Notes 8.5.1 - Import/Export iCalendar

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Hi,I’m trying to import iCalendar files.

They are UTF-8 encoded, and I dont forgot the “X-LOTUS-CHARSET:UTF-8” tag.

  • Manual import (File/Import/etc…) : it’s okay, the UTF-8 characters are correctly written in the calendar;

  • Automatic import via SMTP (I send iCalendar with “text/calendar” MIME-type mails via SMTP + an automatic acceptance from a specific e-mail adress) : UTF-8 characters are not correctly interpreted in the calendar.

Secondly, I made this test :

  • make a (manual) meeting in the calendar;

  • export it to an “.ics” file;

  • delete my calendar entry;

  • and now : I still have the same problem : manual imports are ok, not the automatics (via SMTP).

Lotus Notes seems to be unable to import calendar entries that it has itself made :stuck_out_tongue:

I changed the locale in my Lotus Notes profile, but it doesn’t change anything (I tried “Unicode (UTF-8)”, “Occ. Europe & US (Windows)”, etc). I have a lot of differents customers and I cannot imagine to have to manage their configuration :wink:

Is it a bug ? How can I add UTF-8 calendar entries correctly ?

Here an example file (generated by Lotus Notes) :

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

X-LOTUS-CHARSET:UTF-8

VERSION:2.0

PRODID:-//Lotus Development Corporation//NONSGML Notes 8.5.1//EN_C

METHOD:PUBLISH

BEGIN:VEVENT

DTSTART:20100328T070000Z

DTEND:20100328T163000Z

TRANSP:OPAQUE

DTSTAMP:20100322T083552Z

CLASS:PUBLIC

DESCRIPTION:descritif

SUMMARY:iCal : Premier essai

LOCATION:bureau à droite

UID:20100322T083529Z-1@pcxpstef

X-LOTUS-NOTESVERSION:2

X-LOTUS-NOTICETYPE:A

X-LOTUS-APPTTYPE:3

X-LOTUS-CHILD_UID:51E6A5259E47B5364565A782C07A2358

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

=> After automatic import, I have “bureau éo droite” instead of “bureau à droite”

Thanks (and sorry for my poor English ^^).

Lotus Notes 8.5.1, French, Windows XP SP3.