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ics file is not rendered correctly

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Hi, I have an .ics invitation which open's up properly in Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016, but doesn't open properly into Thunderbird. It does not display any details. I have removed "Description" so that Outlook 2016 will display it properly, but now Thunderbird doesn't. Please see below:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 14.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:W. Europe Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011028T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010325T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20170925T121414Z test DTEND;TZID="W. Europe Standard Time":20170928T160000 DTSTAMP:20170315T120337Z DTSTART;TZID="W. Europe Standard Time":20170928T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20170925T121414Z LOCATION:Details below PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=test TRANSP:OPAQUE

In outlook it's displayed properly, but in Thunderbird it's showing without ANY description. Is there a way to make it compatible with Outlook and Thunderbird? Did I missed something in the code?

Hi, I have an .ics invitation which open's up properly in Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016, but doesn't open properly into Thunderbird. It does not display any details. I have removed "Description" so that Outlook 2016 will display it properly, but now Thunderbird doesn't. Please see below: BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 14.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:W. Europe Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011028T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010325T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20170925T121414Z test DTEND;TZID="W. Europe Standard Time":20170928T160000 DTSTAMP:20170315T120337Z DTSTART;TZID="W. Europe Standard Time":20170928T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20170925T121414Z LOCATION:Details below PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=test TRANSP:OPAQUE In outlook it's displayed properly, but in Thunderbird it's showing without ANY description. Is there a way to make it compatible with Outlook and Thunderbird? Did I missed something in the code?

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Is .ics sent as an attachment ? To read, have you got this selected ? 'View' > 'display attachments inline'

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Hi Toad,

Yes, that's already checked, still not displaying the Description.

I also checked the link, not helping.