Reading Outlook .MSG Appointment files

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Hi,

I'm trying to programmatically retrieve certain fields within an Outlook Appointment, represented as a .MSG file. I need to be able to obtain the appointment start and end date/times. It seems the PR_START_DATE and PR_END_DATE properties are not consistently populated. Here is the pattern I've observed:

If I create an appointment or meeting request in Outlook (with defined start/end times), save it as a .MSG, then use Aspose.Network.Outlook to read the PR_START_DATE and PR_END_DATE, those properties will be null. However, if someone else in my company sends me a meeting request (it automatically gets added to my Calendar), the PR_START_DATE and PR_END_DATE properties accurately contain the meeting start time and end time. Is there any other property or way for me to retrieve the appointment start/end times consistently for every .MSG appointment file?

Thanks in advance,

Chad Ernst

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Hello,

Could you attach the msg file samples that you are using? Therefore, we can debug into it.

Thanks a lot

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Per your request, I'm attaching a .MSG file that exhibits the behavior I explained in my previous post. You'll need to change the extension to .MSG (I had to change to .gif so I could upload).

Thanks in advance for looking into this.

Chad

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Can you please let me know what you determine ASAP? I need to know how to retrieve the start time and end time for appointments that I create and are on my Outlook calendar.

Thanks.

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I dumped the properties in the message, please check it out.

0x8006 Start PT_SYSTIME

0x8007 End PT_SYSTIME

info:

dt:PT_SYSTIME,tag:0x80070040,n:80070040,
v:7/10/2008 8:00:00 PM

dt:PT_SYSTIME,tag:0x80060040,n:80060040,
v:7/10/2008 11:00:00 PM

Thanks