Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/ applications/workeffort/entitydef/ applications/workeffort/servicedef/ applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/ applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...

[hans_bakker]

Hi Adrian,

could you tell us what your plan on reminders are?

I am looking for a general reminderframework where reminders can be
added from anywhere in the system. If there are new reminders, that
there is a message in the screenheader saying "x new reminders" and when
clicked on it, it will show a list what happened, with a link to the
email which came in, a task which ended, a customer reuest came in
etc....

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email] wrote:
> Event reminders
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[Adrian Crum-2]

You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago regarding removing popup reminders.

-Adrian

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/ applications/workeffort/entitydef/ applications/workeffort/servicedef/ applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/ applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
> Hi Adrian,
>
> could you tell us what your plan on reminders are?
>
> I am looking for a general reminderframework where
> reminders can be
> added from anywhere in the system. If there are new
> reminders, that
> there is a message in the screenheader saying "x new
> reminders" and when
> clicked on it, it will show a list what happened, with a
> link to the
> email which came in, a task which ended, a customer reuest
> came in
> etc....
>
> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
> wrote:
> > Event reminders
> --
> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
> rates
>
>

     

[hans_bakker]

Ok Adrian, this is looking very good.

For other people who want to try this out:
i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in the plugin
preferences and set the automatic updates.

only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not work,
i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the firefox
plugin. cool!

Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work fine and the
ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add services
which can add reminders when there are new communication events new
customer requests etc...This i was looking to do

Another thing we should consider is combining email notifications and
ical reminders

and also be able to import tasks?

please let me hear your thoughts about this?

I am very interested!

Regards,
Hans

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:

> You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago regarding removing popup reminders.
>
> -Adrian
>
> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> > Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/ applications/workeffort/entitydef/ applications/workeffort/servicedef/ applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/ applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
> > To: [hidden email]
> > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
> > Hi Adrian,
> >
> > could you tell us what your plan on reminders are?
> >
> > I am looking for a general reminderframework where
> > reminders can be
> > added from anywhere in the system. If there are new
> > reminders, that
> > there is a message in the screenheader saying "x new
> > reminders" and when
> > clicked on it, it will show a list what happened, with a
> > link to the
> > email which came in, a task which ended, a customer reuest
> > came in
> > etc....
> >
> > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
> > wrote:
> > > Event reminders
> > --
> > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
> > rates
> >
> >
>
>
>      

--
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[Jacques Le Roux]

Thanks to both of you,

This is very interesting!

Jacques

From: "Hans Bakker" <[hidden email]>

> Ok Adrian, this is looking very good.
>
> For other people who want to try this out:
> i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
> https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in the plugin
> preferences and set the automatic updates.
>
> only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not work,
> i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the firefox
> plugin. cool!
>
> Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work fine and the
> ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add services
> which can add reminders when there are new communication events new
> customer requests etc...This i was looking to do
>
> Another thing we should consider is combining email notifications and
> ical reminders
>
> and also be able to import tasks?
>
> please let me hear your thoughts about this?
>
> I am very interested!
>
> Regards,
> Hans
>
> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>> You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago regarding removing popup reminders.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>> > Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/ applications/workeffort/entitydef/
>> > applications/workeffort/servicedef/ applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
>> > applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>> > To: [hidden email]
>> > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
>> > Hi Adrian,
>> >
>> > could you tell us what your plan on reminders are?
>> >
>> > I am looking for a general reminderframework where
>> > reminders can be
>> > added from anywhere in the system. If there are new
>> > reminders, that
>> > there is a message in the screenheader saying "x new
>> > reminders" and when
>> > clicked on it, it will show a list what happened, with a
>> > link to the
>> > email which came in, a task which ended, a customer reuest
>> > came in
>> > etc....
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
>> > wrote:
>> > > Event reminders
>> > --
>> > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
>> > rates
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
>

[Adrian Crum-2]

Hans,

It could be the plugin doesn't understand recurring events. They appear in Sunbird.

I don't know where this will go. I would like to develop it more, but my time is limited. The existing functionality is what we use at work. Everyone keeps their own calendar and To-Do lists, and I needed a way to include OFBiz work efforts in those calendars.

