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[PepsimanAB]

Using:

• Joomla 1.0.13
• JCal 1.6.0 Beta 176
• mod_jcalclient_latest 1.6.179 Beta
• Apache/2.2.4 (Win32)
• PHP/5.2.1
• MySQL 5.0.33

I inputed "New Year's Day" as an event title, and on both the main calendar component and the latest events module, it shows as "New Year\'s Day".  It is also stored in the database with the backslash included.

Either the output should be filtered with the php stripslashes() function, or it should be stored in the database without the \. (Or I'm sure there's other ways to fix it too.) 

I don't know if there's any security issues (injection) with storing it in the database without a backslash, so I'm opting for the stripslashes route on my site.

Thanks once again for such a great product, and I look forward to  the next update.

[PepsimanAB]

Update:
I found the function format_text, which has a true/false parameter to strip the slashes.  After changing that parameter to true in several spots (for the different views), it was showing the event without the slash.

But then I found another small problem...

I went to edit the event, and it keeps adding more slashes each time it updates the info in the database ("New Year\\\\\\\'s Day").  If I have time later, I may try to find a solution and post it here.

[PepsimanAB]

Ok, hopefully this is my last reply to this post...

In functions.inc.php, the template values for {TITLE_VAL} and {DESC_EDITOR} need to have their slashes stripped, so that they don't show up in the edit form.  (Around lines 667-669.)

Also, I forgot to mention, I'm doing the editing through the front end of the component, not through the admin section.

I won't guarantee any of my code change suggestions, seeing as how it's currently 3:45am here in Pennsylvania and I'm getting tired, but hopefully this will help the developers troubleshoot.

[V-man]

Hey, great bug hunting and great post. I've confirmed this and we'll get it fixed in the next release (well, the release after the one that's almost ready )

[PepsimanAB]

You're welcome if it helped you, and I can't wait until the next release (or the one that's almost ready).  JCal is one of the best components that I've found since I first learned about Joomla.  Thanks again for making such a great product.  Compared to the beta versions (and even release candidates and final versions) from other products, it seems to have so few problems that I barely even have to tweak it to make it work perfectly.  Great Job.