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Thread: Generate a .ics Outlook file
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Jan 26, 2005, 15:23 #1
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Generate a .ics Outlook file
Has anyone ever produced an ics file or a link to add an event to someone's Outlook calendar?
I want to allow users to add events from our online calendar to thier own.
Thanks
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Jan 26, 2005, 15:36 #2
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I would imagine that creating a link to a desktop calendar would be a litle difficult unless you have "Outlook Web Access" enabled at the Exchange server. Even then it would have to be a public calendar and not a personal one (I think).
Never heard of ics files though. I was trying to find a way to do the same thing a while back (sync with outlook/web calendar), so I'd be interested in finding if/how it can be done.
You might be able to do it through the COM interface if you can get the infrastructure working correctly. Probably have to write a DCOM wrapper for it though so you can push the request out from the server to the workstation (if the path if visible and the server is Windows).
Office intergration can be so "fun" sometimes :S
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Jan 26, 2005, 15:39 #3
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You'll need a subscription to the site - but this shows how to do it in ASP, so it can be easily duplicated in PHP + COM.
http://www.asptoday.com/Content.aspx?id=1248
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Jan 26, 2005, 15:40 #4
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Quick google returned this page ... http://hublog.hubmed.org/archives/000496.html
All you have to do is generate ical files which are plain text, so its a piece of cakeIts all coming back to me now.
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Jan 26, 2005, 15:50 #5
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That's it!! Thanks
Now have you seen how to do it in a link? I know I've recieved links before in email, but I don't remember how it was formatted.
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Jan 26, 2005, 17:00 #6
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IIRC, ics files for ICAL standard are XML files...
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