Programmatically update Free/Busy Information via CDO or MAPI?

We have an App that creates Appointments in User A's Calendar. Though if
User B goes to see if the User A is available for another meeting our
meeting does not show up in the Free/Busy data for User A until User A has
opened outlook and either waitecd 15 minutes or closed it.

Is there a way to Programmatically update Free/Busy Information via CDO or
MAPI?

Thanks,
Scott-

The server updates the free/busy information at set intervals and provides
that information to Outlook. You can't update the free/busy information, the
server has to request it.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
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Programmatically update Free/Busy Information via CDO or MAPI?

We have an App that creates Appointments in User A's Calendar. Though if
User B goes to see if the User A is available for another meeting our
meeting does not show up in the Free/Busy data for User A until User A has
opened outlook and either waitecd 15 minutes or closed it.

Is there a way to Programmatically update Free/Busy Information via CDO or
MAPI?

Thanks,
Scott-

So when our App Ran at 5:30AM it created 3 appointments.

I went in at 9:30AM to schedule a meeting with the user and his schedule
showed that he was free. If I open his Calendar it shows me the three
appointments that were created.

The Three appointments only showed in the Scheduling tab after I created an
appontment on his calendar (I'm a Exchange Admin) via Outlook.

Any Suggestions?

Thanks,
Scott-


"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...
The server updates the free/busy information at set intervals and provides
that information to Outlook. You can't update the free/busy information,
the server has to request it.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
...
Programmatically update Free/Busy Information via CDO or MAPI?

We have an App that creates Appointments in User A's Calendar. Though if
User B goes to see if the User A is available for another meeting our
meeting does not show up in the Free/Busy data for User A until User A
has
opened outlook and either waitecd 15 minutes or closed it.

Is there a way to Programmatically update Free/Busy Information via CDO
or
MAPI?

Thanks,
Scott-

Either the free/busy update interval hadn't occurred yet by 9:30 or the
appointments weren't created completely correctly. Either way you have no
way of forcing a free/busy update from the Outlook side of things.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Scott Townsend" wrote in message
...
So when our App Ran at 5:30AM it created 3 appointments.

I went in at 9:30AM to schedule a meeting with the user and his schedule
showed that he was free. If I open his Calendar it shows me the three
appointments that were created.

The Three appointments only showed in the Scheduling tab after I created
an appontment on his calendar (I'm a Exchange Admin) via Outlook.

Any Suggestions?

Thanks,
Scott-