I haven't looked into making the the iCalendar interface writable. I know CalDAV has that ability, but the amount of work to implement it was an obstacle. That's why it's read-only now.

I will be working on putting up a Wiki page to document how it works. If you want communication event reminders to appear in iCalendar, then you'll have to generate work efforts for those reminders.

-Adrian

--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Icalendar was: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/ applications/workeffort/entitydef/ applications/workeffort/servicedef/ applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/ applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:48 PM
> Ok Adrian, this is looking very
> good.
>
> For other people who want to try this out:
> i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
> https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in
> the plugin
> preferences and set the automatic updates.
>
> only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not
> work,
> i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the
> firefox
> plugin. cool!
>
> Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work
> fine and the
> ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add
> services
> which can add reminders when there are new communication
> events new
> customer requests etc...This i was looking to do
>
> Another thing we should consider is combining email
> notifications and
> ical reminders
>
> and also be able to import tasks?
>
> please let me hear your thoughts about this?
>
> I am very interested!
>
> Regards,
> Hans
>
> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
> > You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago
> regarding removing popup reminders.
> >
> > -Adrian
> >
> > --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> > > Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in
> /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/
> applications/workeffort/entitydef/
> applications/workeffort/servicedef/
> applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
> applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
> > > To: [hidden email]
> > > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
> > > Hi Adrian,
> > >
> > > could you tell us what your plan on reminders
> are?
> > >
> > > I am looking for a general reminderframework
> where
> > > reminders can be
> > > added from anywhere in the system. If there are
> new
> > > reminders, that
> > > there is a message in the screenheader saying "x
> new
> > > reminders" and when
> > > clicked on it, it will show a list what happened,
> with a
> > > link to the
> > > email which came in, a task which ended, a
> customer reuest
> > > came in
> > > etc....
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
> > > wrote:
> > > > Event reminders
> > > --
> > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for
> competitive
> > > rates
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >       
> --
> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
> rates
>
>

 

[hans_bakker]

what icalendar client are you using?

On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 20:23 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:

> Hans,
>
> It could be the plugin doesn't understand recurring events. They appear in Sunbird.
>
> I don't know where this will go. I would like to develop it more, but my time is limited. The existing functionality is what we use at work. Everyone keeps their own calendar and To-Do lists, and I needed a way to include OFBiz work efforts in those calendars.
>
> I haven't looked into making the the iCalendar interface writable. I know CalDAV has that ability, but the amount of work to implement it was an obstacle. That's why it's read-only now.
>
> I will be working on putting up a Wiki page to document how it works. If you want communication event reminders to appear in iCalendar, then you'll have to generate work efforts for those reminders.
>
> -Adrian
>
> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> > Subject: Icalendar was: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/ applications/workeffort/entitydef/ applications/workeffort/servicedef/ applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/ applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
> > To: [hidden email]
> > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:48 PM
> > Ok Adrian, this is looking very
> > good.
> >
> > For other people who want to try this out:
> > i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
> > https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in
> > the plugin
> > preferences and set the automatic updates.
> >
> > only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not
> > work,
> > i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the
> > firefox
> > plugin. cool!
> >
> > Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work
> > fine and the
> > ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add
> > services
> > which can add reminders when there are new communication
> > events new
> > customer requests etc...This i was looking to do
> >
> > Another thing we should consider is combining email
> > notifications and
> > ical reminders
> >
> > and also be able to import tasks?
> >
> > please let me hear your thoughts about this?
> >
> > I am very interested!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Hans
> >
> > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
> > > You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago
> > regarding removing popup reminders.
> > >
> > > -Adrian
> > >
> > > --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> > > > Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in
> > /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/
> > applications/workeffort/entitydef/
> > applications/workeffort/servicedef/
> > applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
> > applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
> > > > To: [hidden email]
> > > > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
> > > > Hi Adrian,
> > > >
> > > > could you tell us what your plan on reminders
> > are?
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for a general reminderframework
> > where
> > > > reminders can be
> > > > added from anywhere in the system. If there are
> > new
> > > > reminders, that
> > > > there is a message in the screenheader saying "x
> > new
> > > > reminders" and when
> > > > clicked on it, it will show a list what happened,
> > with a
> > > > link to the
> > > > email which came in, a task which ended, a
> > customer reuest
> > > > came in
> > > > etc....
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Event reminders
> > > > --
> > > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for
> > competitive
> > > > rates
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > --
> > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
> > rates
> >
> >
>
>
>      

