Overview
Why upgrade to Pro?
The Pro version can also import events from Microsoft Excel
and Outlook.
VueMinder Calendar Lite can import iCalendar (ics) files. Most major
calendar programs support this standard, so if you're migrating
from a different calendar program, you can export your calendar
from that program, and import it into VueMinder Calendar Lite. You can also
import calendar files downloaded from the web.
Selecting a Calendar File to Import
To import a calendar file, specify the full path and name, or
browse to it using the "..." button. The destination
calendar name will be set to the calendar name read from the
file. You can choose to import the file into a different
calendar by selecting one from the list, or by typing in a
different name. If you type a name of a calendar that
doesn't exist, a new calendar will be created while
importing.
Settings
Why upgrade to Pro?
The Pro version improves importing of events to allow
default settings to be applied. For example, you could
configure a calendar to have default reminder settings. The
defaults can then be automatically applied to any events
that are imported into the calendar, meaning all newly
imported events will have your pre-defined default reminder
settings.
- You can choose to import event actions, reminder settings,
completion states, and calendar appearance settings. This data is not
included in the standard iCalendar file format definition.
VueMinder Calendar extends the iCalendar format to support this data, but
it will only be present when importing a file that was
exported using VueMinder
Calendar. Checking these options will have no
effect if reminder or appearance data is not present in the file
being imported.
- You can also chose to apply the destination calendar's
default event settings to any new events that are imported
and were not exported to include these settings via
VueMinder Calendar. Note, to prevent the possibility of a
large number of reminders from being displayed after
importing, events that occur in the past will not have their
reminders enabled, even if the default calendar settings
specify a reminder.
- You can also choose to exclude events older than
a specified number of days from being imported. This could
reduce the time required to import, if the calendar being
imported contains many events going back several years or more.
Importing
After you've selected a file to import and a destination
calendar, click the Import button. The calendar file will
be imported into the specified destination calendar. If the
destination calendar already exists, and contains events that
are either duplicated in the ICS file or do not exist in the ICS
file, a Overwrite/Delete
Events window will be displayed allowing you to select which
existing events in the destination calendar should be
overwritten or deleted.
The import results
will be displayed after the import is completed, where you can see the number of events that
were added, updated, deleted, or overwritten. The
Calendar View will also update
to show the newly imported or updated events.
If any errors are encountered during the import, a window will
be displayed providing more detail about the error that was
encountered, and where the error is located in the ICS file.
Errors can occur if the file being imported does not properly
conform to the iCalendar file standard.
To validate the ICS file and determine whether the failure is
due to the file not properly conforming to the iCalendar file,
click the Validate button. This will launch a web-based utility.
If you need additional help, you can click the link on the
window to contact VueSoft support.
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