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vCal and vCard Exports

Updated

vCalendar and vCard files are standardized, platform-independent files that contain appointment (vCal) and contact (vCard) information. vCal and vCard files are structured in such a way that they can be read (imported) by a wide variety of programs, and are used to import information to PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants).

These two new utlities allow you to quickly and easily:

• Pull schedule and musician contact information from OPAS
• Distribute that information to staff, orchestra members, board members, and anyone else you like
• Allow those recipients to import that information to their own PDAs

These utilities are free and available for download on this page. Visit this site for more information regarding vCal and vCard files: http://www.imc.org/pdi/

Always check with your IT department before downloading or installing any file from the Internet!

Please contact Fine Arts Software if you have any questions.

vCal Export Utility - updated Dec. 2007

This utility pulls your schedule from OPAS (including Conductors, Soloists and Programs) and organizes it into either a vCalendar ("vCal" or ".vcs") file or into a Comma-Separated-Values ("csv") file that you can then import to your Palm Desktop software, Outlook or other program with which you synchronize your PDA.

Read the short user guide in PDF format here. This guide includes instructions for installing and running the Export utility.

Download the utility (2.5 MB) as a self-extracting archive:

• Here for FoxPro (standard OPAS) databases
• Here for SQL Server databases

vCard Export Utility

This utility pulls the contact information for Staff and/or Extra msucians (only) from OPAS and organizes it into a vCard (also called .vcf) file that you can then import to your Palm Desktop software or other program with which you synchronize your PDA.

Read the Four-Page user guide in PDF format here. This guide includes instructions for installing and running the Export utility.

Download the utility (2.5 MB) as a self-extracting archive:

• Here for FoxPro (standard OPAS) databases
• Here for SQL Server databases