vCal events

[Mike S]

Hi,
When I create a calendar event and save it as a vCal event (.vcs file) with
outlook, the content type of the resulting file is application/octet-stream.
Isn't the content type of a vCal event supposed to be text/x-vCalendar ?
Maybe this is an outlook setting that is effecting it ?
can someone shed some light on the subject?
Thanks,
Mike

 

[Mike S]

I should not I'm using Outlook 2002

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Are you attaching the .vcs file to a message and looking at the content-type
of that message?

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

 

[Mike S]

I'm sending the .vcs file to a cellphone through an MMS server. But the MMS
server is stopping the file from getting through because it doesn't like
files that have a content type application/octet stream.

Here's an example:
On my cellphone, I create a calendar event, and send it via MMS to my email
address. It arrives as a vCal event (vcs file). If I forward the file back to
my cellphone, the .vcs file has content type:
'Content-Type: text/x-vCalendar; name="Adm_2.vcs"


Now If instead of forwarding the .vcs file, I save it to disk through
Outlook, Then attach the same file to email and send it to my cellphone, it
transforms the content type.
'Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Adm.vcs"'

So it looks like Outlook changes the content type of vCal events to
application/octet-stream and I don't understand why it would

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Try sending it as a meeting request. Outlook will send it as Content-Type:
text/x-vCalendar; in that case.

What does MMS stand for?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers