Item_Write Event on Appointment Item

[tecktim.khoo]

Hi I'm currently developing an outlook custom form which does 2 things

1) Adds an appointment in the exchange calender for a user
2) The same information entered into the appointment is recorded into a
SQL Server Database

Using the item_write event, the custom form works perfectly fine for
adding and updating existing appointments. However, when dragging an
appointment from one calendar to another user's calender in outlook,
the item_write event only fires once, subsequent modification to the
appointment item does not trigger this event until it is dragged back
to my own calender. Is there a fix for this problem?
Thanks!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In Outlook 2002 SP3 and later, custom forms don't run code on items in someone else's mailbox by default. A registry value governs this behavior. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/ol2003problems.htm

 

[tecktim.khoo]

Hello Sue,

Thank you very much for your reply. It works very nicely!

Now, I seem to have another problem. When dragging the appointment from
one calendar to another, i use the Item.Parent.FolderPath property to
keep track of who the appointment is being assigned to and with this
information; I am updating the SQL database accordingly. However, when
the appointment is dragged into another person's calendar, the
folderpath property is updated with a GUID. How do I get the target
calendar which the appointment item is dragged into or retrieve the
user which is receiving the new calendar item?

Your help is very much appreciated.