[smudboy]

I'm trying to retrieve data from the Calendar system (that is, appointments), and I've been using the example from the Developers Guide Volume 2. In it lists:

EventList eventList = (EventList)PIM.getInstance().openPIMList(
PIM.EVENT_LIST, PIM.READ_ONLY);
Enumeration e = eventList.items();
while (e.hasMoreElements())

Event event = (Event)e.nextElement();
int[] fieldIds = event.getFields();
int id;
for(int index = 0; index < fieldIds.length; ++index) {
id = fieldIds[index];
if(e.getPIMList().getFieldDataType(id) == STRING) {
for(int j=0; j < event.countValues(id); ++j) {
String value = event.getString(id, j);
System.out.println(event.getFieldLable(id) + "=" + value);
}
}
}

Which has a few errors.

I've fixed it so it works:

       EventList eventList = null;
        Event event = null;
        Enumeration myEnum = null;
        int[] fieldIds = null;
        int id =0;
        String value = null;
        try {
            eventList = (EventList)PIM.getInstance().openPIMList(PIM.EVENT_LIST, PIM.READ_ONLY);
            myEnum = eventList.items();
            //Dialog.alert(myEnum.toString());
            while (myEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
                event = (Event)myEnum.nextElement();
                fieldIds = event.getFields();
                for(int index = 0; index < fieldIds.length; ++index) 
                {
                    id = fieldIds[index];
                        for(int j=0; j < event.countValues(id); ++j) 
                        {
                            value = event.getString(id, j);
                            Dialog.alert("=" + value);
                        }
               }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {/* handle exception */}

However, after putting in multiple appointments, it only seems to bring back one appointment -- always the same one in the middle of the month (as opposed to appointments further down the month, closer to today, and those in other months.) Very weird! I'm trying to list all the appointments in a list and then have the user select them and their data...any ways of how to do this?

Thanks.

[smudboy]

The loop seems to find the first one created, then the next...since I deleted the first.

But it still breaks out of the loop when it's listed all its contents of its first appointment.

[fbrimm]

smudboy,

Have you tried using the debugger to see what your enumeration (myEnum) of the eventList contains?

Is it ending because of an Exception?

fbrimm

[smudboy]

Yeah, there were a few exceptions.

The code relies on the line:

if(event.getPIMList().getFieldDataType(id) == PIMItem.STRING) {

...

Which I mistakenly took away. It works fine now. So far, I've found that the EventList object only returns PIMItem of type STRING, INT, BOOLEAN & DATE. I'm working in 4.1, so the calendar option allows you to set a "Show Time As" field from "Free, Tentative, Busy, Out of Office." However, on the 4.0 BBs, there is no option. Although, if you sync it up with your PC/Outlook, on your PC it will set all those fields to Busy. Interestingly enough on 4.1, if you don't change the Busy status, or switch back to Busy status, the entire Field (which eventList.getFieldLabel(id).toString() returns as "" btw) gets removed. As such, it's a no name INT field whose values are Free=0, Tentative=1 and Out of Office=2.

Quirky stuff eh?