Excel Create an Outlook calendar event

Question

Can you run a macro from Excel that can interact with Outlook and create and event on the calendar?

Solution 1

Slight improvement on other answer

Sub createappt()

Const olFolderCalendar = 9
Const olAppointmentItem = 1 '1 = Appointment

Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

'Set objOutlook = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")  ' outlook already open
Set objNamespace = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Items = objNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Items

Set objCalendar = objNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Folders("subfolder")
Set objCalendar = objNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar) ' main calender
Set objapt = objCalendar.Items.Add(olAppointmentItem)
objapt.Subject = "Test" 'Owner
objapt.Start = Date + TimeValue("08:00:00")
objapt.Duration = 60 * 8 'Duration(in minutes) OR End(I'm not sure so try both)
objapt.End = Date + TimeValue("16:00:00")
objapt.Save
End Sub

Solution 2

This will allow you to add an appointment to a shared Calendar in any folder as long as you have the rights to write in it.

Treat Calendar as a Folder

Const olFolderInbox = 6
Const olAppointmentItem = 1 '1 = Appointment

Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set objNamespace = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
'Finds your Inbox
Set objInbox = objNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)

'Gets the parent of your Inbox which gives the Users email
strFolderName = objInbox.Parent
Set objCalendar = objNamespace.Folders("Public folders - " & strFolderName).Folders("SubFolder1").Folders("subfolder of subfolder 1").Folders("Your Calendar")

Set objapt = objCalendar.Items.Add(olAppointmentItem)
objapt.Subject = "Test" 'Owner
objapt.Start = Date + TimeValue("08:00:00")
objapt.Duration = 60 * 8 'Duration(in minutes) OR End(I'm not sure so try both)
objapt.End= Date + TimeValue("16:00:00")
objapt.Save