V card attachments not apearing when I open an appointment.

[mendenhall]

When I send a contact name as a V card attachment it doesn't showup in outlook when It's opened by the receivers email. It's replace with a bunch of dashes and tildes

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

How are you creating the attachment?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

When I send a contact name as a V card attachment it doesn't showup in

outlook when It's opened by the receivers email. It's replace with a bunch
of dashes and tildes

 

[mendenhall]

inserting an item then selecting a name in the contact list.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's not a vCard. It's an embedded Outlook item. You'll want to make sure
you're sending an actual Outlook meeting request, not an iCalendar message.
If you need help with that, tell us your Outlook version and whether you're
using Exchange as your mail server (and if so, what version of Exchange).

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take
the time to quote the original message.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I would suggest that you create actual vCard files to attach by using the
File | Save As command on the desired contact, rather than dragging items
into the appointment. An attached .vcf vCard file will always work and will
not be dependent on whether the meeting request is going out in Outlook
rich-text format or as an iCalendar item. That will also make it compatible
with non-Outlook recipients, if you have any of those.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

We us pop 3 email through our ISP. We send out appointments with the

customer info, taken from our Outlook contact list, attached as an item into
the appointment. Then the person receiving the appointment can drag the
customer info; attached as a V card, to their contact list and the
appointment will show in the person's calendar. Now this worked fine up
until Feb, which at that point our ISP changed our pop3 account. Now when
the appointment is opened the attached V card shows up as dashes and tildes
(~-~-~-~-) Our Outlook versions range from 2000 to 2002. Not sure which
version of Exchange our ISP uses.

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----

That's not a vCard. It's an embedded Outlook item. You'll want to make sure
you're sending an actual Outlook meeting request, not an iCalendar message.
If you need help with that, tell us your Outlook version and whether you're
using Exchange as your mail server (and if so, what version of Exchange).

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take
the time to quote the original message.

inserting an item then selecting a name in the contact list.

 

[mendenhall]

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ----

I would suggest that you create actual vCard files to attach by using th
File | Save As command on the desired contact, rather than dragging item
into the appointment. An attached .vcf vCard file will always work and wil
not be dependent on whether the meeting request is going out in Outloo
rich-text format or as an iCalendar item. That will also make it compatibl
with non-Outlook recipients, if you have any of those
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MV
Author o
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart fo
Administrators, Power Users, and Developer
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.asp

We us pop 3 email through our ISP. We send out appointments with th

customer info, taken from our Outlook contact list, attached as an item int
the appointment. Then the person receiving the appointment can drag th
customer info; attached as a V card, to their contact list and th
appointment will show in the person's calendar. Now this worked fine u
until Feb, which at that point our ISP changed our pop3 account. Now whe
the appointment is opened the attached V card shows up as dashes and tilde
(~-~-~-~-) Our Outlook versions range from 2000 to 2002. Not sure whic
version of Exchange our ISP uses

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ----
That's not a vCard. It's an embedded Outlook item. You'll want t

make sur
you're sending an actual Outlook meeting request, not an iCalenda message
If you need help with that, tell us your Outlook version and whethe you'r
using Exchange as your mail server (and if so, what version o Exchange)

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does no

quot
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so shor o
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for Please tak
the time to quote the original message

inserting an item then selecting a name in the contact list

 

[mendenhall]

It didn't work any other suggestions

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ----

I would suggest that you create actual vCard files to attach by using th
File | Save As command on the desired contact, rather than dragging item
into the appointment. An attached .vcf vCard file will always work and wil
not be dependent on whether the meeting request is going out in Outloo
rich-text format or as an iCalendar item. That will also make it compatibl
with non-Outlook recipients, if you have any of those
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MV
Author o
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart fo
Administrators, Power Users, and Developer
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.asp

