Question

I need an example for adding events to my calendars through emails. For example when I send an email to my clients regarding their appointment, i want them to have an option in the email that will allow them to add the event on their calendar by just clicking on a button or something.

Is there anything out there that someone can direct me to it?

I need this mainly to use it with coldfusion 9.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I’d recommend the iCalUs UDF from http://www.cflib.org/udf/icalus

WebDH provides a great example here.

Here’s an example using CF9 that I quickly put together but haven’t tested yet.

<cfscript>

    eventStr = {};
    eventStr.organizerName = "John Doe"; //Organizer Name
    eventStr.organizerEmail = "[e-mail]"; //Organizer Email
    eventStr.startTime = ParseDateTime("12/30/2011 11:00"); //format: m/d/yyyy HH:mm OR h:mm TT -- this is Eastern time
    eventStr.subject = "Demo Example";
    eventStr.location = "StackOverflow.com";
    eventStr.description = "Example iCalendar using CF9";

    // Display in browser
    //pc = getpagecontext().getresponse();
    //pc.getresponse().setcontenttype('text/calendar');
    //pc.setHeader("Content-Disposition","inline;filename=newAppointment.ics");
    //writeOutput(iCalUS(eventStr));

    //Email
    m = new mail();
    m.setSubject( "Event" );
    m.setTo( "[e-mail]" );
    m.setFrom( "[e-mail]" );
    m.setServer( "localhost" );   
    //m.addParam( file="#ACCOUNT_TXT_FILE#" );
    m.addPart( type="text", charset="utf-8", wraptext="72", body="Attached is a calendar event..." );
    m.addPart( type="text/calendar" body="#iCalUS(eventStr)#");
    m.send();

</cfscript>

Here’s another example reference that shows how to email the calendar event.