I'm using the DDay library to create an iCal event, so that users of my site can add something to their calendar.
I want them to add an appointment as opposed to a meeting request in Office 2010 (and hopefully others too). When I use the library and set the method to PUBLISH, it does appear as an appointment, but it reports that the meeting cannot be found in the calendar. Then when I click no response required, the item gets deleted and doesn't stay in their calendar.
If I change the method to REQUEST, it shows up as a meeting request. This would an okay second best option, but the 'to' field is blank. If that's the best I can do, how can I set the 'to' field? I guess I would have them respond to themselves.
private static string CreateCalendarEvent(
string title, string body, DateTime startDate, double duration,
string location, string organizer, string eventId, bool allDayEvent)
{
// mandatory for outlook 2007
if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(organizer))
throw new Exception("Organizer provided was null");
var iCal = new iCalendar
{
Method = "PUBLISH",
Version = "2.0"
};
// "REQUEST" will update an existing event with the same UID (Unique ID) and a newer time stamp.
//if (updatePreviousEvent)
//{
// iCal.Method = "REQUEST";
//}
var evt = iCal.Create<Event>();
evt.Summary = title;
evt.Start = new iCalDateTime(startDate);
evt.Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(duration);
evt.Description = body;
evt.Location = location;
evt.IsAllDay = allDayEvent;
evt.UID = String.IsNullOrEmpty(eventId) ? new Guid().ToString() : eventId;
evt.Organizer = new Organizer(organizer);
evt.Alarms.Add(new Alarm
{
Duration = new TimeSpan(0, 15, 0),
Trigger = new Trigger(new TimeSpan(0, 15, 0)),
Action = AlarmAction.Display,
Description = "Reminder"
});
return new iCalendarSerializer().SerializeToString(iCal);
}
When I set the organizer to an email address, as opposed to a test string, it worked fine. I had written all of this up, so I thought I'd share it in case anyone else had the same problem