--
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[Jacques Le Roux]

I guess Adrian is using http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/

Jacques

From: "Hans Bakker" <[hidden email]>

> what icalendar client are you using?
>
> On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 20:23 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>> Hans,
>>
>> It could be the plugin doesn't understand recurring events. They appear in Sunbird.
>>
>> I don't know where this will go. I would like to develop it more, but my time is limited. The existing functionality is what we
>> use at work. Everyone keeps their own calendar and To-Do lists, and I needed a way to include OFBiz work efforts in those
>> calendars.
>>
>> I haven't looked into making the the iCalendar interface writable. I know CalDAV has that ability, but the amount of work to
>> implement it was an obstacle. That's why it's read-only now.
>>
>> I will be working on putting up a Wiki page to document how it works. If you want communication event reminders to appear in
>> iCalendar, then you'll have to generate work efforts for those reminders.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>> > Subject: Icalendar was: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/
>> > applications/workeffort/entitydef/ applications/workeffort/servicedef/
>> > applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/ applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>> > To: [hidden email]
>> > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:48 PM
>> > Ok Adrian, this is looking very
>> > good.
>> >
>> > For other people who want to try this out:
>> > i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
>> > https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in
>> > the plugin
>> > preferences and set the automatic updates.
>> >
>> > only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not
>> > work,
>> > i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the
>> > firefox
>> > plugin. cool!
>> >
>> > Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work
>> > fine and the
>> > ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add
>> > services
>> > which can add reminders when there are new communication
>> > events new
>> > customer requests etc...This i was looking to do
>> >
>> > Another thing we should consider is combining email
>> > notifications and
>> > ical reminders
>> >
>> > and also be able to import tasks?
>> >
>> > please let me hear your thoughts about this?
>> >
>> > I am very interested!
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Hans
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>> > > You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago
>> > regarding removing popup reminders.
>> > >
>> > > -Adrian
>> > >
>> > > --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>> > > > Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in
>> > /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/
>> > applications/workeffort/entitydef/
>> > applications/workeffort/servicedef/
>> > applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
>> > applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>> > > > To: [hidden email]
>> > > > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
>> > > > Hi Adrian,
>> > > >
>> > > > could you tell us what your plan on reminders
>> > are?
>> > > >
>> > > > I am looking for a general reminderframework
>> > where
>> > > > reminders can be
>> > > > added from anywhere in the system. If there are
>> > new
>> > > > reminders, that
>> > > > there is a message in the screenheader saying "x
>> > new
>> > > > reminders" and when
>> > > > clicked on it, it will show a list what happened,
>> > with a
>> > > > link to the
>> > > > email which came in, a task which ended, a
>> > customer reuest
>> > > > came in
>> > > > etc....
>> > > >
>> > > > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > > > Event reminders
>> > > > --
>> > > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for
>> > competitive
>> > > > rates
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > --
>> > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
>> > rates
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
>

[Adrian Crum]

I spent a little time looking into making the iCalendar writable.

Sunbird updates remote calendars by using the HTTP PUT command. I
started modifying the iCalendar servlet to accept the PUT command, but I
ran into too many problems.

The approach I was trying to take was to provide user name and password
URL parameters, then attempt a login. The problem is, the login logic is
tied closely to many other parts of the framework that iCalendar doesn't
use. NPEs were popping up everywhere.

What needs to happen (I ran into a similar problem with the LDAP
integration) is the LoginWorker.java class needs to be refactored to
extract methods that can be called by other classes. But, I don't have
time to do that.

