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send calendar appointment from .net to Groupwise

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  1 year ago

  by janetb

  janetb

  , United States

  Joined 4 years ago
  In vb, trying to send .net (I’m using .net 2) appointment to Groupwise (Novell says it accepts iCal and iMip services). Tried a version, got the email, but when I clicked on the attachment, nothing appeared as an appointment. So, tried again, and now I get a whole new calendar when I click on the ics file - but still no appointment. Any help appreciated... Janet Dim filePath As String = String.Empty If System.IO.File.Exists("iCal\2.ics") Then System.IO.File.Delete("iCal\2.ics") End If Dim path As String = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("iCal\") filePath = path + "2.ics" Dim myStr As String = String.Empty myStr = "BEGIN:VCALENDAR" & vbCrLf & _ "VERSION:1.0" & vbCrLf & _ "BEGIN:VEVENT" & vbCrLf & _ "DTSTART:" & DateTime.Now.AddDays(1).ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ") & vbCrLf & _ "DTEND:" & (DateTime.Now.AddDays(1)).AddMinutes(35).ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ") & vbCrLf & _ "LOCATION:CDL" & vbCrLf & _ "DESCRIPTION:Click the attached file to receive appointment" & vbCrLf & _ "SUMMARY:testing another appointment" & vbCrLf & _ "TRIGGER:-PT15M" & vbCrLf & _ "PRIORITY:5" & vbCrLf & _ "END:VEVENT" & vbCrLf & _ "END:VCALENDAR" Dim writer As New System.IO.StreamWriter(filePath) writer.WriteLine(myStr) writer.Close() Dim mail As New System.Net.Mail.MailMessage("yada@emailfrom.net", "yada2@emailto.net", "test email appointment2", "click attached file2 for internet appointment") mail.Attachments.Add(New System.Net.Mail.Attachment(filePath)) Dim client As New System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient("wahoo") client.Send(mail) mail.Attachments.Dispose() mail.Dispose() mail = Nothing
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  1 year ago

  by James Crowley

  James Crowley

  London, United Kingdom

  Joined 8 years ago
  Hi Janet, I can't spot anything immediately wrong, but I'd try and narrow down the possibilities as to where the problem lies (with the emailing, or the ICS-file-generation). For instance, * if you send the email with an attachment with an ics file you've created using another app (such as Outlook), rather than the one you're creating on the fly, does that work? * if you just create the ics file using the code you've described, does it succesfully open? If it turns out to be the ICS file, I'd just compare the output in the file generated (without the email bit getting in the way), with a valid ICS file you know works - and see if you can spot anything wrong that way? Hope that helps James
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  1 year ago

  by janetb

  janetb

  , United States

  Joined 4 years ago
  James, Thanks for the reply. I have the appointment now coming in as an attachment to the Groupwise Account, but when I click on it the ics file adds another calendar folder instead of placing the appointment on the default calendar. Know of anything anywhere that shows how to send the appointment directly, not as an attachment, and have it appear on the main calendar? We're running GroupWise 7.1, Novell OES. Web server is Server2003, IIS. Thanks, Janet
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