AppointmentImporter.AppointmentImporting Event

Occurs before an AppointmentImporter class descendant imports an appointment from iCalendar file or from MS Outlook Calendar storage.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Exchange

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public event AppointmentImportingEventHandler AppointmentImporting

VB.NET

Public Event AppointmentImporting As AppointmentImportingEventHandler

Event Data

The AppointmentImporting event's data class is AppointmentImportingEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Appointment	Gets the appointment for which the event was raised. Inherited from AppointmentEventArgs.
Cancel	Gets or sets whether the operation performed on the processed event should be cancelled. Inherited from AppointmentCancelEventArgs.

Remarks

Handle the AppointmentImporting event when implementing custom appointment import procedures. It enables you to decide what to do if conflicting items are found, and select which appointments should be imported.

To know more about iCalendar support refer to the corresponding iCalendar Support article.

For more information on data exchange with MS Outlook, refer to the Synchronization with Microsoft Outlook article.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

drag-n-drop-and-ical-import-import-of-the-ical-file-being-dropped-on-xtrascheduler-e1463/CS/Drag_iCalFromFile/Form1.cs#L130

importer.CalendarStructureCreated += new iCalendarStructureCreatedEventHandler(importer_CalendarStructureCreated);
importer.AppointmentImporting += new AppointmentImportingEventHandler(importer_AppointmentImporting);
importer.Import(filePath);

how-to-export-appointments-with-custom-fields-to-vcalendar-format-e638/CS/VCalendarCustomFields/Form1.cs#L115

VCalendarImporter importer = new VCalendarImporter(schedulerStorage1);
importer.AppointmentImporting += new AppointmentImportingEventHandler(OnImportAppointment);
if (File.Exists(OutFileName)) {

icalendar-export-import-of-appointments-in-the-specified-interval-containing-custom-objects-e547/CS/iCalendarExportImport/Form1.cs#L129

iCalendarImporter importer = new iCalendarImporter(schedulerStorage1);
importer.AppointmentImporting += new AppointmentImportingEventHandler(OnImportAppointment);
importer.CustomPropertyIdentifier = CustomPropertySignature;

how-to-export-import-appointments-to-from-ms-outlook-calendar-t297633/CS/OutlookExportImportSample/Form1.cs#L98

if (importer != null) {
    importer.AppointmentImporting += importer_AppointmentImporting;
    importer.AppointmentImported += importer_AppointmentImported;

VB.NET

drag-n-drop-and-ical-import-import-of-the-ical-file-being-dropped-on-xtrascheduler-e1463/VB/Drag_iCalFromFile/Form1.vb#L110

AddHandler importer.CalendarStructureCreated, AddressOf importer_CalendarStructureCreated
AddHandler importer.AppointmentImporting, AddressOf importer_AppointmentImporting
importer.Import(filePath)

how-to-export-appointments-with-custom-fields-to-vcalendar-format-e638/VB/VCalendarCustomFields/Form1.vb#L121

Dim importer As New VCalendarImporter(schedulerStorage1)
AddHandler importer.AppointmentImporting, AddressOf OnImportAppointment
If File.Exists(OutFileName) Then

icalendar-export-import-of-appointments-in-the-specified-interval-containing-custom-objects-e547/VB/iCalendarExportImport/Form1.vb#L130

Dim importer As New iCalendarImporter(schedulerStorage1)
AddHandler importer.AppointmentImporting, AddressOf OnImportAppointment
importer.CustomPropertyIdentifier = CustomPropertySignature

how-to-export-import-appointments-to-from-ms-outlook-calendar-t297633/VB/OutlookExportImportSample/Form1.vb#L100

If importer IsNot Nothing Then
    AddHandler importer.AppointmentImporting, AddressOf importer_AppointmentImporting
    AddHandler importer.AppointmentImported, AddressOf importer_AppointmentImported