Set reminders for recurring appointments - vba

I am trying to set reminders for recurring appointments.
If objAppointment.ReminderSet = False Then
If objAppointment.IsRecurring Then
'Dim objRecurrencePattern As RecurrencePattern
'Set objRecurrencePattern = objAppointment.GetRecurrencePattern
'Set objAppointment = objRecurrencePattern.GetOccurrence(objAppointment.Start)
objAppointment.ReminderOverrideDefault = True
End If
objAppointment.ReminderSet = True
objAppointment.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 15 ' Enter your default time
objAppointment.Save
Debug.Print "Reminder set for '" & objAppointment.Subject & "'."
End If
I found this post in MS forum.
The reminder properties seems to be properly set in the VBA debugger but if I check the appointment in the calendar the reminder is still not set/effective.

If you are dealing with an instance of a recurring appointment or an exception (check the AppointmentItem.RecurrenceState property), set the reminder on the master appointment retrieved from the AppointmentItem.Parent property.

In case the meeting is recurring you have to edit All Occurences <->Parent meeting
See code here https://gist.github.com/tdalon/60a746cfda75ad191e426ee421324386
Sub CheckTodayReminders()
' https://www.datanumen.com/blogs/quickly-send-todays-appointments-someone-via-outlook-vba/
Dim objAppointments As Outlook.Items
Dim objTodayAppointments As Outlook.Items
Dim strFilter As String
Dim objAppointment As Outlook.AppointmentItem ' Object
Set objAppointments = Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Items
objAppointments.IncludeRecurrences = True
objAppointments.Sort "[Start]", False ' Bug: use False/descending see https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/919e1aee-ae67-488f-9adc-2c8518854b2a/how-to-get-recurring-appointment-current-date?forum=outlookdev
'Find your today's appointments
strFilter = Format(Now, "ddddd")
'strFilter = "2019-03-07"
strFilter = "[Start] > '" & strFilter & " 00:00 AM' AND [Start] <= '" & strFilter & " 11:59 PM'"
Set objTodayAppointments = objAppointments.Restrict(strFilter)
For Each objAppointment In objTodayAppointments
Debug.Print "Check Reminder for '" & objAppointment.Subject & "'..."
If objAppointment.IsRecurring Then
Set objAppointment = objAppointment.Parent
End If
If objAppointment.ReminderSet = False Then
objAppointment.ReminderSet = True
objAppointment.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 15 ' Enter your default time
objAppointment.Save
Debug.Print "Reminder set for '" & objAppointment.Subject & "'."
End If
Next
' MsgBox "Meeting reminders were checked!"
End Sub

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Format a date variable to display time only in Outlook Calendar

I am trying to show the start time and end time.
In the end time, I don't want the date, as I am trying to show availability.
It shows under the print window "25/06/2021 14:45:34 25/06/2021 16:05:00".
I want to remove the middle date. I tried masks, but just erroring.
Also when the dialog box shows, I want to copy the content to clipboard.
Dim CalFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim nameFolder
Dim strKeyword As String
Dim strResults As String
' Run this macro
Sub SearchinSharedCalendars()
Dim objPane As Outlook.NavigationPane
Dim objModule As Outlook.CalendarModule
Dim objGroup As Outlook.NavigationGroup
Dim objNavFolder As Outlook.NavigationFolder
Dim objCalendar As Folder
Dim objFolder As Folder
Dim i As Integer
Dim g As Integer
On Error Resume Next
Set objCalendar = Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = objCalendar
DoEvents
strKeyword = InputBox("Search subject and body", "Search Shared Calendars")
Set objPane = Application.ActiveExplorer.NavigationPane
Set objModule = objPane.Modules.GetNavigationModule(olModuleCalendar)
With objModule.NavigationGroups
For g = 1 To .Count
Set objGroup = .Item(g)
For i = 1 To objGroup.NavigationFolders.Count
Set objNavFolder = objGroup.NavigationFolders.Item(i)
If objNavFolder.IsSelected = True Then
Set CalFolder = objNavFolder.Folder
Set nameFolder = objNavFolder
Dim NS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objOwner As Outlook.Recipient
Set NS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objOwner = NS.CreateRecipient(nameFolder)
objOwner.Resolve
If objOwner.Resolved Then
Set CalFolder = NS.GetSharedDefaultFolder(objOwner, olFolderCalendar)
End If
SearchSharedCalendar
txtSearchResults = strResults & vbCrLf & txtSearchResults
End If
Next i
Next g
End With
MsgBox txtSearchResults
Set objPane = Nothing
Set objModule = Nothing
Set objGroup = Nothing
Set objNavFolder = Nothing
Set objCalendar = Nothing
Set objFolder = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub SearchSharedCalendar()
Dim CalItems As Outlook.Items
Dim ResItems As Outlook.Items
Dim oFinalItems As Outlook.Items
Dim sFilter As String
Dim iNumRestricted As Integer
Dim itm As Object
Dim strAppt As String
Dim endAppt As String
Dim dStart1 As Date, dStart2 As Date
Set CalItems = CalFolder.Items
If CalFolder = printCal Then
Exit Sub
End If
' Sort all of the appointments based on the start time
CalItems.Sort "[Start]"
' body key word doesn't work if including recurring
CalItems.IncludeRecurrences = True
On Error Resume Next
' if you arent search subfolders, you only need parent name
strName = CalFolder.Parent.Name & " - " & CalFolder.Name
' set dates
dStart1 = Date
dStart2 = Date + 30
' fileer by date first
sFilter = "[Start] >= '" & dStart1 & "'" & " And [Start] < '" & dStart2 & "'"
Debug.Print sFilter
'Restrict the Items collection for the 30-day date range
Set ResItems = CalItems.Restrict(sFilter)
' Filter the results by keyword
' filter for Subject containing strKeyword '0x0037001E
' body is 0x1000001f
Const PropTag As String = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/"
sFilter = "#SQL=(" & Chr(34) & PropTag _
& "0x0037001E" & Chr(34) & " like '%" & strKeyword & "%' OR " & Chr(34) & PropTag _
& "0x1000001f" & Chr(34) & " like '%" & strKeyword & "%')"
Debug.Print sFilter
'Restrict the last set of filtered items for the subject
Set oFinalItems = ResItems.Restrict(sFilter)
'Sort and collect final results
oFinalItems.Sort "[Start]"
iNumRestricted = 0
For Each oAppt In oFinalItems
If oAppt.Start >= dStart1 And oAppt.Start <= dStart2 Then
iNumRestricted = iNumRestricted + 1
strAppt = oAppt.Start & " " & endAppt
endAppt = oAppt.End
End If
Next
strResults = iNumRestricted & " matching Appointment found in " & vbCrLf & strAppt & " " & endAppt
Set itm = Nothing
Set newAppt = Nothing
Set ResItems = Nothing
Set CalItems = Nothing
Set CalFolder = Nothing
End Sub
First of all, there is no need to iterate over all items in the collection:
For Each oAppt In oFinalItems
Instead, you can apply a filter by using the Restrict or Find/FindNext methods of the Items class as you did that earlier in the code.
To format the dates values you need to use the Format function available in VBA:
strAppt = oAppt.Start & " " & Format(endAppt, "hh:mm:ss")

Deleting appointment from someone else's calendar

I have Access VBA code that creates appointments in three tech colleagues' calendars.
If vbYes = MsgBox("Send Calendar Appointments?", vbYesNo) Then
Dim outMail As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Set outMail = Outlook.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
outMail.Subject = "Lab Booking - " & FullName & " - for date " & Forms!frmLabSession_edit!BookingDate
outMail.Mileage = Me.LabBooking_ID
outMail.Location = Forms!frmLabSession_edit!frm_qryLabsBookedPerBooking_subform!RoomNo
outMail.MeetingStatus = olMeeting
outMail.Start = BookingDate & " " & TimeFrom
outMail.End = BookingDate & " " & TimeTo
outMail.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 21600
outMail.RequiredAttendees = "Person1#tees.ac.uk; Person2#tees.ac.uk; Person3#tees.ac.uk" & Me.txtCCList
outMail.Body = "You have received this notification with a 15 days countdown to cover periods of leave when you may not have received initial notification." & Chr$(13) & _
Chr$(13) & Me.Notes
outMail.Attachments.Add FileName
outMail.Send
Set outMail = Nothing
End If
I have code for deleting appointments based on the subject line, but I can't figure out how to add recipients - the other calendar users - it only removes it from my calendar.
Dim objOutlook As Outlook.Application
Dim objNamespace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim objAppointment As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim lngDeletedAppointements As Long
Dim strSubject As String
Dim strLocation As String
Dim dteStartDate As Date
'******************************** Set Criteria for DELETION here ********************************
strSubject = "Lab Booking - " & FullName & " - for date " & Forms!frmLabSession_edit!BookingDate
strLocation = Forms!frmLabSession_edit!frm_qryLabsBookedPerBooking_subform!RoomNo
dteStartDate = BookingDate
'************************************************************************************************
Set objOutlook = Outlook.Application
Set objNamespace = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objFolder = objNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
For Each objAppointment In objFolder.Items
If objAppointment.Subject = strSubject And objAppointment.Location = strLocation And _
objAppointment.Start > dteStartDate Then
objAppointment.Delete
lngDeletedAppointements = lngDeletedAppointements + 1
End If
Next
MsgBox lngDeletedAppointements & " appointment(s) DELETED.", vbInformation, "DETETE Appointments"
How do I declare or state in the code the attendees' calendars to remove the item from, as the top code does to send them?
I have delete rights to their calendars. I can go into their calendars and delete the appointment, so shouldn't be a permissions issue.
You may use the following sequence of action to cancel the meeting and notify attendees:
AppointmentItem.MeetingStatus = olMeetingCanceled
AppointmentItem.Save
AppointmentItem.Send
AppointmentItem.Delete
Just set the meeting canceled status which stands for - the scheduled meeting has been cancelled.

Outlook VBA ignoring filter and deleting all appointments in shared calendar

I have a piece of code that is supposed to find all appointments in a shared calendar between two dates and delete them. However, it ignores the filter and deletes all appointments in the calendar. Could someone take a look at this and give me some idea of what i'm missing please?
Sub DeleteCal_Appts(sCalendarName As String, ap_dateStart As String, ap_startTime As String, ap_dateEnd As String, ap_endTime As String)
Dim objAppointment As AppointmentItem
Dim objAppointments As Items
Dim objNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objRecip As Recipient
Dim sFilter As Object
Dim dtStartTime As Date, dtEndTime As Date
dtStartTime = CDate(ap_dateStart & " " & ap_startTime)
dtEndTime = CDate(ap_dateEnd & " " & ap_endTime)
Dim myOutApp As Object
myOutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
objNameSpace = myOutApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
objRecip = objNameSpace.CreateRecipient(sCalendarName)
objRecip.Resolve()
'objAppointments = objNameSpace.GetSharedDefaultFolder(objNameSpace.CreateRecipient("Unit 2 Peanut Delivery Calendar"), 9).Items
objAppointments = objNameSpace.GetSharedDefaultFolder(objNameSpace.CreateRecipient(sCalendarName), 9).Items
sFilter = "[Start] > '" & Format(dtStartTime, "ddddd h:nn AMPM") & "' And [Start] < '" & Format(dtEndTime, "ddddd h:nn AMPM") & "'"
objAppointments.Sort("[Start]", False)
MsgBox("Total Items at begin: " & objAppointments.Count)
objAppointment = objAppointments.Find(sFilter)
For i = objAppointments.Count To 1 Step -1
objAppointment = objAppointments.Item(i)
objAppointment.Delete()
Next
MsgBox("Total Items at finish: " & objAppointments.Count)
objAppointment = Nothing
objAppointments = Nothing
End Sub
Thanks to #TnTinMn got the answer to this. My only remaining stumbling block was for the date conversion from UK to US:
sFilter = "[Start] >= '" & (dtStartTime.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:MM tt")) & "' AND [End] <= '" & (dtEndTime.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:MM tt")) & "'"
objAppointments.Sort("[Start]", False)
itemsCalendar = objAppointments.Restrict(sFilter)
For i = itemsCalendar.Count To 1 Step -1
objAppointment = itemsCalendar.Item(i)
objAppointment.Delete()
Next

