Microsoft KB Archive/313789

= How to create a meeting request by using the Outlook Object Model in Visual Basic .NET =

Article ID: 313789

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q313789



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SUMMARY
 * Create the Sample to Create a Meeting Request

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SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to create a meeting request by using Outlook Object Model in Visual Basic .NET.

Create the Sample to Create a Meeting Request
 Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. On the File menu, click New, and then click Project. Click Visual Basic Projects under Project Types, and then click Console Application under Templates. By default, Module1.vb is created. Add a reference to the Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library. To do this, follow these steps:  On the Project menu, click Add Reference. On the COM tab, click Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library, and then click Select. In the Add References dialog box, click OK to accept your selections. If you are prompted to generate wrappers for the libraries that you selected, click Yes.</li></ol> </li>  In the Code window, replace all of the code with the following: Imports System.Reflection

Module Module1

Sub Main ' Create an Outlook application. Dim oApp As Outlook.Application = New Outlook.Application

' Get Mapi NameSpace and Logon. Dim oNS As Outlook.NameSpace = oApp.GetNamespace(&quot;mapi&quot;) oNS.Logon(&quot;YourValidProfile&quot;, Missing.Value, False, True) ' TODO: ' Create an AppointmentItem. Dim oAppt As Outlook._AppointmentItem = oApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olAppointmentItem) 'oAppt.Display(true) 'Modal

' Change AppointmentItem to a Meeting. oAppt.MeetingStatus = Outlook.OlMeetingStatus.olMeeting

' Set some common properties. oAppt.Subject = &quot;Created using OOM in VB.NET&quot; oAppt.Body = &quot;Hello World&quot; oAppt.Location = &quot;Samm E&quot;

oAppt.Start = Convert.ToDateTime(&quot;11/30/2001 9:00:00 AM&quot;) oAppt.End = Convert.ToDateTime(&quot;11/30/2001 1:00:00 PM&quot;)

oAppt.ReminderSet = True oAppt.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 5 oAppt.BusyStatus = Outlook.OlBusyStatus.olBusy '  olBusy oAppt.IsOnlineMeeting = False oAppt.AllDayEvent = False

' Add attendees. Dim oRecipts As Outlook.Recipients = oAppt.Recipients

' Add required attendee. Dim oRecipt As Outlook.Recipient oRecipt = oRecipts.Add(&quot;UserTest1&quot;) ' TODO: oRecipt.Type = Outlook.OlMeetingRecipientType.olRequired

' Add optional attendee. oRecipt = oRecipts.Add(&quot;UserTest2&quot;) ' TODO: oRecipt.Type = Outlook.OlMeetingRecipientType.olOptional

oRecipts.ResolveAll

'oAppt.Display(true)

' Send out request. oAppt.Send

' Logoff. oNS.Logoff

End Sub

End Module

</li> Modify the code where you see the TODO comments.</li> Press F5 to build and run the program.</li> Verify that the meeting is created.</li></ol>

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