How to obtain outlook appointments in c++

Question

Hi guys

in the software I'm developing in c++ I want to obtain all the appointments of a specific calendar. In detail, I have a path to a calendar (for example Personal folders\Calendar\My calendar) and I want the software returns all the appointments contained in it.
I tried to search in Internet but all the guides I've found describes how to save an appointment in Outlook not how to obtain it. Any idea on how I can do this?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Gian,

Have you reviewed the Open Specifications (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/library/cc307725.aspx). That is the low-level detail on how to do this.

If you are looking for advice on existing tools, perhaps http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/os_exchangeprotocols/thread/ might be useful.

In addition, http://www.openchange.org (which I'm involved in) provides a library (with C++ bindings) and associated tools that can do this. There are other tools.

Brad

Answer 2

I've tried to search in the msdn link but I haven't found a solution to my problem. I've also looked at openchange but I'm developing a software for a company that want to sell it (I don't think it's a great idea to use a open code and sell it).

I don't know why in c++ I'm not able to do what I've done in VisualFoxpro in about 30 minutes. I'm searhing something like this: http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=3894  but in c++

Answer 3

Hi Gian, this forum is for software developers who are using the Open Protocol Specification documentation to assist them in developing systems, services, and applications that are interoperable with Windows. The Open Protocol Specifications can be found at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc203350.aspx. Since your post does not appear to be related to the Open Protocol Specification documentation set we would appreciate it if you could try our Exchange Server 'Development' forum at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrdevelopment/threads/ instead to find the information you are looking for . Thanks!

Regards,
Bill Wesse

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Escalation Engineer