Reading a Custom Appointment Item's Conflict Property in Item_Write Function fiznool[ at ]gmail.com 08.08.2006 19:11:20 Hi, I am implementing a COM add-in in OL2003 which allows users to schedule phone calls using an external soft-phone. I have created a custom form which is based on the Appointment Item form, and have published it in the Calendar folder, and so all of the appointment item properties are available - including .Conflicts. I want to check that a new item to be added to my calendar does not conflict with an existing calendar entry, and I believe the best way to do this is to use the VBScript in the form itself and manipulate the code in the Item_Write event, checking as the item is about to be saved. I thought about using the .Conflicts property as shown: Function Item_Write() MsgBox Conflicts.Count if Conflicts.Count > 0 Then MsgBox "The schedule entry cannot conflict with an existing entry. Please amend the start time" Item_Write = false end if End Function However, this doesn't seem to work. The first message box shows that Conflicts.Count is always zero, whether there is a conflicting entry in the calendar or not. Does the conflicts property work before you save the item or does it only check against other entries once it has been saved, i.e. when Item_Write has closed? If this is the case, can anybody suggest any other way to do it, short of loading every item in the calendar and cycling through, checking the start and end times of every single entry? Thanks!

RE: Reading a Custom Appointment Item's Conflict Property in Item_Writ Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] 08.08.2006 21:04:01 That's not what the Conflicts property does. It deals with copies of the item created when multiple users save changes at the same time. What you should be doing is checking the given time interval for overlapping appointments by searching that interval; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/finddate.htm -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "fiznool[ at ]gmail.com" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I am implementing a COM add-in in OL2003 which allows users to schedule > phone calls using an external soft-phone. I have created a custom form > which is based on the Appointment Item form, and have published it in > the Calendar folder, and so all of the appointment item properties are > available - including .Conflicts. > > I want to check that a new item to be added to my calendar does not > conflict with an existing calendar entry, and I believe the best way to > do this is to use the VBScript in the form itself and manipulate the > code in the Item_Write event, checking as the item is about to be > saved. I thought about using the .Conflicts property

Re: Reading a Custom Appointment Item's Conflict Property in Item_Writ fiznool[ at ]gmail.com 09.08.2006 17:53:26 Thanks for the heads up Sue. It really is not obvious (well to me anyway) that the Conflicts property does not return conflicting date and time appointments. Especially when Outlook even notifies you in the Appointment window that the current date and time "conflicts" with another appoinment. Its a shame that I can't just tap off this information that Outlook provides - but never mind, will try the Find and Restrict properties instead. Tom