot be interchanged for importing. Calendar items use the iCal format and tasks the iTask (IIRC).
>
> | I have an application that can generate vcs files that are importable
> | into Outlook as calendar appointments. I would really like to import
> | them as tasks but Outlook refuses to do so. How can this be done?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 25 Sep 2006 19:15 GMT

Outlook does not support iTask (assuming that's a spec by now) or VTODO.

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> Where can I find the iTask file format specification?
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>> | into Outlook as calendar appointments. I would really like to import
>> | them as tasks but Outlook refuses to do so. How can this be done?

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