Exporting in ICAL format - options needed

[johkar1]

My Church currently uses Office 2003 products, including Outlook. We need to
export our main Outlook calendar to the ICAL format (a single file) so we can
use it in a Joomla calendar component (jEvents). I'm looking for reliable
options to do this using a plug-in or a third part application. So far we
have purchased a small program which purported do this from Outlook 2000 -
2007 but it has proven very buggy and unreliable.

I see that Outlook 2007 saves to ICAL format inherently but I am wondering
if it would be problematic for us to upgrade Outlook but not the other Office
products to the 2007 version? The last thing I want to do is introduce
another problem.

Any help, information or pointers would be welcome.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You would do better to upgrade the entire suite - some features wont work if
the versions don’t match. They may be features you don't use, so it won’t
matter. The upgrade price for the standard suite is not too much more than
outlook alone.
http://www.slipstick.com/OUTLOOK/ol2007/standalone.htm

FWIW, someone said the outlook ics is buggy in joomla - I'd try the trial of
the office suite first. Actually... you could get the outlook 2010 beta
"click 2 run" - it runs in a virtual space and won't affect your currently
installed programs. see
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2009/up091217.htm#2 for more info and a link.
This will give you several months before you need to make a decision on what
to do.

Which app did you get?

--
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[Hugh Jeego]

You can buy Outlook 2007 separately from the rest of Office 2007 and it
costs a lot less. Put the disk in and tell it to upgrade and it does just
that.

Alternatively, if you already have Office 2007 and just want Outlook 2007,
you can put the disk in and choose custom install and choose to not install
everything by default then change the Outlook 2007 installer to actually
install and it does that.

 

[johkar1]

Thanks for all the info. We purchased this:
http://www.calendar-import-export.com/

You would do better to upgrade the entire suite - some features wont work if
the versions don’t match. They may be features you don't use, so it won’t
matter. The upgrade price for the standard suite is not too much more than
outlook alone.
http://www.slipstick.com/OUTLOOK/ol2007/standalone.htm

FWIW, someone said the outlook ics is buggy in joomla - I'd try the trial of
the office suite first. Actually... you could get the outlook 2010 beta
"click 2 run" - it runs in a virtual space and won't affect your currently
installed programs. see
http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2009/up091217.htm#2 for more info and a link.
This will give you several months before you need to make a decision on what
to do.

Which app did you get?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Poll: What version of Outlook do you use?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072

My Church currently uses Office 2003 products, including Outlook. We need
to
export our main Outlook calendar to the ICAL format (a single file) so we
can
use it in a Joomla calendar component (jEvents). I'm looking for reliable
options to do this using a plug-in or a third part application. So far we
have purchased a small program which purported do this from Outlook 2000 -
2007 but it has proven very buggy and unreliable.

I see that Outlook 2007 saves to ICAL format inherently but I am wondering
if it would be problematic for us to upgrade Outlook but not the other
Office
products to the 2007 version? The last thing I want to do is introduce
another problem.

Any help, information or pointers would be welcome.