.NET: Get all Outlook calendar items
I've studied the docs and this is my result: I've put a time limit of one month hard-coded, but this is just an example.
public void GetAllCalendarItems()
{
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application oApp = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.NameSpace mapiNamespace = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MAPIFolder CalendarFolder = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Items outlookCalendarItems = null;
oApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();
mapiNamespace = oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI"); ;
CalendarFolder = mapiNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderCalendar);
outlookCalendarItems = CalendarFolder.Items;
outlookCalendarItems.IncludeRecurrences = true;
foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.AppointmentItem item in outlookCalendarItems)
{
if (item.IsRecurring)
{
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.RecurrencePattern rp = item.GetRecurrencePattern();
DateTime first = new DateTime(2008, 8, 31, item.Start.Hour, item.Start.Minute, 0);
DateTime last = new DateTime(2008, 10, 1);
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.AppointmentItem recur = null;
for (DateTime cur = first; cur <= last; cur = cur.AddDays(1))
{
try
{
recur = rp.GetOccurrence(cur);
MessageBox.Show(recur.Subject + " -> " + cur.ToLongDateString());
}
catch
{ }
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show(item.Subject + " -> " + item.Start.ToLongDateString());
}
}
}
I believe that you must Restrict or Find in order to get recurring appointments, otherwise Outlook won't expand them. Also, you must Sort by Start before setting IncludeRecurrences.