View other user's calendar
Hello,
Is there any way that I can programmatically access another user's calendar via VBA/VB?
Using outlook 2000 SR1 Corporate/Workgroup with an exchange server (dont know what version).
The only way I know how to do it currently is to create a new appointment and go to Attendee Availability. I can see their calendar that way, so it is at least somewhat accessible to me.
I've tried using .GetSharedDefaultFolder(vR
Is there another way to do this?
Matt
Is there any way that I can programmatically access another user's calendar via VBA/VB?
Using outlook 2000 SR1 Corporate/Workgroup with an exchange server (dont know what version).
The only way I know how to do it currently is to create a new appointment and go to Attendee Availability. I can see their calendar that way, so it is at least somewhat accessible to me.
I've tried using .GetSharedDefaultFolder(vR
Is there another way to do this?
Matt
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The other users haven't delegated any access to me, probably why the GetSharedDefaultFolder didn't work. I could get access to it, I'm more wondering for fun if I can get it programmatically.
I'm not even positive of it being exchange, I just assume so as its a big company.
In the attendee availability it looks just blocked off, but I can right-click it to see the actual details (not in a new inspector window, just a small pop-up). I could post an example screenshot tomorrow if it would help.
I'm having a lot of fun exploring the outlook model, though definitely finding it's limits somewhat annoying. With all the harm that could be done with code and email, I can see the purpose for most of it
I'm not even positive of it being exchange, I just assume so as its a big company.
In the attendee availability it looks just blocked off, but I can right-click it to see the actual details (not in a new inspector window, just a small pop-up). I could post an example screenshot tomorrow if it would help.
I'm having a lot of fun exploring the outlook model, though definitely finding it's limits somewhat annoying. With all the harm that could be done with code and email, I can see the purpose for most of it
If you aren't an Exchange admin and they haven't explicitly given you permission to their mailbox, then GetSharedDefaultFolder won't work. I'm surprised you get that little pop-up showing their appointment details when you right-click on an area of blocked-off time. In Outlook 2003 users with no admin rights and no explicit permissions can't do that. They just see the time blocked off. As I said before though it's been awhile since I tinkered with 2000, so it must behave differently and I just didn't remember. There may be a way to query the free & busy information directly. Let me see what I can find on that topic.
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Nice! I hadn't even seen the FreeBusy method, that should give me what I need!
After actually looking closer at my calendar, all it shows when I right-click is "tentative", "out of office", etc, which is returned by FreeBusy as well. I guess I never really looked that closely at it :)
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Matt
After actually looking closer at my calendar, all it shows when I right-click is "tentative", "out of office", etc, which is returned by FreeBusy as well. I guess I never really looked that closely at it :)
Thanks!! Enjoy your first 2k points this month
Matt
You're welcome.
It's been awhile since I did anything in Outlook 2000 and although I still have the software it's not in an Exchange environment. I'm not sure I'll be of much help. That said, I need to ask a couple of questions to get a complete picture of the situation. Has the other user delegated access to their mailbox to you or are you an Exchange admin? When you create an appointment and go to attendee availability do you see the details of their appointments or just see the time blocked off?
Cheers!