Export appointments to Outlook

You can export event schedules as .vcs files (vCalendar files) and then open them in Outlook. To do this, configure your solution as follows:

Under Settings > Main Settings > “Events” tab > Settings for events:

1. The “Template for external calendar” section should include the following VCS template. Customize it if necessary:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 12.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:<StartDate>T<StartTime>00Z
DTEND:<EndDate>T<EndTime>00Z
LOCATION;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=UTF-8:<Location>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=UTF-8:<ShortDescription>
SUMMARY;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=UTF-8:<Title>
PRIORITY:3
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

2. File name — Rename the file as: course_data.vcs
3. Save your changes.

If you then click the “Export appointment to Outlook” link in the view for an event, a .vcs file is generated which you can open with Outlook.

Make sure that Outlook is configured as the default program for calendar files.

Related topics

• Export appointments to Lotus Notes
• Outlook plugin