OutlookHolidaysLoader.FromFile(String, Encoding, String[]) Method

Loads holidays for specified locations from the specified file, using the specified encoding.

Namespace: DevExpress.Schedule

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Data

Declaration

C#

public HolidayBaseCollection FromFile(
    string fileName,
    Encoding encoding,
    string[] locations
)

VB.NET

Public Function FromFile(
    fileName As String,
    encoding As Encoding,
    locations As String()
) As HolidayBaseCollection

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fileName	String	A string that is the location of the holidays file. For MS Office 2013 US English you can find it at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\1033\outlook.hol.
encoding	Encoding	A Encoding class representing a character encoding.
locations	String[]	An array of strings containing location names.

Returns

Type	Description
HolidayBaseCollection	A HolidayBaseCollection collection containing holidays imported from MS Outlook.

Remarks

By default the outlook.hol file is located in the language ID folder of the Office installation directory:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office xx\LCID\outlook.hol

where xx is 12 for Office 2007, 14 for Office 2010, 15 for Office 2013 and LCID is your locale identification (LCID) number (1033 for English (United States)).