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VueMinder Calendar Help - Subscribe to Calendar Window

Current as of Version 5.1.1

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Overview

The Subscribe to Calendar window allows you to enter or modify the subscription settings for the active calendar selected in the Calendar List. You can subscribe to any calendar file that follows the Standard iCalendar (RFC 2445) Format.

Subscribe to Calendar

To subscribe to a calendar, check the "Subscribe to calendar" box. To stop a calendar from being subscribed, uncheck this box. Checking or un-checking this box will enable or disable the rest of the controls on the Subscribe to Calendar window.

Subscription Location

A location of the calendar you wish to subscribe to needs to be specified. This can be a web URL or a shared calendar file on your local network. The name should end with ".ics", which is the common file extension for iCalendar file types. When subscribing to a shared or local file, you can use the "..." button to browse to the desired destination. Otherwise, the web URL will need to be typed or copied/pasted from your web browser. In the example below, the subscription is to a public Google calendar.

Authentication

When subscribing to a web URL that requires authentication, you'll need to check the "Server requires authentication" box. Enter your username. You can optionally enter your password and check the "Save password" box. If you choose to not save your password, you will need to manually enter your password whenever the calendar subscription is updated. Passwords are saved securely to the local drive using 256-bit encryption. VueMinder Calendar also connects securely using the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) 3.0 or TLS (Transport Layer Security) 1.0 protocols, when available.

Options

You can select the following options when subscribing to a calendar:

• Update - The calendar subscription can be set to manually update, or automatically update every 5 minutes, 15 minutes, hour, day, or week.
• Include reminders, appearances, and completions - The calendar subscription will include reminder settings, if compatible with VueMinder Calendar. It will also include event appearances and completion status, which will most likely be present only when subscribing to a file that was published using VueMinder Calendar Pro.

You can also use the Update Now button to immediately update the calendar subscription. Note that this is the same as commanding Sync from the Share Calendar menu.

Revert/Apply/Close

• The Revert and Apply buttons will become enabled whenever changes are made.
• Clicking the Revert button will undo any changes made since the window was displayed or the Apply button clicked.
• Clicking the Apply button will apply the latest changes. If all the required fields have been entered correctly, the selected calendar will also be updated.
• Clicking the Close button will close the window. If any changes have been made but not applied using the Apply button, you will be prompted to save the changes.