-Adrian



Jacques Le Roux wrote:

> I guess Adrian is using http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
>
> Jacques
>
> From: "Hans Bakker" <[hidden email]>
>> what icalendar client are you using?
>>
>> On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 20:23 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>> Hans,
>>>
>>> It could be the plugin doesn't understand recurring events. They
>>> appear in Sunbird.
>>>
>>> I don't know where this will go. I would like to develop it more, but
>>> my time is limited. The existing functionality is what we use at
>>> work. Everyone keeps their own calendar and To-Do lists, and I needed
>>> a way to include OFBiz work efforts in those calendars.
>>>
>>> I haven't looked into making the the iCalendar interface writable. I
>>> know CalDAV has that ability, but the amount of work to implement it
>>> was an obstacle. That's why it's read-only now.
>>>
>>> I will be working on putting up a Wiki page to document how it works.
>>> If you want communication event reminders to appear in iCalendar,
>>> then you'll have to generate work efforts for those reminders.
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>> > Subject: Icalendar was: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk:
>>> applications/workeffort/config/ > applications/workeffort/entitydef/
>>> applications/workeffort/servicedef/ >
>>> applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
>>> applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>>> > To: [hidden email]
>>> > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:48 PM
>>> > Ok Adrian, this is looking very
>>> > good.
>>> >
>>> > For other people who want to try this out:
>>> > i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
>>> > https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in
>>> > the plugin
>>> > preferences and set the automatic updates.
>>> >
>>> > only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not
>>> > work,
>>> > i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the
>>> > firefox
>>> > plugin. cool!
>>> >
>>> > Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work
>>> > fine and the
>>> > ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add
>>> > services
>>> > which can add reminders when there are new communication
>>> > events new
>>> > customer requests etc...This i was looking to do
>>> >
>>> > Another thing we should consider is combining email
>>> > notifications and
>>> > ical reminders
>>> >
>>> > and also be able to import tasks?
>>> >
>>> > please let me hear your thoughts about this?
>>> >
>>> > I am very interested!
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Hans
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>> > > You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago
>>> > regarding removing popup reminders.
>>> > >
>>> > > -Adrian
>>> > >
>>> > > --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>> > > > Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in
>>> > /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/
>>> > applications/workeffort/entitydef/
>>> > applications/workeffort/servicedef/
>>> > applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
>>> > applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>>> > > > To: [hidden email]
>>> > > > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
>>> > > > Hi Adrian,
>>> > > >
>>> > > > could you tell us what your plan on reminders
>>> > are?
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I am looking for a general reminderframework
>>> > where
>>> > > > reminders can be
>>> > > > added from anywhere in the system. If there are
>>> > new
>>> > > > reminders, that
>>> > > > there is a message in the screenheader saying "x
>>> > new
>>> > > > reminders" and when
>>> > > > clicked on it, it will show a list what happened,
>>> > with a
>>> > > > link to the
>>> > > > email which came in, a task which ended, a
>>> > customer reuest
>>> > > > came in
>>> > > > etc....
>>> > > >
>>> > > > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
>>> > > > wrote:
>>> > > > > Event reminders
>>> > > > -- > > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for
>>> > competitive
>>> > > > rates
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > -- > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
>>> > rates
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
>>
>
>
>

[hans_bakker]

Adrian,

may i ask you why a separate servlet was created? Is the normal control
servlet not usable?
Perhaps you should have a look at the
http://localhost:8080/webtools/control/ping request which is using the
control servlet and is returning simple data.
If you are using the control servlet the normal authorization can be
used and you do not have to create it....

Regards,
Hans

On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 15:07 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:

