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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Calendaring / November 2005Meeting requests show as ICS file attachments
We are using Outlook 2003, and the user said the only chages that were made to the system was the installation of iTunes 6.01 recently, and since then DISASTER! But when the ICS file attachment is opened, it comes up as: This error can appear if you have attempted to save a recurring Lunar appointment in iCalendar format. To avoid this error, set the appointment option to Gregorian instead of Lunar. More information about this error message online. But when I check the callendar settings in Outlook, it is set to English, Gregorian! Same can be said for the senders end (outlook 2003 on the senders computer). So any help from you guys would be much appreciated :) Thank you in advance, Chris Posting the .ics file contents might be helpful, along with your build number from Help | About.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > We are using Outlook 2003, and the user said the only chages that were made > to the system was the installation of iTunes 6.01 recently, and since then [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Chris Okie dokie, here is all the info I can give: Build number: Microsoft Outlook 2003 Small Business Edition 2003 (11.6359.6360) User is on windows XP sp2 When the invite is sent it arrives as AT00032.ics or similar....when trying to open or save the file it says: "could not import iCalendar file" and contains The error: This error can appear if you have attempted to save a recurring Lunar appointment in iCalendar format. To avoid this error, set the appointment option to Gregorian instead of Lunar. More information about this error message online. The iTunes that was installed was iTunes 6.0.1.3 Hope this helps. Cheers, Chris Posting the .ics file contents might be helpful, along with your build number from Help | About. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > We are using Outlook 2003, and the user said the only chages that were > made [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Chris Open the .ics file in Notepad, then copy and paste the text into a post here, please. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Okie dokie, here is all the info I can give: > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Posting the .ics file contents might be helpful, along with your build > number from Help | About. >> We are using Outlook 2003, and the user said the only chages that were >> made [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Chris Interesting....when I try to open the ICS file, it is 0 bytes in size and contains nothing! But when it is an attachment in outlook, it says (99b) after the filename. Could this be the problem? that his outlook is creating corrupt ICS files? Chris Open the .ics file in Notepad, then copy and paste the text into a post here, please. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Okie dokie, here is all the info I can give: > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Posting the .ics file contents might be helpful, along with your build > number from Help | About. > "Chris L" <chris@tempestmedia.com> wrote in message > news:43683532@duster.adelaide.on.net... [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> Chris Did you save it as a file to your hard drive first, then open it in Notepad? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Interesting....when I try to open the ICS file, it is 0 bytes in size and > contains nothing! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Open the .ics file in Notepad, then copy and paste the text into a post > here, please. >> Okie dokie, here is all the info I can give: >> [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] >>> >>> Chris Yep, saved it to my desktop, then tried to open with notepad, but it was empty when I opened it. 99b is a VERY small file size anyway....im stumped! Chris Did you save it as a file to your hard drive first, then open it in Notepad? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Interesting....when I try to open the ICS file, it is 0 bytes in size and > contains nothing! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Open the .ics file in Notepad, then copy and paste the text into a post > here, please. > "Chris L" <chris@tempestmedia.com> wrote in message > news:43697b05$1@duster.adelaide.on.net... [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >>> >>> Chris Is it only happening on this particular user's machine? If so, try uninstalling iTunes temporarily (no real business need for it) and see if the problem goes away. Recent iPods allow for syncing with Outlook so something may have been touched. Also, is this the only appointment they're having problems with or are there others? > We are using Outlook 2003, and the user said the only chages that were > made to the system was the installation of iTunes 6.01 recently, and since [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > So any help from you guys would be much appreciated :)
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