Meeting Update Cancel

[Blair Nygren]

Outlook 2003 SP2, Exchange 2003 SP3

I have a problem when programmically deleting a meeting request and need to
send out a meeting cancel. Mircosoft documentation indicates setting the
MeetingStatus = olMeetingCancel and then a .Send
After I do this I then deleted the meeting
..Delete an set appointment to nothing.

The problem is the message sent shows up as an Update not a Cancel message
type IPM.Schedule.Meeting.Request not a IPM.Schedule.Meeting.Canceled in
addition the calendar method is "REQUEST" not "CANCEL"
WHY?

Attempting to set the message class and doing a save of the appointment
before sending doesn't change the behavoir. As in the example below:

Dim ApptItem As Outlook.AppointmentItem

Set ApptItem =
Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Items(1) 'Get the
first item in the calendar, can be any other item
ApptItem.MeetingStatus = olMeetingCanceled
ApptItem.MessageClass = "IPM.Schedule.Meeting.Canceled"
ApptItem.Importance = olImportanceHigh
ApptItem.Send

ApptItem.Delete
Set ApptItem = Nothing
Exit Sub

Outlook however shows the "Remove from Calendar", so it knows it is a cancel.

When performing this through Outlook of course it all has the correct values.

Why do I need this corrected? I have an eventsink on the inbox of the
recieving party which looks for meeting updates/cancels using CDOEX. The
calendar part method is REQUEST and the message class is
IPM.Schedule.Meeting.Request not .Canceled and is causing problems knowing
what is what.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

Blair