LSO Correspondence doesn't work with vCalendar attachment and Outlook 2010

[Karen_Thompson1]

Hello,

Is anyone using the Learning Solution Request-Based Correspondence with either vCalendar attachments and Microsoft Outlook 2010?

Our company recently moved from Microsoft Outlook 2003 to Microsoft Outlook 2010. None of our vCalendar attachments work since we have moved to Outlook 2010. When we try to open the .VCS attachment, we receive an error message stating that it is not a valid Internet calendar file.

Has anyone been able to get these to work?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and will be awarded with points.

Thanks!

[Former Member]

I was experiencing this same issue and have finally have it resolved with a code recommendation from SAP.  Hopefully you have already performed all the actions as outlined in this document:

http://aspireopenmic.com/2011/06/29/lso-outlook-calendar-requests-as-attachments/

However this does not work with Outlook 2007/2010 - only with Outlook 2003.  I had to do this additional work:

1) Copy Class CL_LSO_CRP_RENDER_EXAMPLE to ZCL_LSO_CRP_RENDER_EXAMPLE

2) Edit the method CREATE_VCS of this new class.

     - Comment all code out from this line onwards:

  * BEGIN:VCALENDAR

    ls_soli-line = 'BEGIN:VCALENDAR'.

   APPEND ls_soli TO lt_soli.

.......

  * Add CR/LF

    LOOP AT lt_soli ASSIGNING <fs_soli>.

      <fs_soli>-line+253(2) = cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf.

   ENDLOOP.

3) Add this statement:

DATA: helpstring    TYPE string.                  

4) Add the following code within the method:

* BEGIN:VCALENDAR
  CONCATENATE 'BEGIN:VCALENDAR' cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* BEGIN:VCALENDAR
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'VERSION:1.0' cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* BEGIN:VEVENT
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'BEGIN:VEVENT' cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* ORGANIZER
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'ORGANIZER:MAILTO:' ls_data-sender-smail
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* ATTENDEE
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'ATTENDEE;ROLE=ATTENDEE:' ls_data-astxt '<' ls_data-amail '> '
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* DTSTART
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'DTSTART:' ls_data-kbgda 'T'
    INTO helpstring.
  IF NOT ls_data-kbtim IS INITIAL.
    CONCATENATE helpstring ls_data-kbtim INTO helpstring.
  ENDIF.
  CONCATENATE helpstring
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* DTEND
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'DTEND:' ls_data-kndda 'T'
    INTO helpstring.
  IF NOT ls_data-kbtim IS INITIAL.
    CONCATENATE helpstring ls_data-ketim INTO helpstring.
  ENDIF.
  CONCATENATE helpstring
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* LOCATION
  IF NOT ls_data-b_ort IS INITIAL OR NOT ls_data-rstxt IS INITIAL.
    CONCATENATE 'LOCATION:' ls_data-b_ort ls_data-rstxt
      INTO l_subject SEPARATED BY space.
    CONCATENATE helpstring l_subject
      cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
      INTO helpstring.
  ENDIF.* CATEGORIES
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'CATEGORIES;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:EDUCATION'
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* CLASS
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'CLASS:PUBLIC'
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* SUMMARY
  CONCATENATE text-001 ls_data-kstxt INTO l_subject SEPARATED BY space.
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:' l_subject
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* DESCRIPTION
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'DESCRIPTION:' l_subject
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* END:VEVENT
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'END:VEVENT'
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.* END:VCALENDAR
  CONCATENATE helpstring 'END:VCALENDAR'
    cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
    INTO helpstring.

  CALL METHOD CL_DOCUMENT_BCS=>STRING_TO_SOLI
    EXPORTING
      IP_STRING = helpstring
    RECEIVING
      RT_SOLI = lt_soli.

5) Activate this class

6) Search for all occurances of where method CREATE_VCS is used within class CL_LSO_CRP_RENDER_EXAMPLE

7) Replace following statement:

    lr_document = cl_lso_crp_render_example=>create_vcal( lr_reader ). 

with: 

  lr_document = zcl_lso_crp_render_example=>create_vcal( lr_reader ). 

This should resolve any problems now with the calendar attachments.

[Former Member]

Hi Karen,

Any solution for the working out the vcalender attachment even i am facing the same issue , i need .vcs or .ics attachment needs ti open in MS Outlook calender 2007 or 2010.

Please help me out if u find any solution or any turn around.

appreciates your help !!

[Former Member]

I have similar problem with Outlook 2010. After manually edited the .ics attachment in Notepad to strip out the blanks and line numbers I was able to accept and open the meeting request. Did you resolve your issue?

[Former Member]

I had to run SAP supplied program RSSC_ICAL_OPTIONS to change the default format of the .ICS attachement to text so Outlook could interpret the file.

[Former Member]

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