We us pop 3 email through our ISP. We send out appointments with th

customer info, taken from our Outlook contact list, attached as an item int
the appointment. Then the person receiving the appointment can drag th
customer info; attached as a V card, to their contact list and th
appointment will show in the person's calendar. Now this worked fine u
until Feb, which at that point our ISP changed our pop3 account. Now whe
the appointment is opened the attached V card shows up as dashes and tilde
(~-~-~-~-) Our Outlook versions range from 2000 to 2002. Not sure whic
version of Exchange our ISP uses

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ----
That's not a vCard. It's an embedded Outlook item. You'll want t

make sur
you're sending an actual Outlook meeting request, not an iCalenda message
If you need help with that, tell us your Outlook version and whethe you'r
using Exchange as your mail server (and if so, what version o Exchange)

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does no

quot
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so shor o
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for Please tak
the time to quote the original message

inserting an item then selecting a name in the contact list

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What in particular didn't work?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

It didn't work any other suggestions?

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----

I would suggest that you create actual vCard files to attach by using the
File | Save As command on the desired contact, rather than dragging items
into the appointment. An attached .vcf vCard file will always work and will
not be dependent on whether the meeting request is going out in Outlook
rich-text format or as an iCalendar item. That will also make it compatible
with non-Outlook recipients, if you have any of those.

We us pop 3 email through our ISP. We send out appointments with

the
customer info, taken from our Outlook contact list, attached as an item into
the appointment. Then the person receiving the appointment can drag the
customer info; attached as a V card, to their contact list and the
appointment will show in the person's calendar. Now this worked fine up
until Feb, which at that point our ISP changed our pop3 account. Now when
the appointment is opened the attached V card shows up as dashes and tildes
(~-~-~-~-) Our Outlook versions range from 2000 to 2002. Not sure which
version of Exchange our ISP uses.

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----
That's not a vCard. It's an embedded Outlook item. You'll

want to
make sure

you're sending an actual Outlook meeting request, not an

iCalendar

message.
If you need help with that, tell us your Outlook version and

whether

you're
using Exchange as your mail server (and if so, what version of Exchange).

does not
quote

earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so

short

on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking

for.
Please take

the time to quote the original message. message

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Try this on your Outlook 2002 machine: In Tools | Options | Calendar
Options, clear the "when sending meeting requests over the Internet, use
ICalendar format" box. Create a new appointment and drag a contact into it
(not a saved .vcf file). Add a recipient to the appointment to make it a
meeting request. Double-click the underlined recipient name and make sure
the option for "send in Outlook rich-text format" is chosen. Send it and
let's see what happens.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

after saving the contact as a .vcf file I attached the .vcf file to an

appointment I sent to a co-worker. Where as before the name of the contact
would show up in the body of the email with the tildes underneath it. Now
nothing shows up in the body of the email. Even though I had attached the
..vcf file to it.

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----

What in particular didn't work?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

It didn't work any other suggestions?

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----
I would suggest that you create actual vCard files to attach

by using
the

File | Save As command on the desired contact, rather than

dragging

items
into the appointment. An attached .vcf vCard file will always

work
and will

not be dependent on whether the meeting request is going out

in

Outlook
rich-text format or as an iCalendar item. That will also make

it

compatible
with non-Outlook recipients, if you have any of those. message
the
customer info, taken from our Outlook contact list, attached

as an
item into

the appointment. Then the person receiving the appointment

can drag
the

customer info; attached as a V card, to their contact list and the
appointment will show in the person's calendar. Now this

worked fine
up

until Feb, which at that point our ISP changed our pop3

account. Now
when

the appointment is opened the attached V card shows up as

dashes and
tildes

(~-~-~-~-) Our Outlook versions range from 2000 to 2002. Not

sure

which
version of Exchange our ISP uses.

----- Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----
That's not a vCard. It's an embedded Outlook item. You'll

want to
make sure

you're sending an actual Outlook meeting request, not an

iCalendar

message.
If you need help with that, tell us your Outlook version and

whether

you're
using Exchange as your mail server (and if so, what version

of
Exchange).

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently

does not
quote

earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so

short

on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking

for.
Please take

the time to quote the original message.
inserting an item then selecting a name in the contact list.