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CalendarSharing.SaveAsICal Method

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Outlook Developer Reference

Exports calendar information from the parent Folder of the CalendarSharing object as an iCalendar calendar (.ics) file.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Outlook 2007

Syntax

expression.SaveAsICal(Path)

expression   An expression that returns a CalendarSharing object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Path Required String The path and file name of the iCalendar file.

Remarks

The level of detail provided in the iCalendar file is determined by a combination of values in the following CalendarSharing properties:

You can set the IncludeWholeCalendar property to True to export all items contained in the folder, or you can set the StartDate and EndDate properties to limit the exported items to a date range between a specified start date and end date, respectively.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a CalendarSharing object for the Calendar folder, then exports the contents of the entire folder (including attachments and private items) to an iCalendar calendar (.ics) file.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Public Sub ExportEntireCalendar()
    
    Dim oNamespace As NameSpace
    Dim oFolder As Folder
    Dim oCalendarSharing As CalendarSharing
    
    On Error GoTo ErrRoutine
            
    ' Get a reference to the Calendar default folder
    Set oNamespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set oFolder = oNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
    
    ' Get a CalendarSharing object for the Calendar default folder.
    Set oCalendarSharing = oFolder.GetCalendarExporter
    
    ' Set the CalendarSharing object to export the contents of
    ' the entire Calendar folder, including attachments and
    ' private items, in full detail.
    With oCalendarSharing
        .CalendarDetail = olFullDetails
        .IncludeWholeCalendar = True
        .IncludeAttachments = True
        .IncludePrivateDetails = True
        .RestrictToWorkingHours = False
    End With
    
    ' Export calendar to an iCalendar calendar (.ics) file.
    oCalendarSharing.SaveAsICal "C:\SampleCalendar.ics"
    
EndRoutine:
    On Error GoTo 0
    Set oCalendarSharing = Nothing
    Set oFolder = Nothing
    Set oNamespace = Nothing
Exit Sub

ErrRoutine:
Select Case Err.Number
Case 287 ' &H0000011F
' The user denied access to the Address Book.
' This error occurs if the code is run by an
' untrusted application, and the user chose not to
' allow access.
MsgBox "Access to Outlook was denied by the user.", _
vbOKOnly, _
Err.Number & " - " & Err.Source
Case -2147467259  ' &H80004005
' Export failed.
' This error typically occurs if the CalendarSharing
' method cannot export the calendar information because
' of conflicting property settings.
MsgBox Err.Description, _
vbOKOnly, _
Err.Number & " - " & Err.Source
Case -2147221233  ' &H8004010F
' Operation failed.
' This error typically occurs if the GetCalendarExporter method
' is called on a folder that doesn't contain calendar items.
MsgBox Err.Description, _
vbOKOnly, _
Err.Number & " - " & Err.Source
Case Else
' Any other error that may occur.
MsgBox Err.Description, _
vbOKOnly, _
Err.Number & " - " & Err.Source
End Select


GoTo EndRoutine



End Sub

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