Entourage Calendar Sharing--Color Categories Being Lost

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shirsch

Hi,

I have been experimenting with group shared Entourage calendars via
our exchange server. I am able to create and synch calendar events but
when I apply and save color coded categories into the event record they
persist for my own account but after synchronization the color coding
is dropped and the event turns grey again. Does anyone know whether
this is a bug or not? Is there a setting I can change to fix this? Can
anyone recommend a group scheduling/calendaring solution that allows
for color coded events which persist for all users accessing the
schedule?

Any replies will be very gratefully appreciated.

Steve
 
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Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Hi,

I have been experimenting with group shared Entourage calendars via
our exchange server. I am able to create and synch calendar events but
when I apply and save color coded categories into the event record they
persist for my own account but after synchronization the color coding
is dropped and the event turns grey again. Does anyone know whether
this is a bug or not? Is there a setting I can change to fix this? Can
anyone recommend a group scheduling/calendaring solution that allows
for color coded events which persist for all users accessing the
schedule?

Any replies will be very gratefully appreciated.

Steve
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If the calendar is in your 'favourites' folder, the colours should persist -
this is because favourites are cached locally, non-favourites have to sync
across from the server each time they are accessed.

Even with favourites, there is a chance the categories will be lost is the
local cache has to be deleted for any reason, such as a database rebuild, or
due to a corrupt sync cache. In that case, see my blog post below for a
description and a resolution:

The Entourage User's WebLog
<http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/files/storecats.html>
 
S

shirsch

HI Barry,

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate the applescripts but haven't gotten
them to work yet. My problem remains. When I synch my group calendar
from my own favorites folder, my own defined color categories do indeed
persist however no other user can see them, they get only a grey shaded
event, nor can I see the color categories that other users define in
their events. This is really what I am after. Is there any way for
everyone to see the color category definitions that everyone else
defines within their created events or are color categories only for
the local user and cannot be synched to the whole group view?

Thanks in advance for your reply,

Regards,

Steve
 
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Barry Wainwright [MVP]

No, the categories you assign will be local to your machine only - they do
not get synced to exchange.
 
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