Creating a Meeting Request (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

Any Appointment becomes a Meeting Request when you retrieve its recipients list, specify one or more recipients, and then send the appointment information to the recipients.

To create a meeting request

1. Create an instance of the Outlook Mobile application object and then use it to establish a POOM session. For more information, see Establishing a POOM Session.

2. Create a PIM item. For more information, see Creating a PIM Item.

3. Retrieve and populate the Appointment's Recipient List, as follows:

   pAppt->get_Recipients(&pRecipients);
   
   pRecipients->Add(TEXT("Kathryn Wilson"), &pRecipient);
   pRecipients->Add(TEXT("Blanca"), &pRecipient);
   pRecipients->Add(TEXT("Robert"), &pRecipient);
   

4. Set each Recipient object's Address property by resolving each recipient against the Contacts List. Iterate backward through the Recipients List so that the remaining unresolved Recipients are not reordered when a Recipient is removed from the list:

   IPOlRecipient * pRecip2;
   int             iRecipientCount;
   
   pRecipients->get_Count(&iRecipientCount);
   
   for (int i = iRecipientCount; i > 0; i--)
   {
       pRecipients->Item(i, &pRecipient)
       pRecipient->QueryInterface(IID_IPOlRecipient, (LPVOID*)&pRecip2);
       pRecip2->Resolve(TRUE, &bResolved);
   
       if (!bResolved)
       {
           pRecipients->Remove(i);
       }
   
       pRecip2->Release();
   }
   

5. Send the Meeting Request:

   pRecipients->get_Count(&iRecipientCount);
   
   if (iRecipientCount > 0)
   {
       pAppt->Send();
   }
   

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to create a meeting request.

Note

To make the following code example easier to read, security checking and error handling are not included. This code example should not be used in a release configuration unless it has been modified to include them.

void CreateMeetingRequest(IPOutlookApp * polApp)
{
    IRecurrencePattern * pRec;
    IAppointment       * pAppt;
    IRecipients        * pRecipients;
    IRecipient         * pRecipient;
    BOOL                 bResolved

    // Add a new Appointment.
    polApp->CreateItem(olAppointmentItem, (IDispatch**)&pAppt);

    // Set the Subject on the Appointment item.
    pAppt->put_Subject(TEXT("Recurring Appointment"));

    // Convert the date Thursday, 05/10/07 at 8:30 PM, to a DATE object.
    SYSTEMTIME st;
    DATE       date;

    memset(&st, 0, sizeof(SYSTEMTIME));

    st.wMonth = 5;
    st.wDay   = 10;
    st.wYear  = 2007;
    st.wHour  = 20.5;

    polApp->SystemTimeToVariantTime(&st, &date);

    // Set the Start date.
    pAppt->put_Start(date);

    // Add the recipients.
    pAppt->get_Recipients(&pRecipients);

    pRecipients->Add(TEXT("Kathryn Wilson"), &pRecipient);
    pRecipients->Add(TEXT("Blanca"), &pRecipient);
    pRecipients->Add(TEXT("Robert"), &pRecipient);

    // Resolve the recipients against the list of Contacts on the mobile device.
    IPOlRecipient * pRecip2;
    int             iRecipientCount;

    pRecipients->get_Count(&iRecipientCount);

    // Count downward so that removing recipient does not reorder the remaining unresolved recipients.
    for (int i = iRecipientCount; i > 0; i--)
    {
        pRecipients->Item(i, &pRecipient)
        pRecipient->QueryInterface(IID_IPOlRecipient, (LPVOID*)&pRecip2);
        pRecip2->Resolve(TRUE, &bResolved);

        if (!bResolved)
        {
            pRecipients->Remove(i);
        }

        pRecip2->Release();
    }

    // Send the Meeting Request.
    pRecipients->get_Count(&iRecipientCount);

    if (iRecipientCount > 0)
    {
       pAppt->Send();
    {
}

To make the code example easier to read, security checking and error handling are not included.

This code example should not be used in a release configuration unless it has been modified to include them.

Compiling the Code

• Include Header File: PimStore.h
• Linker Dependency: PimStore.lib

See Also

Reference

IAppointment::get_Recipients
IAppointment::Send
IRecipients::Add
IRecipient::put_Address

Other Resources

Pocket Outlook Object Model Common Tasks
Pocket Outlook Object Model Application Development