HOW TO: Retrieve Appointments by Using the Outlook Object Model in Visual Basic .NET

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Create the Sample to Retrieve Appointments

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.
3. Click Visual Basic Projects under Project Types, and then click Console Application under Templates. By default, Module1.vb is created.
4. Add a reference to the Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. On the Project menu, click Add Reference.
   2. Click the COM tab.
   3. Click Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library, and then click Select
   4. Click OK. If you are prompted to generate wrappers for the library that you selected, click Yes.
5. In the Code window, replace the default code with the following code:

   Imports System.Reflection
   
   Module Module1
   
       Sub Main()
          ' Create Outlook application.
           Dim oApp As Outlook.Application = New Outlook.Application()
   
           ' Get NameSpace and Logon.
           Dim oNS As Outlook.NameSpace = oApp.GetNamespace("mapi")
           oNS.Logon("YourValidProfile", Missing.Value, False, True) ' TODO:
   
           ' Get Appointments collection from the Calendar folder.
           Dim oCalendar As Outlook.MAPIFolder = oNS.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderCalendar)
           Dim oItems As Outlook.Items = oCalendar.Items
   
           ' TODO: You may want to use Find or Restrict to retrieve the appointment that you prefer.
           ' ...
   
           ' Get the first AppointmentItem.
           Dim oAppt As Outlook.AppointmentItem = oItems.GetFirst()
   
           ' Display some common properties.
           Console.WriteLine(oAppt.Organizer)
           Console.WriteLine(oAppt.Subject)
           Console.WriteLine(oAppt.Body)
           Console.WriteLine(oAppt.Location)
           Console.WriteLine(oAppt.Start.ToString())
           Console.WriteLine(oAppt.End.ToString())
   
           ' Display.
           'oAppt.Display(true)
   
           ' Log off.
           oNS.Logoff()
   
           ' Clean up.
           oApp = Nothing
           oNS = Nothing
           oItems = Nothing
           oAppt = Nothing
       End Sub
   
   End Module
   					

6. Modify the code where you see the TODO comments.
7. Press F5 to build and to run the application.
8. Verify that the first appointment is retrieved.

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