{"id":1113,"date":"2008-05-13T04:32:09","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T04:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/documentation-c\/"},"modified":"2008-05-13T04:32:09","modified_gmt":"2008-05-13T04:32:09","slug":"documentation-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/documentation-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentation can be SO irritating!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided I wanted to do the regular Windows to Outlook side of the project first.  It makes sense having both, as I often change my sets in the morning, in front of my desktop computers. <\/p>\n

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So I wanted to figure out how to create an Outlook item.  I started with this article:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/313787<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lovely article but I couldn’t get it to compile.  I started doing research on the error message and kept running into references to PIA’s.  I found them, and I had to install them.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/thankyou.aspx?familyId=59daebaa-bed4-4282-a28c-b864d8bfa513&displayLang=en<\/a><\/p>\n

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I also found this article which was helpful too:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb226711.aspx#officeoutlook2007whatsnewdeveloperspart1__intro <\/a><\/p>\n

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So here is what I had to do to create an Outlook Calendar entry (which does work).<\/p>\n

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I had to add an reference to the PIAs:<\/p>\n

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Add a reference to the PIAs. To do this, follow these steps: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
a. <\/td>\nOn the Project menu, click Add Reference.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
b. <\/td>\nClick the NET tab, locate Microsoft.Outlook.Interop.Outlook, and then click Select. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
c. <\/td>\nIn the Add References dialog box, click OK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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The next thing I had to do was to add the following statement to the top of the program:<\/p>\n

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It now looks like:<\/p>\n

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Imports System.Reflection
\nImports outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook<\/p>\n

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Module Module1<\/p>\n

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Sub Main()
\n‘ Create an Outlook application.
\nDim oApp As Outlook.Application = New Outlook.Application()<\/p>\n

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‘ Get NameSpace and Logon.
\nDim oNS As Outlook.NameSpace = oApp.GetNamespace("mapi")
\noNS.Logon("YourValidProfile", Missing.Value, False, True) ‘ TODO:<\/p>\n

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‘ Create a new AppointmentItem.
\nDim oAppt As Outlook.AppointmentItem = oApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olAppointmentItem)
\n‘oAppt.Display(true) ‘Modal <\/p>\n

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‘ Set some common properties.
\noAppt.Subject = "Created using OOM in C#"
\noAppt.Body = "Hello World"
\noAppt.Location = "Samm E"<\/p>\n

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oAppt.Start = Convert.ToDateTime("11\/30\/2001 9:00:00 AM")
\noAppt.End = Convert.ToDateTime("11\/30\/2001 1:00:00 PM")<\/p>\n

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oAppt.ReminderSet = True
\noAppt.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 5
\noAppt.BusyStatus = Outlook.OlBusyStatus.olBusy ‘ olBusy
\noAppt.IsOnlineMeeting = False<\/p>\n

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‘ Save to Calendar.
\noAppt.Save()<\/p>\n

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‘ Display.
\n‘oAppt.Display(true)<\/p>\n

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‘ Logoff.
\noNS.Logoff()<\/p>\n

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‘ Clean up.
\noApp = Nothing
\noNS = Nothing
\noAppt = Nothing
\nEnd Sub<\/p>\n

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End Module\n<\/p>\n

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