Importing ics file to an Outlook.AppointmentItem

Question

I have an Outlook 2007 add-in that is trying to import ics files into Outlook.AppointmentItem objects so that I can read attributes about certain appointments. Currently I am not able to read the ics back into memory. Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong.

Outlook.Application app = new Outlook.Application();
var item = app.Session.OpenSharedItem("C:\\meeting.ics") as Outlook.AppointmentItem;
string meetingBody = item.Body; //<--*my item is null*

Thanks

Answer 1

I think the problem is due to the fact that AppointmentItem and MeetingItem are different classes so you cannot convert one to another directly. Could you try the following and check if it works?

var item = app.Session.OpenSharedItem(@"C:\meeting.ics") as Outlook.AppointmentItem;