Search by Email address with urn:schemas

I found this code from Ricardo Diaz. It runs through.
I would like to search for the latest email I received or sent to a specific email address as opposed to search by subject.
I replaced
searchString = "urn:schemas:httpmail:subject like '" & emailSubject & "'"
with
searchString = "urn:schemas:httpmail:to like '" & emailSubject & "'"
The search returns an empty object.
What is the urn:schemas to search for the email address of the sender and receiver in my Outlook Inbox and Sent Items?
This is the code I am trying to run:
In a VBA module:
Public Sub ProcessEmails()
Dim testOutlook As Object
Dim oOutlook As clsOutlook
Dim searchRange As Range
Dim subjectCell As Range
Dim searchFolderName As String
' Start outlook if it isn't opened (credits: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33328314/how-to-open-outlook-with-vba)
On Error Resume Next
Set testOutlook = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
On Error GoTo 0
If testOutlook Is Nothing Then
Shell ("OUTLOOK")
End If
' Initialize Outlook class
Set oOutlook = New clsOutlook
' Get the outlook inbox and sent items folders path (check the scope specification here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/outlook.application.advancedsearch)
searchFolderName = "'" & Outlook.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).FolderPath & "','" & Outlook.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderSentMail).FolderPath & "'"
' Loop through excel cells with subjects
Set searchRange = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A2:A4")
For Each subjectCell In searchRange
' Only to cells with actual subjects
If subjectCell.Value <> vbNullString Then
Call oOutlook.SearchAndReply(subjectCell.Value, searchFolderName, False)
End If
Next subjectCell
MsgBox "Search and reply completed"
' Clean object
Set testOutlook = Nothing
End Sub
In a class module named clsOutlook:
Option Explicit
' Credits: Based on this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31909315/advanced-search-complete-event-not-firing-in-vba
' Event handler for outlook
Dim WithEvents OutlookApp As Outlook.Application
Dim outlookSearch As Outlook.Search
Dim outlookResults As Outlook.Results
Dim searchComplete As Boolean
' Handler for Advanced search complete
Private Sub outlookApp_AdvancedSearchComplete(ByVal SearchObject As Search)
'MsgBox "The AdvancedSearchComplete Event fired."
searchComplete = True
End Sub
Sub SearchAndReply(emailSubject As String, searchFolderName As String, searchSubFolders As Boolean)
' Declare objects variables
Dim customMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim searchString As String
Dim resultItem As Integer
' Variable defined at the class level
Set OutlookApp = New Outlook.Application
' Variable defined at the class level (modified by outlookApp_AdvancedSearchComplete when search is completed)
searchComplete = False
' You can look up on the internet for urn:schemas strings to make custom searches
searchString = "urn:schemas:httpmail:to like '" & emailSubject & "'"
' Perform advanced search
Set outlookSearch = OutlookApp.AdvancedSearch(searchFolderName, searchString, searchSubFolders, "SearchTag")
' Wait until search is complete based on outlookApp_AdvancedSearchComplete event
While searchComplete = False
DoEvents
Wend
' Get the results
Set outlookResults = outlookSearch.Results
If outlookResults.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
' Sort descending so you get the latest
outlookResults.Sort "[SentOn]", True
' Reply only to the latest one
resultItem = 1
' Some properties you can check from the email item for debugging purposes
On Error Resume Next
Debug.Print outlookResults.Item(resultItem).SentOn, outlookResults.Item(resultItem).ReceivedTime, outlookResults.Item(resultItem).SenderName, outlookResults.Item(resultItem).Subject
On Error GoTo 0
Set customMailItem = outlookResults.Item(resultItem).ReplyAll
' At least one reply setting is required in order to replyall to fire
customMailItem.Body = "Just a reply text " & customMailItem.Body
customMailItem.Display
End Sub
The cells A2:A4 in Sheet1 contain email address such as rainer#gmail.com for instance.
You can get to what appears to be "urn:schemas:httpmail:to" another way.
Read MAPI properties not exposed in Outlook's Object Model
The usefulness is still to be proven as the values from the the address-related properties are either not available or trivial.
Option Explicit
' https://www.slipstick.com/developer/read-mapi-properties-exposed-outlooks-object-model/
