Tubbs

Anyone know how to get a pdf roster to paste into the iphone calender?
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bnt

If you look at various calendar programs (perhaps even the one on your iPhone) they have "import" functions that let you put data in to the calendar without retyping it. If you mean PDF as in just a document with a roster in it, it's probably not in a form that you can import in that way - you need a more program-friendly format (iCal, Outlook CSV) to do it easily. A PDF is written for reading by people first, it's not designed to be fed in to another program. (Yes, there may be exceptions, but I never seen any, and without more details I have no reason to believe this is one of them.)

Are you currently synchronising your iPhone calendar with your computer e.g. Outlook, Google Calendar, anything like that? That is what I would do in your shoes - get the roster in to a calendar on the computer somehow, then sync it to the iPhone. It's easier to work on a computer, and syncing serves to back your calendar up, in case something goes wrong. Apple has its MobileMe service for Mac users, which costs money (after a free trial), but you can do similar things with Google Calendar Sync for iPhone at no cost. (If you have a Gmail account, you already have a Google Calendar option.)

I already do something similar: I sync the calendar on my Windows Mobile phone with Google Calendar over the Internet. This means that I can enter appointments on either phone or computer, and they get replicated across when I run a sync operation. If someone sent me a roster in the right calendar format (iCal or CSV) I could import it in a few seconds, then sync it across in a minute.

So I don't have a simple solution to offer, since I don't know what you're currently doing with your iPhone calendar, or what's in the PDF. As a minimum, if your calendar is important to your work, you should be backing it up or syncing it. If they can't give you anything suitable for importing in to a calendar program, you may have to re-enter the roster, but that's not such a big deal if you can do it on a big computer screen, rather than the little iPhone screen, and sync it across.

BRL

Not a great help sorry but I enter my roster on the Outlook Calendar then just sync it to my phone although I don't have an iPhone yet this has worked with all my other phones.

One I have now is an N95 and it's ok on that.

I do remember though it won't let you do more than 6 months in advance or something like that, Outlook will only import a set amount of time, like a few months. I don't know any other way of doing it.

Have you had a word with your HR at work see if they can get the IT boys to produce something you can download?

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Jofm5

The pdf roster is not a calendar compatible format so you would have to copy and paste sections into the calendar. As mentioned before this is much easier to do if you have outlook on your PC that you sync your iphone with. Likewise this will back up all your contacts and appointments should your phone get lost or damaged - you do need to make sure the option for syncing calendar, notes, and contacts is enabled (only need calendar but best for all for backups).

If like me you charge your phone off the PC rather than a wall socket then it is great as everything is synced up and backed up every day meaning that you have less chance to lose anything.

Another option would be to install a pdf viewer on the iphone but you wont get reminders that way.


IIRC that is a changeable option in the nokia phone sync software, its default is six months because the N95 does not have that much memory as standard.

potkettleblack

If you can download your roster in HTML format then one solution I have used is via a website called airlinemates.com. Its free to join and some nice bloke gives his time up to do lots of whizzy stuff on an airline by airline basis to assist in reading the AIMS produced rosters into his software. Once they are uploaded via his website you can then convert them into something like ICAL for apple or ICS if your like me and use MS Outlook. The roster arrives to your email address in whichever format you have chosen and can then be imported into your calendar application. I then synch Outlook with my Nokia phone using Nokia Smart Suite. Works well.

Slopwith

Hi All. A mate of mine has just bought an iPhone and I was searching for a roster reader for him. I don't no whether the site mentioned airlinemates.com is run by a French Mac specialist but if it is it is ok. However if you can sync an iPhone to outlook I would recommend Read your airline flying roster on Outlook and PDA.
I think it is brilliant and would be lost without it. You save your aims roster page to your hard drive as an html file. You then open Outlook and readmyroster. Point readmyroster to where your saved file is and it will then strip out all the information and export it into Outlook. For me, I then plug in my Windows mobile and my roster is synched into pocket outlook on my phone. I then have my roster on my phone with all the times and crew list as well. I rarely look at my actual printed out roster. It also allows you to set a general remnder so that is your wake up alarm set as well.

I know the program will work with what were My Travel rosters (am x MYT myself)-now Thomas Cook. We used to get RM Rosters and they were a PDF file when emailed to each pilot so it looks as if the program can read and strip PDF files as well. There are several airlines that the gentelman has done specific work for decoding as although most use AIMS they all seem to have different codes. I also believe that if there is enough interest he will take the time to sort any airlines AIMS roster.
The other thing that is good is that if there is a change although you have to download the new roster, when you run readmyroster and export it, it automatically updates outlook.