iCalendar

[Kenny]

Hello,
I was told I could send meeting requests from Outlook 2002
to a pop3 account with the ability to accept or decline
the meeting from the pop3 account by turning on the
iCalendar feature.
However, when going to Tools | Options | Calendar Options,
the "When sending meeting requests over the Internet, use
Icalendar format" is not available (greyed out). Any help
would be greatly appricated.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

iCal is actually turned on by default, if I remember correctly. Install the latest service pack and you should be able to turn it on or off; there was a bug in the UI for that setting in the initial release.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm

 

[Chet Lee]

I have the same problem. The "send as ICalendar Format" option is greyed
out. I am using Office XP-SP2. How can I check to make sure that it IS
enabled by default?

Thanks!

iCal is actually turned on by default, if I remember correctly. Install the
latest service pack and you should be able to turn it on or off; there was a
bug in the UI for that setting in the initial release.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm

 

[Sam Docker]

I can't think of any situation in that version where it wouldn't be available to turn on and off, unless a group policy is in place.

well definitely in one of our local outlook 2000 installs, the field is
completely missing.

I tried to set the appropriate registry value manually but that does'nt
make any difference.

That means there must be a set of install params which enables/disables
that feature. But I'm quite exhausted searching them.

Any further hint appreciated.

Sam.