Const PR_RECEIVED_BY_NAME As String = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x0040001E"
Const PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_NAME As String = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x0042001E"
Const PR_RECEIVED_BY_EMAIL_ADDRESS As String = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x0076001E"
Const PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_EMAIL_ADDRESS As String = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x0065001E"
Const PR_SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS As String = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x0C1F001E"
Sub ShowPropertyAccessorValue()
Dim oItem As Object
Dim propertyAccessor As outlook.propertyAccessor
' for testing
' select an item from any folder not the Sent folder
' then an item from the Sent folder
Set oItem = ActiveExplorer.Selection.item(1)
If oItem.Class = olMail Then
Set propertyAccessor = oItem.propertyAccessor
Debug.Print
Debug.Print "oItem.Parent......................: " & oItem.Parent
Debug.Print "Sender Display name...............: " & oItem.Sender
Debug.Print "Sender address....................: " & oItem.SenderEmailAddress
Debug.Print "PR_RECEIVED_BY_NAME...............: " & _
propertyAccessor.GetProperty(PR_RECEIVED_BY_NAME)
Debug.Print "PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_NAME.........: " & _
propertyAccessor.GetProperty(PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_NAME)
Debug.Print "PR_RECEIVED_BY_EMAIL_ADDRESS......: " & _
propertyAccessor.GetProperty(PR_RECEIVED_BY_EMAIL_ADDRESS)
Debug.Print "PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_EMAIL_ADDRESS: " & _
propertyAccessor.GetProperty(PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_EMAIL_ADDRESS)
Debug.Print "PR_SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS...........: " & _
propertyAccessor.GetProperty(PR_SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS)
End If
End Sub
Example format from Filtering Items Using a String Comparison
Private Sub RestrictBySchema()
Dim myInbox As Folder
Dim myFolder As Folder
Dim propertyAccessor As propertyAccessor
Dim strFilter As String
Dim myResults As Items
Dim mailAddress As String
' for testing
' open any folder not the Sent folder
' then the Sent folder
Set myFolder = ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
Debug.Print "myFolder............: " & myFolder
Debug.Print "myFolder.items.Count: " & myFolder.Items.Count
mailAddress = "email#somewhere.com"
Debug.Print "mailAddress: " & mailAddress
' Filtering Items Using a String Comparison
' https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/outlook/how-to/search-and-filter/filtering-items-using-a-string-comparison
'strFilter = "#SQL=""https://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x0037001f"" = 'the right ""stuff""'"
'Debug.Print "strFilter .....: " & strFilter
' Items where PR_RECEIVED_BY_EMAIL_ADDRESS = specified email address
' This is the To
' No result from the Sent folder
' Logical as the item in the Sent folder could have multiple receivers
Debug.Print
Debug.Print "PR_RECEIVED_BY_EMAIL_ADDRESS"
strFilter = "#SQL=" & """" & PR_RECEIVED_BY_EMAIL_ADDRESS & """" & " = '" & mailAddress & "'"
Debug.Print "strFilter .....: " & strFilter
Set myResults = myFolder.Items.Restrict(strFilter)
Debug.Print " myResults.Count.....: " & myResults.Count
' Items where PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_EMAIL_ADDRESS = specified email address
Debug.Print
Debug.Print "PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_EMAIL_ADDRESS"
strFilter = "#SQL=" & """" & PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_EMAIL_ADDRESS & """" & " = '" & mailAddress & "'"
Debug.Print "strFilter .....: " & strFilter
Set myResults = myFolder.Items.Restrict(strFilter)
Debug.Print " myResults.Count.....: " & myResults.Count
' Items where SenderEmailAddress = specified email address
Debug.Print
Debug.Print "SenderEmailAddress"
strFilter = "[SenderEmailAddress] = '" & mailAddress & "'"
Debug.Print "strFilter .....: " & strFilter
Set myResults = myFolder.Items.Restrict(strFilter)
Debug.Print " myResults.Count.....: " & myResults.Count
' Items where PR_SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS = specified email address
Debug.Print
Debug.Print "PR_SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS"
strFilter = "#SQL=" & """" & PR_SENDER_EMAIL_ADDRESS & """" & " = '" & mailAddress & "'"
Debug.Print "strFilter .....: " & strFilter
Set myResults = myFolder.Items.Restrict(strFilter)
Debug.Print " myResults.Count.....: " & myResults.Count
End Sub

