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This is a very brief overview of how to achieve an ON-THE-FLY creation of an appointment in the clients outlook calendar. This will not force the user to add it to there calendar but gives them the option to add it automated. Using the older .vcs file extension for outlook we can add an appointment easily by creating this document and letting hte user open it via the web. I have used the .vcs extension as it is compatible with older versions of outlook (mine being 2002) and not just 2007 +
Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim outlookvcs As New System.Text.StringBuilder Dim subject As String Dim content As String Dim startdate As DateTime Dim enddate As DateTime ' SET SUBJECT HEADER subject = "TESTING" ' SET CONTENT [use '=0D' to make outlook perform a line break] content = "There is some content here" ' SET DATES startdate = New DateTime(2007, 12, 25, 12, 0, 0) enddate = New DateTime(2007, 12, 25, 19, 30, 0) With outlookvcs .Append("BEGIN:VCALENDAR" & vbLf) .Append("PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 10.0 MIMEDIR//EN" & vbLf) .Append("VERSION:1.0" & vbLf) .Append("BEGIN:VEVENT" & vbLf) .Append("DTSTART:" & str_outlookdate(startdate) & "T" & str_outlooktime(startdate) & "Z" & vbLf) .Append("DTEND:" & str_outlookdate(enddate) & "T" & str_outlooktime(enddate) & "Z" & vbLf) .Append("UID:1" & vbLf) .Append("DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:" & content & "=0A" & vbLf) .Append("SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:" & subject & vbLf) .Append("PRIORITY:3" & vbLf) .Append("END:VEVENT" & vbLf) .Append("END:VCALENDAR" & vbLf) End With Response.Clear() Response.ContentType = "text/calendar" Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=outlook_calendar_appointment.vcs") Response.Write(outlookvcs) Response.End() End Sub Private Function str_outlookdate(ByVal dat_date As Date) As String str_outlookdate = Format(dat_date, "yyyyMMdd") End Function Private Function str_outlooktime(ByVal dat_time As Date) As String str_outlooktime = Format(dat_time, "HHmmss") End Function
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