open vcal with outlook

[kbensch]

Hello everyone

Scenario:
i want to enable automatic calendar entries into programs like outlook with vcal .vcs files.

situation:
I got the vcal files to work and when I save them to disk they open outlook and i get a new appointment which i click save on and its there.

the problem:
when I use ie to browse to the url of the vcal file it opens outlook and the magic happens, BUT when i use ff to open the vcal url it place of opening outlook, ff opens another window and displayes to me the contentof the vcal file.

the question:
is there any way with either html, php or java script that I can force either
1) outlook to grab and open the file
2) force ff to not open the file but ask to save it instead.

Thanks in advance
Kobus

[tattooedscorpdc]

My suggestion is dependant on how many office functions the application is using. If your app has many features like this then you can put a disclaimer on the site stating that MS Office integration fucntionlaity like .vcal entry is only supported through IE.

Larry D
MS Architect Evangelist

[tracknut]

I could be off on my terminology here, but I use the icalendar format (not sure what vcal is), and both FF and IE seem to do the same thing with them, that is they open up a calendar item in Outlook and ask me whether I want to save it in my calendar. Seems quite clean and both browsers are identical in this manner. I thought icalendar (ical) was the standard for this, maybe you should try that?

Dave