AppointmentItem.Respond Method (Outlook)
Responds to a meeting request.
Syntax
expression .Respond(Response, fNoUI, fAdditionalTextDialog)
expression A variable that represents an AppointmentItem object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Response |
Required |
The response to the request. |
|
fNoUI |
Optional |
Variant |
True to not display a dialog box; the response is sent automatically. False to display the dialog box for responding. |
fAdditionalTextDialog |
Optional |
Variant |
False to not prompt the user for input; the response is displayed in the inspector for editing. True to prompt the user to either send or send with comments. This argument is valid only if fNoUI is False. |
Return Value
A MeetingItem object that represents the response to the meeting request.
Remarks
When you call the Respond method with the olMeetingAccepted or olMeetingTentative parameter, Outlook will create a new appointment item that duplicates the original appointment item. The new item will have a different Entry ID. Outlook will then remove the original item. You should no longer use the Entry ID of the original item, but instead call the EntryID property to obtain the Entry ID for the new item for any subsequent needs. This is to ensure that this appointment item will be properly synchronized on your calendar if more than one client computer accesses your calendar but may be offline using the cache mode occasionally.
The following table describes the behavior of the Respond method depending on the parent object, and the fNoUI and fAdditionalTextDialog parameters.
fNoUI, fAdditionalTextDialog |
Result |
|---|---|
True, True |
Response item is returned with no user interface. To send the response, you must call the Send method. |
True, False |
Same result as with True, True . |
False, True |
Prompts user to Send or Edit before sending the response. |
False, False |
New response item appears in the user interface, but no prompt is displayed. |
Example
This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example finds a MeetingItem in the default Inbox folder and adds the associated appointment to the Calendar folder. It then responds to the sender by accepting the meeting.
Sub AcceptMeeting()
Dim myNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim myFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim myMtgReq As Outlook.MeetingItem
Dim myAppt As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim myMtg As Outlook.MeetingItem
Set myNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set myMtgReq = myFolder.Items.Find("[MessageClass] = 'IPM.Schedule.Meeting.Request'")
If TypeName(myMtgReq) <> "Nothing" Then
Set myAppt = myMtgReq.GetAssociatedAppointment(True)
Set myMtg = myAppt.Respond(olResponseAccepted, True)
myMtg.Send
End If
End Sub