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  • 1.  "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 11-11-2021 12:21
    Hi, Is there a way to create an "add to calendar" link that will allow us to add to our Outlook calendar?

    For instance - we have some items that will have a hearing date, and If someone wants to add that to their calendar I want them
    to be able to click a button that says "add to calendar".



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    Renee Hansen
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  • 2.  RE: "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 11-11-2021 12:37
    For the time being the field type iCalendar is available to do that.  There is talk of retiring that feature though, but for now that's an easy answer.  That field works on a form and also in an email notification.  Forget offhand in an email notification if it comes through as an attachment or more likely you would click on the form that's in the email.

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    Mark Shnier (YQC)
    mark.shnier@gmail.com
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  • 3.  RE: "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 11-11-2021 14:52
    Thanks! I have the Date/Time field that it will pull from but its default is PST, and for these I need GMT. Is there a way to adjust what time zone that field uses?

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    Renee Hansen
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  • 4.  RE: "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 11-11-2021 15:16

    Nevermind about my time zone issue. I changed our entire applications time zone to CST, so it'll work itself out.

    My next question is - I'm going to have this report emailed out and in the "add to calendar" field I want this to be a button that they can click - not the code.  How can I work around that?

    Thank You!



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    Renee Hansen
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  • 5.  RE: "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 11-11-2021 16:50
    The iCal field Type is supported on the old report styles but not on the new style.  I don't have an easy  workaround for that.  Supposedly there is a Pipeline alternative.

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    Mark Shnier (YQC)
    mark.shnier@gmail.com
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  • 6.  RE: "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 11-11-2021 17:00
    well booo, thank you for all your help!

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    Renee Hansen
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  • 7.  RE: "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 12-01-2021 15:33
    Hi Renee.  I have a Quickbase add-on that will do what you want.  Have a look at SendToOutlook here:

    http://www.SoftTechExperts.com/sendtooutlook.html

    You can contact me directly for more details.

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    Joe Acunzo (SoftTechExperts)
    Quickbase Solution Provider
    joe.acunzo@SoftTechExperts.com
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  • 8.  RE: "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 12-16-2021 12:23
    Hi! If you put the iCalendar field in the body of your notification/subscription, it comes through emails as an iCalendar attachment. Anyone who gets the email can click and add to their calendar. (it also allows you to click a calendar icon in the body of the email)


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    Katlyn Allen
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  • 9.  RE: "add to calendar" Link on form

    Posted 12-16-2021 13:01
    The iCal attachment will work on single record Notifications but not Subscriptions. But if the user views a record there would be the field to click on.

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    Mark Shnier (YQC)
    mark.shnier@gmail.com
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