2k3 scripting appointment moves

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internetsdave

Hi,

I'm newish to scripting and I'm hunting for help on a project that got
dumped on my lap. A lot of my users have two IMAP email accounts and
each account has it's own calendar associated with it. I'm trying to
help them out by creating a script that synchs up the two calendars
and keeps them synched up. Has anyone here tried doing anything like
this before? Failing that, does anyone know how to determine which
calendar folder is associated with which number and the best way to
set an appointment that's just arrived to a variable? Thanks muchly!

-Dave
 
Given that Outlook has no support for IMAP calendars, I'd venture to guess that no one has ever tried that.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
internetsdave said:
I'm newish to scripting and I'm hunting for help on a project that got
dumped on my lap. A lot of my users have two IMAP email accounts and
each account has it's own calendar associated with it. I'm trying to
help them out by creating a script that synchs up the two calendars
and keeps them synched up. Has anyone here tried doing anything like
this before? Failing that, does anyone know how to determine which
calendar folder is associated with which number and the best way to
set an appointment that's just arrived to a variable? Thanks muchly!
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Since the IMAP protocols don't support anything other than mail folders, the
calendars must be an artifact of something other than Outlook or IMAP.
There's no way for Outlook to present an IMAP folder as a calendar.
 
Well, in the case of both accounts, third-party software is providing
the interface to the IMAP servers (and thereby the calendars). My
hope was to get Outlook to simply duplicate the appointment and submit
it to the appropriate (i.e. opposing) account. But I get the feeling
that this is going to be tricker than I initially surmised...
 
In that case, if the calendar folders are exposed in Outlook, you can use normal Outlook methods like AppointmentItem.Copy and .Move. If you're new to Outlook programming, you might want to start at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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