Link Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Does anyone know how to update Microsoft Outlook dynamically? i.e. when their calendar is updated on a website, the next time they look at Outlook it will update with the new events... If you don't know the complete solution or have any clues as to how to accomplish this, please let me know. Any and all information (hints) is desired as I am pretty stumped with this one. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/63050-outlook-and-php/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 You would just need to have a link that would open a calendar file (which you could create dynamically). The files have a .vcs extension and when opened will add an entry to your calendar. This page http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287625 describes how to create a calendar file from an existing item in your calendar and should have enough information for you to create them dynamically. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/63050-outlook-and-php/#findComment-314069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Ok, so I know how to create them like this. My problem is that I need for Outlook to pull the information itself. Like, I want to have this file that might be updated multiple times a day, and then when Outlook opens, it looks at the file, and updates the calendar. Does that make sense? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/63050-outlook-and-php/#findComment-314112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 Anyone? I want the file to be located on a remote server that Outlook will look at when it loads. Or something that achieves the same goals... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/63050-outlook-and-php/#findComment-314683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrodude Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Your best bet would probably be to invest some time studying Outlook Macros. I haven't spent much time with them, but you would probably need to create a macro to delete all of the calendar entries once per day, then connect to your remote server and download them all. The remote server would keep an updated list of what currently needs to be in the calendar. Maybe I'm way off base, but it seems like it should work, even if it's far from efficient. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/63050-outlook-and-php/#findComment-314707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 Well, who ever said Microsoft was efficient? haha Yes, I was scared of that solution, or rather scared it may be the only one. I am hoping someone hops along saying "Oh, no you just type in the web address to a .vcs file and Outlook does it all"... but I have a feeling I will be cursing Bill Gates if I hold my breath for that one... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/63050-outlook-and-php/#findComment-314709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Well, what you are asking for has nothing to do with PHP. If you could use PHP to add meetings to someones calendar without thier interactin all the script kiddies would be filling our calendars with useless crap. You need to find an Outlook forum. I'm no MS fanboy, but this also has nothing to do with the inefficency of MS. They have a solution for exactly what you are asking about - it's called a MS Exchange server. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/63050-outlook-and-php/#findComment-314711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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