In C# Outlook VSTO, is there a way to change users view to the calendar view and highlight a specific day?

Question

I want to create a button in an outlook VSTO addin that when clicked, will show the users outlook calendar week view and i want to pass in a date that will drive what week it show.

Is this possible in C# outlook vsto to programatically changes the users view?

Answer 1

Create a new button and on its on click event use the CurrentView property of the Explorer class.

Information from MSDN states regarding Views:

The View object allows you to create customizable views that allow you to better sort, group and ultimately view data of all different types. There are a variety of different view types that provide the flexibility needed to create and maintain your important data.

• The table view type (olTableView) allows you to view data in a simple field-based table.
• The Calendar view type (olCalendarView) allows you to view data in a calendar format.
• The card view type (olCardView) allows you to view data in a series of cards. Each card displays the information contained by the item
  and can be sorted.
• The icon view type (olIconView) allows you to view data as icons, similar to a Windows folder or explorer.
• The timeline view type (olTimelineView) allows you to view data as it is received in a customizable linear time line.

You'll want to use olCalendarView which is defiened and customized using the View object's XML property. The XML property allows you to create and set a customized XML schema that defines the various features of a view

Then you can set the date you want (in case your current view is calendar view) -

Outlook.Explorer olkExplorer = Application.ActiveExplorer();
DateTime selectedDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(5);

if (olkExplorer.CurrentView is Outlook.CalendarView)
{
    Outlook.CalendarView olkCalendarView = olkExplorer.CurrentView as Outlook.CalendarView;

    olkCalendarView.GoToDate(selectedDate);
} 

I hope it supports your question.