> iCalendar is an Internet specification for calendar information sharing that
> can be implemented in a number of ways to meet the requirements of different
> applications. In a typical web application, the iCalendar information is
> generated on-demand from a database and presented as the appropriate MIME
> type to the user, who sees it in whatever UI his/her iCalendar-capable
> application displays it. An Outlook user would see a new appointment and can
> click Save to save it. A web search for "iCalendar ASP.NET" should turn up
> lots of useful information for you.
>
> Adding a calendar item directly to a user's Calendar through client-side
> Outlook automation generally is not possible, because of ActiveX and other
> Outlook security. An alternative would be to create a downloadable component
> that the user could install that your page could interact with.
>
> Finally, if this is for internal use in an environment where Microsoft
> Exchange is the mail server, you can use WebDAV (Exchange 2000/2003/2007) or
> Exchange web services (2007) to connect directly with each user's mailbox and
> create items there.
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
> Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
> http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
>
>
>
>
> "caeriel" wrote:
>

>> Sue:
>> Thank you so much for your timely reply.
>>
>> I'm not familiar with iCalendar; my research indicates that a file must be
>> created and emailed as an attachment to the user which the user must open and
>> accept. The same is true with a weblink, both require user interaction.
>> What I'm looking for is complete automation and transparency to the user:
>> the user clicks on a button to complete a web form. At the same time an
>> appointment is created in their Outlook calendar corresponding to a date
>> displayed in the web form they just completed without any further action on
>> their part.
>>
>> Is this something I can do with iCalendar? If this is not possible with
>> iCalendar do you have any idea how I might do this?
>>
>> caeriel
>>
>> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>>

>>> You should be using iCalendar for this, not the Outlook object model.
>>> --
>>> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
>>> Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
>>> Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
>>> http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54
>>>
>>> "caeriel" wrote:
>>>

>>>> I have a .NET web app (running on IIS webserver) that needs to seamlessly
>>>> create an appointment in the user's Outlook(2003) calendar. I don't have
>>>> access to exchange so that's not even an option.
>>>>
>>>> I've been able to create appointments in my Outlook using a .NET web app
>>>> from my development environment where I have IIS running on my system as well
>>>> as Outlook installed on my system. Worked nicely. But when I tried to run
>>>> it on a remote IIS webserver where Outlook is not installed it failed
>>>> miserably. I've looked into installing Outlook on the IIS server, but
>>>> everything I've read indicates that Outlook doesn't work well in that
>>>> environment. Additionally, Outlook will not have access to the user's
>>>> profile.
>>>>
>>>> Since the user has Outlook open and I don't have to access the profile I've
>>>> tried using ActiveX to load Outlook.Application client-side but ActiveX has
>>>> been blocked.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Any help appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> caeriel
>>>>
>>>>