> I spent a little time looking into making the iCalendar writable.
>
> Sunbird updates remote calendars by using the HTTP PUT command. I
> started modifying the iCalendar servlet to accept the PUT command, but I
> ran into too many problems.
>
> The approach I was trying to take was to provide user name and password
> URL parameters, then attempt a login. The problem is, the login logic is
> tied closely to many other parts of the framework that iCalendar doesn't
> use. NPEs were popping up everywhere.
>
> What needs to happen (I ran into a similar problem with the LDAP
> integration) is the LoginWorker.java class needs to be refactored to
> extract methods that can be called by other classes. But, I don't have
> time to do that.
>
> -Adrian
>
>
>
> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> > I guess Adrian is using http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
> >
> > Jacques
> >
> > From: "Hans Bakker" <[hidden email]>
> >> what icalendar client are you using?
> >>
> >> On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 20:23 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
> >>> Hans,
> >>>
> >>> It could be the plugin doesn't understand recurring events. They
> >>> appear in Sunbird.
> >>>
> >>> I don't know where this will go. I would like to develop it more, but
> >>> my time is limited. The existing functionality is what we use at
> >>> work. Everyone keeps their own calendar and To-Do lists, and I needed
> >>> a way to include OFBiz work efforts in those calendars.
> >>>
> >>> I haven't looked into making the the iCalendar interface writable. I
> >>> know CalDAV has that ability, but the amount of work to implement it
> >>> was an obstacle. That's why it's read-only now.
> >>>
> >>> I will be working on putting up a Wiki page to document how it works.
> >>> If you want communication event reminders to appear in iCalendar,
> >>> then you'll have to generate work efforts for those reminders.
> >>>
> >>> -Adrian
> >>>
> >>> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> >>> > Subject: Icalendar was: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk:
> >>> applications/workeffort/config/ > applications/workeffort/entitydef/
> >>> applications/workeffort/servicedef/ >
> >>> applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
> >>> applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
> >>> > To: [hidden email]
> >>> > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:48 PM
> >>> > Ok Adrian, this is looking very
> >>> > good.
> >>> >
> >>> > For other people who want to try this out:
> >>> > i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
> >>> > https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in
> >>> > the plugin
> >>> > preferences and set the automatic updates.
> >>> >
> >>> > only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not
> >>> > work,
> >>> > i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the
> >>> > firefox
> >>> > plugin. cool!
> >>> >
> >>> > Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work
> >>> > fine and the
> >>> > ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add
> >>> > services
> >>> > which can add reminders when there are new communication
> >>> > events new
> >>> > customer requests etc...This i was looking to do
> >>> >
> >>> > Another thing we should consider is combining email
> >>> > notifications and
> >>> > ical reminders
> >>> >
> >>> > and also be able to import tasks?
> >>> >
> >>> > please let me hear your thoughts about this?
> >>> >
> >>> > I am very interested!
> >>> >
> >>> > Regards,
> >>> > Hans
> >>> >
> >>> > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
> >>> > > You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago
> >>> > regarding removing popup reminders.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > -Adrian
> >>> > >
> >>> > > --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > > From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
> >>> > > > Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in
> >>> > /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/
> >>> > applications/workeffort/entitydef/
> >>> > applications/workeffort/servicedef/
> >>> > applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
> >>> > applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
> >>> > > > To: [hidden email]
> >>> > > > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
> >>> > > > Hi Adrian,
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > could you tell us what your plan on reminders
> >>> > are?
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > I am looking for a general reminderframework
> >>> > where
> >>> > > > reminders can be
> >>> > > > added from anywhere in the system. If there are
> >>> > new
> >>> > > > reminders, that
> >>> > > > there is a message in the screenheader saying "x
> >>> > new
> >>> > > > reminders" and when
> >>> > > > clicked on it, it will show a list what happened,
> >>> > with a
> >>> > > > link to the
> >>> > > > email which came in, a task which ended, a
> >>> > customer reuest
> >>> > > > came in
> >>> > > > etc....
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
> >>> > > > wrote:
> >>> > > > > Event reminders
> >>> > > > -- > > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for
> >>> > competitive
> >>> > > > rates
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > -- > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
> >>> > rates
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> --
> >> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
> >>
> >
> >
> >

--
Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates

[Adrian Crum]

The normal control servlet does not support PUT.

I think I solved the problem - I'm only using the bits of code needed to
get the user logged in.

-Adrian

Hans Bakker wrote:

