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Programmatically create a meeting request

This example creates a meeting request in Microsoft Office Outlook and sends the request to a required attendee.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to VSTO Add-in projects for Outlook. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.

Example

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Outlook.AppointmentItem agendaMeeting = (Outlook.AppointmentItem)
        this.Application.CreateItem(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlItemType.
        olAppointmentItem);

    if (agendaMeeting != null)
    {
        agendaMeeting.MeetingStatus =
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlMeetingStatus.olMeeting;
        agendaMeeting.Location = "Conference Room";
        agendaMeeting.Subject = "Discussing the Agenda";
        agendaMeeting.Body = "Let's discuss the agenda.";
        agendaMeeting.Start = new DateTime(2005, 5, 5, 5, 0, 0);
        agendaMeeting.Duration = 60;
        Outlook.Recipient recipient =
            agendaMeeting.Recipients.Add("Nate Sun");
        recipient.Type =
            (int)Outlook.OlMeetingRecipientType.olRequired;
        ((Outlook._AppointmentItem)agendaMeeting).Send();
    }
}