vcs Support 0.6.1

vcs Support 0.6.1 has been release and is available from here.

There was a change in the was that Sunbird and Lightning exported categories. They now have support for the import and export of multiple categories (but the UI only lets you set a single category for an event or task). This change meant that categories were not being exported at all in vcs Support 0.6 when used with Sunbird or Lightning 0.9. Now all categories of an event or task are exported.

If you have any issues with version 0.6.1, please have a look at the FAQ, or fill out the support form, giving as much detail about the problem as possible, and I'll try to respond as soon as possible.

Frequently Asked Questions

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"Requires Additional Items" appears when I install vcs Support. What do I do?
"Requires Additional Items" appears when I install vcs Support. What do I do?


• If you have installed Sunbird or Lightning 0.9, ensure that you have vcs Support 0.6.3 installed and not a previous version
• If you have Sunbird or Lightning 0.8, ensure that you have vcs Support 0.5.6 or 0.6.3 installed
• If you have Sunbird or Lightning 0.7, ensure that you have vcs Support 0.5.5 or earlier installed


I keep getting "No Items Exported", even though there clearly were items to be exported.
I keep getting "No Items Exported", even though there clearly were items to be exported.


There are a couple of reasons why you might get this error.
1. You are exporting in a specific time frame, and there are no events occurring within the time frame - Make sure A single event with recurrence rules is chosen in the Options dialog on export.
2. You are exporting only events or only tasks, and there are none in the calendar. Make sure that both Export Events and Export Tasks are ticked in the Options dialog on export
3. A combination of 1 and 2
4. A bug in vcs Support where the preferences are messed up. Go to Tools > Options > Advanced > Config editor and type vcs into the filter box of the window that pops up. Check that extensions.vcssupport.export_events and extensions.vcssupport.export_tasks are both true (or at least, the same as they are in the Export Options dialog). Sometimes they get confused, and I can't find a good reason for it.


I keep getting "An error occurred while importing the vCal file. The file may not be a valid vCal file." when trying to import a vcs file into Palm Desktop. What's going on?
I keep getting "An error occurred while importing the vCal file. The file may not be a valid vCal file." when trying to import a vcs file into Palm Desktop. What's going on?


Palm Desktop will fail to import vcs files which contain tasks. When exporting from Sunbird/Lightning, make sure that Export Events is ticked and Export Tasks is not.


Can vcs Support import files by double clicking on them from my Desktop?
Can vcs Support import files by double clicking on them from my Desktop?


Unfortunately, this is not possible at the moment. This is also an issue for Lightning and .ics files.


Does vcs Support work with Trunk versions of Sunbird and Lightning?
Does vcs Support work with Trunk versions of Sunbird and Lightning?


Trunk versions of Lightning and Sunbird are not supported (although if you know how to bump install.rdf versions, it should work fine).


Can I drag and drop vcs attachments in Thunderbird if I install vcs Support
Can I drag and drop vcs attachments in Thunderbird if I install vcs Support


It is not supported by vcs support, however, due to a bug in Lightning, it does work to a degree, with the following problems:
• Only the first event in the attachment is imported
• Recurrences are not imported
• Alarms are not imported

If you have an issue not covered by this FAQ, please fill out the support form, giving as much detail about the problem as possible, and I'll try to respond as soon as possible.

vcs Support 0.6

vcs Support 0.6 has been release and is available from here.

This version is the same as vcs Support 0.6b3, except for the addition of localisations. It is available in the following languages:

• bg-BG - Bulgarian (thanks to Ivaylo from Babelzilla)
• da-DK - Danish (thanks to AlleyKat from Babelzilla)
• de-DE - German (thanks to Team erweiterungen.de from Babelzilla)
• en-US - English
• fi_FI - Finnish (thanks to MiK546 from Babelzilla)
• fr-FR - French (thanks to myahoo from Babelzilla)
• ga-IE - Irish
• it-IT - Italian (thanks to Danilo Fortunato from Babelzilla)
• ja-JP - Japanese (thanks to mar from Babelzilla)
• ko-KR - Korean (thanks to wtspout from Babelzilla)
• nl-NL - Dutch (thanks to markh from Babelzilla)
• pl-PL - Polish (thanks to Waclaw Jacek from Babelzilla)
• pt-BR - Portuguese - Brazil (thanks to Alberto Eidh from Babelzilla)
• pt-PT - Portuguese - Europe (thanks to lloco from Babelzilla)
• sv-SE - Swedish (thanks to skorpan from Babelzilla)
• zh-CN - Chinese (thanks to fiag from Babelzilla)

Unfortunately, I've had to remove:

• sk-SK - Slovak
• he-IL - Hebrew
• af-ZA - Afrikaans

because they were not ready for release. Hopefully they can be translated soon so that I can add them back in.

vcs Support 0.6b3

This version fixes problems with importing alarms which were importing with incorrect times.

It can be downloaded from here.

If you do find any bugs or issues, please use the support form or email vcssupport1@gmail.com.

vcs Support 0.6b2

This version bumps compatibility up to version 0.9 for Sunbird and Lightning to stop the "Requires Additional Items" error from occurring when installing to a system with one of the 0.9 release candidates on Sunbird or Lightning.

The LOCATION field is now also encoded as QUOTED-PRINTABLE. As with version 0.6b1, it is only available in en-us.

This version can be downloaded from here.

If you do find any bugs or issues, please use the support form or email vcssupport1@gmail.com.