> Adrian,
>
> may i ask you why a separate servlet was created? Is the normal control
> servlet not usable?
> Perhaps you should have a look at the
> http://localhost:8080/webtools/control/ping request which is using the
> control servlet and is returning simple data.
> If you are using the control servlet the normal authorization can be
> used and you do not have to create it....
>
> Regards,
> Hans
>
> On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 15:07 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>> I spent a little time looking into making the iCalendar writable.
>>
>> Sunbird updates remote calendars by using the HTTP PUT command. I
>> started modifying the iCalendar servlet to accept the PUT command, but I
>> ran into too many problems.
>>
>> The approach I was trying to take was to provide user name and password
>> URL parameters, then attempt a login. The problem is, the login logic is
>> tied closely to many other parts of the framework that iCalendar doesn't
>> use. NPEs were popping up everywhere.
>>
>> What needs to happen (I ran into a similar problem with the LDAP
>> integration) is the LoginWorker.java class needs to be refactored to
>> extract methods that can be called by other classes. But, I don't have
>> time to do that.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>
>>
>> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>> I guess Adrian is using http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> From: "Hans Bakker" <[hidden email]>
>>>> what icalendar client are you using?
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 20:23 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>>> Hans,
>>>>>
>>>>> It could be the plugin doesn't understand recurring events. They
>>>>> appear in Sunbird.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know where this will go. I would like to develop it more, but
>>>>> my time is limited. The existing functionality is what we use at
>>>>> work. Everyone keeps their own calendar and To-Do lists, and I needed
>>>>> a way to include OFBiz work efforts in those calendars.
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't looked into making the the iCalendar interface writable. I
>>>>> know CalDAV has that ability, but the amount of work to implement it
>>>>> was an obstacle. That's why it's read-only now.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be working on putting up a Wiki page to document how it works.
>>>>> If you want communication event reminders to appear in iCalendar,
>>>>> then you'll have to generate work efforts for those reminders.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>>>>> Subject: Icalendar was: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk:
>>>>> applications/workeffort/config/ > applications/workeffort/entitydef/
>>>>> applications/workeffort/servicedef/ >
>>>>> applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
>>>>> applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>>>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>>>> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:48 PM
>>>>>> Ok Adrian, this is looking very
>>>>>> good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For other people who want to try this out:
>>>>>> i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
>>>>>> https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in
>>>>>> the plugin
>>>>>> preferences and set the automatic updates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not
>>>>>> work,
>>>>>> i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the
>>>>>> firefox
>>>>>> plugin. cool!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work
>>>>>> fine and the
>>>>>> ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add
>>>>>> services
>>>>>> which can add reminders when there are new communication
>>>>>> events new
>>>>>> customer requests etc...This i was looking to do
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Another thing we should consider is combining email
>>>>>> notifications and
>>>>>> ical reminders
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and also be able to import tasks?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> please let me hear your thoughts about this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am very interested!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Hans
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>>>>> You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago
>>>>>> regarding removing popup reminders.
>>>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in
>>>>>> /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/
>>>>>> applications/workeffort/entitydef/
>>>>>> applications/workeffort/servicedef/
>>>>>> applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
>>>>>> applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>>>>>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>>>>>> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
>>>>>>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> could you tell us what your plan on reminders
>>>>>> are?
>>>>>>>> I am looking for a general reminderframework
>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>> reminders can be
>>>>>>>> added from anywhere in the system. If there are
>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>> reminders, that
>>>>>>>> there is a message in the screenheader saying "x
>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>> reminders" and when
>>>>>>>> clicked on it, it will show a list what happened,
>>>>>> with a
>>>>>>>> link to the
>>>>>>>> email which came in, a task which ended, a
>>>>>> customer reuest
>>>>>>>> came in
>>>>>>>> etc....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Event reminders
>>>>>>>> -- > > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for
>>>>>> competitive
>>>>>>>> rates
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
>>>>>> rates
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
>>>>
>>>
>>>

[Adrian Crum]

Okay, I spent some time digging deeper into how Sunbird interacts with
network calendars. It's expecting the calendar to reside on a WebDAV
server. Sunbird also has a CalDAV (iCalendar extension to WebDAV) option
- but they recommend not using it because it's buggy.

I created a rudimentary WebDAV server and I seem to have a writable
calendar basically working. I need to do some code cleanup, testing, etc
before I can commit it.

Once it's finished, calendaring clients (Sunbird, Apple iCal, cell
phones, etc) will be able to create and update Work Efforts.

-Adrian

Hans Bakker wrote:

> Adrian,
>
> may i ask you why a separate servlet was created? Is the normal control
> servlet not usable?
> Perhaps you should have a look at the
> http://localhost:8080/webtools/control/ping request which is using the
> control servlet and is returning simple data.
> If you are using the control servlet the normal authorization can be
> used and you do not have to create it....
>
> Regards,
> Hans
>
> On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 15:07 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>> I spent a little time looking into making the iCalendar writable.
>>
>> Sunbird updates remote calendars by using the HTTP PUT command. I
>> started modifying the iCalendar servlet to accept the PUT command, but I
>> ran into too many problems.
>>
>> The approach I was trying to take was to provide user name and password
>> URL parameters, then attempt a login. The problem is, the login logic is
>> tied closely to many other parts of the framework that iCalendar doesn't
>> use. NPEs were popping up everywhere.
>>
>> What needs to happen (I ran into a similar problem with the LDAP
>> integration) is the LoginWorker.java class needs to be refactored to
>> extract methods that can be called by other classes. But, I don't have
>> time to do that.
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>
>>
>> Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>> I guess Adrian is using http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> From: "Hans Bakker" <[hidden email]>
>>>> what icalendar client are you using?
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 20:23 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>>> Hans,
>>>>>
>>>>> It could be the plugin doesn't understand recurring events. They
>>>>> appear in Sunbird.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know where this will go. I would like to develop it more, but
>>>>> my time is limited. The existing functionality is what we use at
>>>>> work. Everyone keeps their own calendar and To-Do lists, and I needed
>>>>> a way to include OFBiz work efforts in those calendars.
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't looked into making the the iCalendar interface writable. I
>>>>> know CalDAV has that ability, but the amount of work to implement it
>>>>> was an obstacle. That's why it's read-only now.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be working on putting up a Wiki page to document how it works.
>>>>> If you want communication event reminders to appear in iCalendar,
>>>>> then you'll have to generate work efforts for those reminders.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>>>>> Subject: Icalendar was: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in /ofbiz/trunk:
>>>>> applications/workeffort/config/ > applications/workeffort/entitydef/
>>>>> applications/workeffort/servicedef/ >
>>>>> applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
>>>>> applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>>>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>>>> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:48 PM
>>>>>> Ok Adrian, this is looking very
>>>>>> good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For other people who want to try this out:
>>>>>> i used it with the firefox plugin reminderfox entered the
>>>>>> https url: localhost:8443/iCalendar/CALENDAR_PUB_DEMO in
>>>>>> the plugin
>>>>>> preferences and set the automatic updates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> only using the recurring demo meeting in ofbiz it did not
>>>>>> work,
>>>>>> i have added a one-off meeting and then it appeared in the
>>>>>> firefox
>>>>>> plugin. cool!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again the question Adrian, exporting demo event do work
>>>>>> fine and the
>>>>>> ground has been done excellent thanks! Do you intent to add
>>>>>> services
>>>>>> which can add reminders when there are new communication
>>>>>> events new
>>>>>> customer requests etc...This i was looking to do
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Another thing we should consider is combining email
>>>>>> notifications and
>>>>>> ical reminders
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and also be able to import tasks?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> please let me hear your thoughts about this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am very interested!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Hans
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:24 -0700, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>>>>>> You'll have to see my reply to Jacques a few days ago
>>>>>> regarding removing popup reminders.
>>>>>>> -Adrian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> From: Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: svn commit: r784195 - in
>>>>>> /ofbiz/trunk: applications/workeffort/config/
>>>>>> applications/workeffort/entitydef/
>>>>>> applications/workeffort/servicedef/
>>>>>> applications/workeffort/src/org/ofbiz/workeffort/workeffort/
>>>>>> applications/workeffort/widget/ framework/common/...
>>>>>>>> To: [hidden email]
>>>>>>>> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:32 PM
>>>>>>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> could you tell us what your plan on reminders
>>>>>> are?
>>>>>>>> I am looking for a general reminderframework
>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>> reminders can be
>>>>>>>> added from anywhere in the system. If there are
>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>> reminders, that
>>>>>>>> there is a message in the screenheader saying "x
>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>> reminders" and when
>>>>>>>> clicked on it, it will show a list what happened,
>>>>>> with a
>>>>>>>> link to the
>>>>>>>> email which came in, a task which ended, a
>>>>>> customer reuest
>>>>>>>> came in
>>>>>>>> etc....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 17:03 +0000, [hidden email]
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Event reminders
>>>>>>>> -- > > > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for
>>>>>> competitive
>>>>>>>> rates
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive
>>>>>> rates
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
>>>>
>>>
>>>