How to create a .ICS file with multiple VEVENTs to be imported into an existing Outlook Calendar
I have a need to allow for a user to download an event that has multiple meeting dates. To do this I have created a memorystream to be downloaded which produces a .ics file. For example:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Company//Product//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Subject of Event LOCATION:Location of Event UID:[email protected] DESCRIPTION:Some description DTEND:20081101T200000Z DTSTART:20081101T200000Z PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT ... END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR
If I only include one VEVENT in this file it will save it to my existing Outlook calendar. However, when I have multiple VEVENTs it wants to open it as a new calendar and files it under "Other Calendars".
Is there a way (without using File - Import from within Outlook) to specify that the calendar should be imported automatically into the existing calendar when opened?
UPDATE: To clarify, each VEVENT is related to a single "Appointment". However there may or may not be a recurring pattern.
-Mike
Answer
I don't think this will work. Outlook is limited in importing those "open" specs. I had a similar problem trying to import a vCard file with multiple contacts. I ended up splitting the file and writing a script in Outlook to import all the files in a directory.