Opening free/busy .vfb file with IE

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I am using Outlook 2003 on WinXP, in a mixed Outlook 2003/2000 environment.
My understanding is that you can publish free/busy info in the form of a
..vfb file and then view it in Internet Explorer.

When I try to open the .vfb in IE by pointing to a network share
(file://\\fileserver\share\freebusy.vfb), it doesn't do anything. I can
open the file in a text editor and see that it does have data in it:

(BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
METHODUBLISH
BEGIN:VFREEBUSY
ORGANIZER:[email protected]
DTSTAMP:20040527T215635Z
DTSTART:20040501T070000Z
DTEND:20040701T070000Z
FREEBUSY:20040503T170000Z/20040503T180000Z
FREEBUSY:20040504T210000Z/20040504T220000Z
FREEBUSY:20040505T173000Z/20040505T180000Z
FREEBUSY:20040505T200000Z/20040505T210000Z
FREEBUSY:20040505T213000Z/20040505T220000Z
FREEBUSY:20040507T193000Z/20040507T203000Z
etc...

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Alan Sun [MSFT]]

Hi,

Thanks for your posting here.

Please first check if you configure Internet Free/Busy (IFB) according to
the following article:
827775 How to use the Internet Free/Busy feature in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827775

At the meanwhile, please try to open the .vfb at the network from some
other client, and check you can reproduce the issue. Also, copy the .vfb
file to the local hard disk, and try to open it with IE.

If the issue persists, please provide me with a screen shot of the error
message when you try to open it.

The following article may also be helpful:
291621 OL2002: How to Use the Internet Free/Busy Feature
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291621

If you need further help, pos back to let me know. Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards
Alan Sun
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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I am using Outlook 2003 on WinXP, in a mixed Outlook 2003/2000
environment.
My understanding is that you can publish free/busy info in the form of
a
.vfb file and then view it in Internet Explorer.

When I try to open the .vfb in IE by pointing to a network share
(file://\\fileserver\share\freebusy.vfb), it doesn't do anything. I
can
open the file in a text editor and see that it does have data in it:

(BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
METHODUBLISH
BEGIN:VFREEBUSY
ORGANIZER:[email protected]
DTSTAMP:20040527T215635Z
DTSTART:20040501T070000Z
DTEND:20040701T070000Z
FREEBUSY:20040503T170000Z/20040503T180000Z
FREEBUSY:20040504T210000Z/20040504T220000Z
FREEBUSY:20040505T173000Z/20040505T180000Z
FREEBUSY:20040505T200000Z/20040505T210000Z
FREEBUSY:20040505T213000Z/20040505T220000Z
FREEBUSY:20040507T193000Z/20040507T203000Z
etc...

What am I doing wrong?