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#1 dkreifus

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Posted 22 August 2005 - 05:45 PM

For those who ever want to put an Outlook Event as a clickable link, so that people can add it to their calendars, here are the instructions:

1. Within Outlook, create a new appointment. Fill in all the appointment details that you want.

2. Click "Save As.." Type in filename.vcs, or in the file list, select "vCalendar Format (*.vcs)"

3. Save the file as filename.vcs andclose the appointment.

4. Finally, DELETE the appointment from your calendar so you can test it properly.


In your web editor of choice, add the link:
<A HREF="filename.vcs">Click here to add this event to your Calendar</A>

Or use a text editor, and copy the following

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

<HTML>
<HEAD>
	<TITLE>vCalendar Test</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

Come to my event!<BR>
<A HREF="filename.vcs">Click here to add this event to your Calendar</A>

</BODY>
</HTML>


voila....clickable calendar event!

(I know it works with Outlook, I'd be curious to see what other calendar programs it works with. It should be all vcard handlers.)

EDIT: For some browsers, you may have to right-click and select "Save As..."

Edited by dkreifus, 22 August 2005 - 05:47 PM.


#2 amber

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 04:56 PM

You don't know how much I appreciate this simple explanation and turotial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been racking my brain trying to figure this out and its as simple as adding a link to a web page. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif





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