Exchanging information between Organizer Diary and Google Calendar.

Exporting from Organizer to Google Calendar

1) Using the RISC OS Isis browser.

In Organizer, go to the Diary view.

Middle click and choose Export from the menu.

Fill in the form:

Choose the format "iCal-Jeroen2"

Choose dates in "Start at" ... "Stop at" to select the range of entries you want to export.

Save the file to a directory by dragging and dropping the icon.

Load the Iris browser.

On the home page, click on Google.

In Google Apps (top right hand corner), click on Google Calendar.

Select the Calendar you want under "My calendars".

To import the iCal file from Organizer:

Click on the "+" alongside "Other calendars".

Click on "Import" to get the import file screen.

Choose the Calendar into which you want to import the iCal file.

Click on "Select file from your computer".

The Iris upload window will appear.

Drag and drop the iCal file you saved from Organizer into the Isis upload window.

Click "OK" in the Iris File Selection window

Click Import in the Google Calendar Import Window.

Google Calendar will display a message on the number of events imported.

Click OK

Click the left pointing arrow in the top left hand corner to return to the diary display.

The information will displayed in Google Calendar.

(You may have to unclick the Calendar and click it on again for the information to display.)

Your Diary information will now be displayed in Google Calendar on all devices.

As on this Android Fairphone:

2) Importing to Google Calendar on a PC

You can use a PC to access Google Calendar and import an ics file output from Organizer.

Save the Diary dates in Organizer you want to input to Google Calendar in the same way as above.

Remember to add the suffix "/ics" when you name the file, eg "April21/ics".

You can save from Organizer on VRPC or RPCEmu in a directory accessible to Windows.

Or email the file to the PC and store somewhere accessible.

Load Google Calendar on your PC.

Select the Calendar into which you want to import the file.

Click on "Select file from your computer".

A Windows Explorer window comes up. Navigate to the ics file.

Select the file and click "Open".

Click "Import".

3) Importing Organizer Diary data to an Android Phone

To import a single event:

In Organizer, after you enter the event in the Diary, middle-click on it.

Select "Alarms/Save as iCal" and save to a directory.

Send an email to your Phone with the iCal file attached.

If it is a Gmail address, open the email.

Click "Add to Calendar" to add it to your Google Calendar.

NB It will only add it to your main calendar, if you have added others.

If it is not a Gmail email address, open the email and click "Open".

Click "Add to Calendar".

To save multiple Diary entries from Organizer on an Android phone

Save the range of dates you want in Organizer (using the iCal-Jeroen2 format).

Email the file to your Android phone.

Open the email and save the file to your phone.

To import it you will need the app Calendar Import-Export from the Play Store.

Load Calendar Import-Export.

The Organizer file should be at the bottom of the screen.

Click "Import file".

The data will be added to your Googe Calendar on all devices.

Exporting from Google Calendar to Organizer

You can only export whole calendars from Google Calendar, not a range of dates.

This is one reason it is better to use Organizer for your primary data input.

However, it is relatively easy to export single events, eg from an Android phone.

When you input an event in Google Calendar you can "Add Guests".

Input an email address to send it to your RISC OS machine.

When you click on "Save", it will ask you if you want to send an email to the guest.

Click "Send".

When the email arrives on your RO platform, save the "invite.ics" file.

You will need to change the file type to vCalendr (the file type in RISC OS).

Middle-click on the "invite/ics" file.

Go to File/Set Type and change "data" to "vCalendr".

Then drop it on to organizer to add it to your Diary.