_AppointmentItem.Respond Method

Responds to a meeting request.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DispIdAttribute()> _
Function Respond ( _
    Response As OlMeetingResponse, _
    fNoUI As Object, _
    fAdditionalTextDialog As Object _
) As MeetingItem
'Usage
Dim instance As _AppointmentItem
Dim Response As OlMeetingResponse
Dim fNoUI As Object
Dim fAdditionalTextDialog As Object
Dim returnValue As MeetingItem

returnValue = instance.Respond(Response, _
    fNoUI, fAdditionalTextDialog)

[DispIdAttribute()]
MeetingItem Respond(
    OlMeetingResponse Response,
    Object fNoUI,
    Object fAdditionalTextDialog
)

Parameters

• Response
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlMeetingResponse

  The response to the request.

• fNoUI
  Type: System.Object

  True to not display a dialog box; the response is sent automatically. False to display the dialog box for responding.

• fAdditionalTextDialog
  Type: System.Object

  False to not prompt the user for input; the response is displayed in the inspector for editing. True to prompt the user to either send or send with comments. This argument is valid only if fNoUI is False.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MeetingItem
A MeetingItem object that represents the response to the meeting request.

Remarks

When you call the Respond method with the olMeetingAccepted or olMeetingTentative parameter, Outlook will create a new appointment item that duplicates the original appointment item. The new item will have a different Entry ID. Outlook will then remove the original item. You should no longer use the Entry ID of the original item, but instead call the EntryID property to obtain the Entry ID for the new item for any subsequent needs. This is to ensure that this appointment item will be properly synchronized on your calendar if more than one client computer accesses your calendar but may be offline using the cache mode occasionally.

The following table describes the behavior of the Respond method depending on the parent object, and the fNoUI and fAdditionalTextDialog parameters.

fNoUI, fAdditionalTextDialog	Result
True, True	Response item is returned with no user interface. To send the response, you must call the Send method.
True, False	Same result as with True, True.
False, True	Prompts user to Send or Edit before sending the response.
False, False	New response item appears in the user interface, but no prompt is displayed.

See Also

Reference

_AppointmentItem Interface

_AppointmentItem Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Prompt a User to Respond to a Meeting Request

How to: Automatically Accept a Meeting Request