Add to Outlook Calendar via web form?

[Guest]

i saw a registration form online, which im guessing was either ASP or
HTML...it had a hyperlink that said "Add this seminar to your Outlook
Calendar"...

How in the heck is that done? Can you actually create a hyperlink that will
add an event to you Outlook Calendar...

Any leads to this are greatly appreciated.
thanks all.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

They saved (or programmatically generated) an .ics or .vcs file, which uses the iCalendar/vCalendar specification for interchange of calendar information. Outlook's Save As command can do that, too.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

So i found the ".ics" file extenstion under the Save As command. Can i just
save it as such, upload it via FTP to my server and hyperlink it? Are there
versions of Outlook that this is not compatible with ? Should i set a
disclaimer such as "Outlook 2005 users click here to ......etc."

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yup. It's that easy. Make sure you leave out any reminder for maximum compatibility.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers