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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Calendaring / September 2005Trouble Receiving iCalendar Messages using Outlook 2002/XP (10.4608.4219 SP-2) under WinXP Pro)
I have successfully sent Contact cards as vCards for years (using Actions | Forward as vCard). However, I've had no such success forwarding iCalendar cards. I AM able to send them from this computer without a hitch. However, when they arrive on another computer which is also running WinXP Pro and Outlook 2002/XP (10.4712.4219) SP-2), the iCalendar cards cannot be opened and saved. When the recipient opens the e-mail containing the iCalendar card and tries to open the iCalendar card by double-clicking the calendar icon, a Microsoft Outlook error message pops up stating: "cannot import vCalendar file. Could not complete the operation. One or more parameter values are not valid." It's interesting to note that the selection on the Actions menu to send a copy of a calendar item refers to it as an iCalendar card, yet the error message on the receiving end refers to it as a vCalendar card. How can I succeed in sending individual appointments from my calendar on this computer to other computers? I look forward to your response. I shall greatly appreciate your help.  SignatureWith kindest regards, Dick Smith iCal and vCal are used somewhat interchangeably. What happens if, on the receiving machine, you create an iCal .ics file? Can that machine open it OK? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > I have successfully sent Contact cards as vCards for years (using Actions | > Forward as vCard). However, I've had no such success forwarding iCalendar [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > I look forward to your response. I shall greatly appreciate your help. Good afternoon, Sue! Thanks for your feedback. I tried sending an iCal/vCal from the receiving machine to itself, basically. That worked fine. But for some reason it won't work when I send an iCal/vCal from this computer to that one. I wonder why, and what I can do to get it to work from this one. SignatureWith kindest regards, Dick Smith iCal and vCal are used somewhat interchangeably. What happens if, on the receiving machine, you create an iCal .ics file? Can that machine open it OK? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > I have successfully sent Contact cards as vCards for years (using Actions | [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > I look forward to your response. I shall greatly appreciate your help. I'd open the two iCal files in Notepad and compare them to see if any differences jump out. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Good afternoon, Sue! Thanks for your feedback. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > > I look forward to your response. I shall greatly appreciate your help. Hello, again, Sue; After the last posting, I downloaded and installed 3 OfficeXP updates, which brought OutlookXP on the sending computer to (10.4712.4219) SP-2), just like the receiving computer. Now, vCal/iCals open just fine on the receiving computer. Thanks, again. Have a great weekend! SignatureWith kindest regards, Dick Smith iCal and vCal are used somewhat interchangeably. What happens if, on the receiving machine, you create an iCal .ics file? Can that machine open it OK? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > I have successfully sent Contact cards as vCards for years (using Actions | [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > I look forward to your response. I shall greatly appreciate your help. The problem is Outlook 2000 doesn't recognize the reminder class is not compatible with outlook 2000 If someone sends you an event, and you want to import it into Outlook 2000, save the event to a file, and then edit it in notepad to to remove the reminder. BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT ORGANIZER:MAILTO:v-gechia@microsoft.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051123 LOCATION:Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre - Vancouver TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 UID: 040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000408971CF8DB4C5010000000000000000100 0000091B855F9CBB6534B99E6E3DFF1BD8B7D DTSTAMP:20050908T195601Z SUMMARY:Microsoft Ready Launch Tour 2005 PRIORITY:5 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1 CLASS:PUBLIC <---- BEGIN:VALARM <---- TRIGGER:-PT1080M <---- ACTION:DISPLAY <---- REMOVE THESE LINES AND THE FILE CAN BE IMPORTED INTO OUTLOOK 2000 DESCRIPTION:Reminder <---- END:VALARM <---- END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR |
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