From: Rob Lewis <rob-AT-whidbey.com>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 16:41:22 UTC   (10:41:22 AM in author's locale)
To: xtensionlist-AT-shed.com

Don't know if this could be related to your problem, but in Leopard,
AppleScript treats all text as Unicode, whether you specify it or
not. The change has caused some heartburn.

On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:34 AM, Michael Holtzman wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I have an applescript that walks through my iCal calendars on my
> main (non-XTension) computer, creates a text file of upcoming
> events, and then writes it to the disk of my XTension machine.
> XTension has a scheduled event that reads the file and sends out an
> email with the upcoming events.
>
> I recently upgraded my XTension machine to OSX, and it has been
> very problematic writing the text file to the XTension machiine. I
> get randomly generated errors about permissions, security, access
> etc. (This is with several different schemes, including scripted
> AppleShare and Unix commands).
>
> I thought I would subscribe to the calendars from the XTension
> machine and eliminate the file transfer problem. However, when I
> subscribe from the Tiger XTension machine to a calendar on my
> Leopard laptop, the event descriptions do not get displayed. That
> is, the calendar items show up, with the correct times, but no name.
>
> BTW, I have the same problem if I subscribe to a Tiger-hosted
> calendar from my Leopard machine.
>
> Any ideas on how to get the calendars to display correctly? I am
> publishing to a webdav server (www.icalx.com).
>
> Thanx.