Create an iCal file from your data using ASP
June 23, 2010
ASP | Web Building
Google Calendar and many other calendar apps will import or subscribe to iCal format files (.ics) If your event data is locked away in a database, you may find it useful to display and distribute it using Google's extensive calendaring features. Following is an example of an ASP file that will write an iCal file. Generate the iCal file in a web-accessible directory, then have Google Calendar or other iCal compatible application subscribe to it.
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Posted by ellen at June 23, 2010 05:56 PM

<title>Generates an ical feed for HREG-HFST classes</title>

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%>
<!--#include file=".\Connections\yourdatabase.asp" -->
<%
'see for more info on the lines below http://bytes.com/topic/asp-classic/answers/637751-create-rss-feed-data-database
CONST ForReading = 1
CONST ForWriting = 2
CONST ForAppending = 8

function tidyxml(text)
If text <> "" Then
text = replace(text,Chr(180),"'")
text = replace(text,chr(10),"")
text = replace(text,chr(13),"")
text = replace(text,"&","&amp;")
text = replace(text,"'","'")
text = replace(text,"'","'")
text = replace(text,"<b>","")
text = replace(text,"</b>","")
text = replace(text,"<p>"," ")
text = replace(text,"</p>"," ")
text = replace(text,"<br>"," ")
text = replace(text,"<br/>"," ")
text = replace(text,"<br />"," ")
text = replace(text,"<font>","")
text = replace(text,"</font>","")
text = replace(text,"<a href=""mailto:","")
text = replace(text,"<ahref=""mailto:","")
text = replace(text,"<a href="," ")
text = replace(text,"</a>"," ")
text = replace(text,"<strong>","")
text = replace(text,"</strong>","")
text = replace(text,"<img>","")
text = replace(text,"</img>","")
text = replace(text,""">"," ")
text = replace(text,"-","-")
'text = replace(text,"<"," &lt;")
'text = replace(text,">","&gt;")

'text = replace(text,"<","<")
'text = replace(text,">",">")
tidyxml = text
end if
End function

dim rs, rs_cmd, rs_numRows,conn_numRows, FirstName, LastName, d_todayYR, d_todayMONTH, d_todayDAY, descSHORT,gnumber
Set rs_cmd = Server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Command")
rs_cmd.ActiveConnection = MM_YOURDATABASE_STRING

rs_cmd.Prepared = true

rs_cmd.CommandText = "SELECT la.code as code, lai.code as instcode, lai.id as instid, la.title as title, la.outlinelink as link, to_char(laim.meetingstart, 'YYYYMMDD' ) as startdate, to_char(new_time(laim.meetingstart, 'GMT','EDT'), 'HH24MISS') as starttime, to_char(laim.meetingend, 'YYYYMMDD') as enddate, to_char(new_time(laim.meetingend, 'GMT','EDT'), 'HH24MISS') as endtime, res.name as room, la.description as gdescription, loc.name as location, loc.address as address FROM drlearningactivity la, DRLEARNINGACTIVITYINSTANCE lai, DRLAINSTANCEMEETING laim, drlocation loc, drresourcereservation reser, drresource res WHERE (la.code like 'HFST%' or la.code like 'HREG%') and la.id=lai.learningactivityid and laim.LEARNINGACTIVITYINSTANCEID = lai.id and lai.locationid=loc.id and reser.lainstancemeetingid=laim.id and reser.resourceid=res.id and res.resourcetypeid=2 and laim.meetingstart >=current_date order by la.code,lai.code"

set rs = rs_cmd.execute

 

d_todayYR=Year(Date)
d_MONTH=Month(Date)
d_todayMONTH=String(2 - Len(d_Month), "0") & d_MONTH
d_DAY=Day(Date)
d_todayDAY = String(2 - Len(d_Day), "0") & d_DAY

d_todayHOUR=Hour(Time)
d_todayMINUTE=Minute(Time)

d_timestamp=d_todayYR & d_todayMONTH & d_todayDAY & d_todayHOUR & d_todayMINUTE
response.write("RSS feed is being updated. This is just a demo - NOT FINAL ." & " " & d_timestamp & "<br/>")

