Hyperlinking to Shared Private Calendar

H

Haevlyn

Hello

I'm trying to hyperlink to a shared private calendar but am hitting some
issues.

If I click on the "outlook:\\GUID" link I receive an error that the folder
could not be located. "Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Office Outlook
could not access the specified folder location."

However, if I first open the calendar by selecting "File ... Open other
users folder" enter in the name and select calendar from the list the
calendar opens up. I can then click on the "outlook:\\GUID" link and it will
open up the calendar without any problem at all.

Is there any way to open the calendar (hyperlinking) without first having to
manually do so? I've tried several things including some VBscript from a
Microsoft Community Representative that didn't work.

The code he posted was:

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" %>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title>WebForm1</title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
7.1">
<meta name="CODE_LANGUAGE" content="Visual Basic .NET 7.1">
<meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content="JavaScript">
<meta name="vs_targetSchema"
content="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5">
</HEAD>
<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">
<script language="vbscript">
sub RunOutlook()
Dim olApp
Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Dim mb
Set mb = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").Folders("Personal
Folders").Folders("Calendar")
mb.Display
olApp.ActiveExplorer.CurrentView = "Day/Week/Month"
end sub
</script>
<a onclick="RunOutlook" href="#">Open Outlook</a>
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<FONT face="ËÎÌå"></FONT>
</form>
</body>
</HTML>

Any help would be appreciated.
 
S

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

The "outlook:\\GUID" link syntax works only if the store containing the item has been previously accessed during the Outlook sessions.

The code you posted should open a Calendar folder in a Personal Folders file that you've already added to your Outlook session. If you're trying to open some other calendar folder, then the code would need to be adjusted accordingly. Provide more information on where that folder is located, and we can try to help.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
H

Haevlyn

Hey

Thanks for the reply.

What I'm trying to do is access another users shared calendar using a
hyperlink.
So I have my exchange account together with inbox, calendar, deleted etc
held on the exchange server, while another user (B) has their account etc
held on the exchange server as well.

What I'm trying to do is create a link on our local intranet that points to
the calendar of user B. We currently do something very similar, but these
have always pointed to public folders.

Another solution would be to dynamically link user B's calendar into a
webpage?

Many thanks
 

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