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c#asp.net-mvcasp.net-coreoutlookicalendar
Parin Patel
Parin Patel

Reputation: 82

ICS file showing show as "Free" and "Busy" Status not getting properly in outlook app

i need to send ICS file with Status Show as "Basy" or "Free" (configure based on method) using ICAL.NET 'https://github.com/rianjs/ical.net', i passed Status in CalendarEvent, web portal showing correct status but outlook app (window/mobile) is showing always "Busy" status


var e = new CalendarEvent 
        {
            Status = Status,
            Start = new CalDateTime(startDate),
            End = new CalDateTime(endDate),
            Summary = eventTitle,
        };

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND:20220308T170000
DTSTAMP:20220301T074736Z
DTSTART:20220308T080000
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:FREE
SUMMARY:Basic User - Holiday Booking
UID:cceeab8c-a9d5-43a4-adae-f784c0acefe3
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

please any have solution or other nuget packages, whose working fine, please let me know

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1678

Answers (1)

Dmitry Streblechenko
Dmitry Streblechenko

Reputation: 66255

In Outlook, you need X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS header. The possible values are FREE, WORKINGELSEWHERE, TENTATIVE, BUSY, OOF.

The standard header name is TRANSP (Outlook can use it too) - the values are TRANSPARENT or OPAQUE. In the latter case, you can also set STATUS to TENTATIVE.

Upvotes: 1

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