'See http://icalendar.rubyforge.org for explanation of some of the items below
filename = "rss/icalDemo.ics"
set fso = createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
set icsfile = fso.createtextfile(server.mappath("icalDemo.ics"),true)
icsfile.writeline("BEGIN:VCALENDAR")
icsfile.writeline("PRODID:MLearning")
icsfile.writeline("VERSION:2.0")
icsfile.writeline("CALSCALE:GREGORIAN")
icsfile.writeline("METHOD:PUBLISH")
icsfile.writeline("X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming HREG and HFST courses in MLearning")
icsfile.writeline("X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York")
icsfile.writeline("BEGIN:VTIMEZONE")
icsfile.writeline("TZID:America/New_York")
icsfile.writeline("X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York")
icsfile.writeline("BEGIN:DAYLIGHT")
icsfile.writeline("TZOFFSETFROM:-0500")
icsfile.writeline("TZOFFSETTO:-0400")
icsfile.writeline("TZNAME:EDT")
icsfile.writeline("DTSTART:19700308T020000")
icsfile.writeline("RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU")
icsfile.writeline("END:DAYLIGHT")
icsfile.writeline("BEGIN:STANDARD")
icsfile.writeline("TZOFFSETFROM:-0400")
icsfile.writeline("TZOFFSETTO:-0500")
icsfile.writeline("TZNAME:EST")
icsfile.writeline("DTSTART:19701101T020000")
icsfile.writeline("RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU")
icsfile.writeline("END:STANDARD")
icsfile.writeline("END:VTIMEZONE")
icsfile.writeline("TZNAME:EST")
icsfile.writeline("TZNAME:EST")

 

While Not rs.EOF
startdate = rs.Fields.Item("startdate").Value
enddate = rs.Fields.Item("enddate").Value
starttime = rs.Fields.Item("starttime").Value
endtime = rs.Fields.Item("endtime").Value
room = rs.Fields.Item("room").Value
location = rs.Fields.Item("location").Value
address = rs.Fields.Item("address").Value
location = rs.Fields.Item("location").Value
code = rs.Fields.Item("code").Value
instid = rs.Fields.Item("instid").Value
instcode = rs.Fields.Item("instcode").Value
title = rs.Fields.Item("title").Value
link = rs.Fields.Item("link").Value

'truncate the description at the ### symbols
gdescription = rs.Fields.Item("gdescription").Value
gnumber = Instr(gdescription,"###") -1
'Response.Write(gdescription)
If gnumber > 0 Then
gdescription = Left(gdescription,gnumber)
ElseIf gnumber=0 Then
gdescription = gdescription

End If

icsfile.writeline("BEGIN:VEVENT")
icsfile.writeline("DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:" & startdate & "T" & starttime)
icsfile.writeline("DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:" & enddate &"T" & endtime)
icsfile.writeline("DTSTAMP:20100521T162341Z")
icsfile.writeline("UID:"& code &instcode)
icsfile.writeline("CREATED:20100523T175642Z")
icsfile.writeline("DESCRIPTION:"& code &"-" & instcode & " " & tidyxml(gdescription) & " http://yourserver.com?quot; & instid)
icsfile.writeline("LAST-MODIFIED:20100430T153745Z")
icsfile.writeline("LOCATION:" & address & " " & location & " " & room)
icsfile.writeline("SUMMARY:"& code &"-" & instcode &" " & title & "\n")
icsfile.writeline("TRANSP:TRANSPARENT")
icsfile.writeline("SEQUENCE:2")
icsfile.writeline("URL:http://your.server.com?event=" & instid )
icsfile.writeline("END:VEVENT")

rs.movenext
wend
icsfile.writeline("END:VCALENDAR")

rs.close()
set rs = nothing
set fso = nothing

%>

This produces an iCal file similar to the following file:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:MLearning
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming HREG and HFST courses
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:19700308T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:19701101T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
TZNAME:EST
TZNAME:EST
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100713T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100713T120000
DTSTAMP:20100521T162341Z
UID:HFST-100020039
CREATED:20100523T175642Z
DESCRIPTION:HFST-10002-0039 Description goes here
LAST-MODIFIED:20100430T153745Z
LOCATION:address goes here
SUMMARY:HFST-10002-0039 Brio Query Basics\n
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:2
URL:http://yourserver.com?11223
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100629T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100629T153000
DTSTAMP:20100521T162341Z
UID:HREG-100270001
CREATED:20100523T175642Z
DESCRIPTION:HREG-10027-0001 DESCRIPTION: Description goes here
LAST-MODIFIED:20100430T153745Z
LOCATION:address goes here
SUMMARY:HREG-10027-0001 Title goes here
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:2
URL:http://yourserver.com?29293
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

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2 Comments

Haha! This sounds familiar ;-)


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