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Annguowenhua
Annguowenhua

Reputation: 11

I can't cancel the event by the method of importing ics file in Outlook

When I create an iCalendar on Outlook, I want to delete it on Outlook with importing the ics-cancel-file,but it gives me the message "The events could't be imported. Please try again later.Error message".

The event ics file:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 15.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20160504T072433Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE;VALUE=DATE:20160506
SUMMARY:BirthDay
UID:20160504T072432Z-1@fe80:0:0:0:a2d3:c1ff:fe34:bacf%2
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

The ics-cancel-file:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 15.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:CANCEL
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20160504T072433Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE;VALUE=DATE:20160506
SUMMARY:BirthDay
UID:20160504T072432Z-1@fe80:0:0:0:a2d3:c1ff:fe34:bacf%2
STATUS:CANCELLED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

What can I fix it that I can delete the event? What's wrong with this ics file?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 980

Answers (1)

wajiro_91
wajiro_91

Reputation: 166

Adding the 2nd file just change the Event's STATUS, which defines the overall status or confirmation for the calendar component (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5545#section-3.8.1.11)

The only way there is for deleting a calendar object if by a DELETE Request (http://www.webdav.org/specs/rfc2518.html#METHOD_DELETE). So there isn't something wrong with the .ics file.

Upvotes: 1

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