Error Opening iCalendar File

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Does anyone know why an iCalendar attachment file in an incoming email is read and posted successfully to Notes’ calendar using “View” but nothing happens when using “Open”?

When opening the ics attachment file, the Notes 8.5 client momentarily pauses for aproximately 2-5 seconds. Notes then returns to its previous email screen with no error indication.

Right-clicking on the attachment and choosing “View” opens the invitation and processes it sucessfully.

To the best of my understanding, the ics file structure adheres to the iCalendar standard (http://xml.resource.org/public/rfc/html/rfc2445.html) as a “4.2.1 A Group Event Request” (http://xml.resource.org/public/rfc/html/rfc2446.html#anchor65).

Not processing the attachment with “Open” appears to be a Notes client application coding error.

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Subject: Can you provide the iCalendar?

First, in 8.5 we introduced the capability for Notes to register as the OS *.ics handler. As such, Open will give the ics to the OS who will in turn give it to Notes. At this point Notes looks at the ics and makes some decisions about what to do with it (one of which can be to handle it to the import code). For whatever reason the error path that it went down was not handled well in the 8.5 client.

Clicking view brings you directly to the import code, bypassing the other logic.

We fixed several error handling problems like you discuss in 8.5.1. If you can provide the ics file, I can verify that the error path is fixed, and possibly point out what might be wrong with it.

Thanks

Nate