Comments on: Creating Outlook Calendar events through hyperlinks

By: Daniel Foster

Daniel Foster — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:00:54 +0000

This site works great for creating the iCalendar file and if you link to it on their server, the MIME type is already set:
http://www.pratie.com/lab/icalendar/

By: Steve D

Steve D — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:34:43 +0000

Jay,
You say to add
“METHOD:PUBLISH
to the VCALENDAR definition section.”

Where exactly is that? I can’t get it to work.

TIA, Steve

By: James

James — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:26:32 +0000

@Holden – I’m afraid I’m not much of an expert on the exact formats, but iCalendar is supposedly based on the earlier vCalendar format.

I haven’t had any trouble using either of the specifications in any Calendar clients – generally they handle everything you throw at them, so either RFC is good.

By: Holden

Holden — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:46:18 +0000

Hi James,

Good page of useful information. I would like to know if you’re using vcalendar or icalendar specifications? Also, how would you handle frequency or reoccurring events?

Also are you following RFC5546 or 5545 for the standards? Do you find that oulook sticks to the standards outlined in the RFC’s? Thanks again!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:07:08 +0000

I can embed the .ics file in the email and have them accept. When I tried to update the invite, the invitees received and accepted but then the original invite fell off my calendar. Any ideas why??