Don't include a reminder in the request you send from Outlook 2003. There's
also a hotfix for Outlook 2000 -- search the KB for "vCalendar
compatibility."
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
"Ian" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I am hoping someone has dealt with this one already and might have an easy
solution for me. I have checked the Microsoft Support KB and found
nothing
relevant there.
I am using Office 2003, recently upgraded from Office 2000. My
correspondent is still on Office 2000.
When I create a meeting in Outlook Calendar and send a Meeting Request to
my
correspondent (i.e. created in Outlook 2003 and sent to Outlook 2000), the
request is received as a plain e-mail message (see below) rather than
being
interpreted by Outlook 2000 as a meeting request and handled
appropriately.
This seems like a backward compatibility issue. Is there anyway to tweak
Outlook 2003 to send Outlook 2000 compatible meeting requests, or to add
compatibility to Outlook 2000 to handle Outlook 2003 meeting requests?
Excerpt of Meeting Request (received as e-mail message):
---begin snip---
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0
METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:XXXXXXXXXXX
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:XXXXXXXXXXX
DTSTART:20040608T153000Z
DTEND:20040608T200000Z
LOCATION:XXXXXXXXXXX
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:1
UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000F0C8A8 07A549C4010000000000000000
100
00000D32FDD62CE5FE244B721E4AC536E51B9
DTSTAMP:20040604T184608Z
DESCRIPTION:When: June 8\, 2004 9:30 AM-2:00 PM (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time
(US & Canada).\nWhe XXXXXXXXXX\n\n*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*\n\n\n
SUMMARY:Updated: Computer Setup etc.
PRIORITY:5
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
CLASS:PUBLIC
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT1440M
ACTION
ISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
---end snip---
NB
Prior to upgrading, Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2000 meeting requests worked
for
me.
Subsequent to upgrading, Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2003 meeting requests
work
fine for me.
Thanks in advance for any help given.
Ian