So I have finally taken the hint and began development of an iCal (ICS file) to CSV converter.  I am still in the planning stages right now and don’t expect it to come out for a while.  I hope to have a beta version out in a few weeks.  I am just trying to decide how to format the output of the CSV file.  ICS allows for a great number of complexities not easily converted to CSV.  Such things as recurring events are a big hurdle to overcome.  I will post updates as I make progress.

Ok, so I have been getting the messages about the errors and I have finally had a chance to look into debugging.  So I changed the code around a bit and now it will throw a more detailed error with the file type it thinks you tried to upload.  Please post the link to the error you get.  It should look something like “http://www.thegreatco.com/csvtoical/calendar.php?msg=3&detail=”.  It is the information after the “detail=” that will help me figure out the problem.  I do have a few questions for those getting errors, what browser/OS are you using?  I know this works on vista, I use it myself so I can’t figure out why its not working.  Need your help with this one, make sure to put in your 2cents.

Thanks,

TheGreatCO
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Well, I decided it was best to open it up to all.  Now you just navigate on over to http://www.thegreatco.com/csvtoical/ and you can get started converting those pesky useless CSV files to useful iCalendar (ics iCal) files.  Hope this helps you all out.  As always, if you find problems leave a comment or drop an email. Read more

So, I think I have finally completed it.  It authenticates against my userbase and does everything I feel it needs to do at a minimum.  Feel free to check it out.  http://www.thegreatco.com/csvtoical/login.php You will need to sign up for an account on my blog to get access to it.  But it is free and I am just using the login as a little extra security.  Let me know what you think.

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Well its once again late into the night and I haven’t done half the shit I’m supposed to do.  The last thing I am working on that is holding me back from releasing the general CSV to iCal converter is good old security.  I am throwing it back and forth in my head if I want to password protect it or not (I would link it to accounts here).  This is just an extra layer of protection, not much.  But at least then I would have the ability to block somebody from using it if they are abusing it or whatever.

We shall see.
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