Get only today's appointments through Outlook VBA

I am extracting all appointments across all Outlook accounts for today.
I am experiencing the same issue encountered in this post here, but I am trying to do this through VBA.
Originally I managed to get the appointments for today, but it would also return reoccurring meetings that are not taking place today (like in the linked question).
I do not understand how the Powershell code, in the answer, manages to filter out the reoccurring appointments, because in my VBA attempt I get the whole week of appointments.
This is my attempt. I've included the filter where I get the appointments for today as well the reoccurring appointments which do not take place today.
Sub GetAllCalendarAppointmentsForToday()
Dim olApplication As Outlook.Application
Dim olNamespace As NameSpace
Dim olAccounts As Accounts
Dim olStore As Outlook.Store
Dim olCalendarFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim olCalendarItems As Outlook.Items
Dim olTodayCalendarItems As Outlook.Items
Dim strFilter As String
Dim strFilter2 As String
Set olApplication = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set olNamespace = olApplication.Session
Set olAccounts = olNamespace.Accounts
Debug.Print olAccounts.Count
For Each oAccount In olAccounts
Debug.Print oAccount
Set olStore = oAccount.DeliveryStore
Set olCalendarFolder = olStore.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
Set olCalendarItems = olCalendarFolder.Items
olCalendarItems.Sort "[Start]", True
olCalendarItems.IncludeRecurrences = True
Debug.Print olCalendarItems.Count
'Find your today's appointments
strFilter = Format(Now, "ddddd")
strFilter2 = Format(DateAdd("d", 7, Now), "ddddd")
Debug.Print strFilter
Debug.Print strFilter2
'strFilter = "[Start] > " & Chr(34) & strFilter & " 00:00" & Chr(34) & " AND [Start] < " & Chr(34) & strFilter & " 00:00" & Chr(34)
strFilter = "[Start] > " & Chr(34) & strFilter & " 00:00" & Chr(34) & " AND [Start] < " & Chr(34) & strFilter2 & " 00:00" & Chr(34)
Debug.Print strFilter
Set olTodayCalendarItems = olCalendarItems.Restrict(strFilter)
Debug.Print olTodayCalendarItems.Count
Debug.Print "Begin Print of Appointments"
For Each objAppointment In olTodayCalendarItems
Counter = Counter + 1
Debug.Print Counter & ":" & objAppointment.Subject & " " & objAppointment.Location & " [" & objAppointment.Start & "|" & objAppointment.End & "]"
Next
Debug.Print vbNewLine
Next
End Sub
Edit #1:
As per Eugene's answer, I updated the strFilter to be this to no avail
strFilter = [Start] <= '07/15/2020 11:59 PM' AND [End] >= '07/15/2020 12:00 AM'
In addition, I put IncludeReccurence first as well and no change in the results
Edit #2
Replaced the for each loop to use GetFirst() and GetNext() to no avail
Set olTodayCalendarItems = olCalendarItems.Restrict(strFilter)
Set olItem = olTodayCalendarItems.GetFirst()
Do While Not olItem Is Nothing
Set olAppointment = olItem
counter = counter + 1
Debug.Print counter & ":" & olAppointment.Subject & " " & olAppointment.Location & " [" & olAppointment.Start & "|" & olAppointment.End & "]"
Set olItem = olTodayCalendarItems.GetNext()
Loop
Edit #3:
I created a VB.NET application where I used the function, provided in the link in the answer, verbatim and it worked as expected. So maybe there is a issue in VBA (unlikely) or I missed something small in my VBA script?
Edit #4:
The problem was in my logic all along. Items needed to be sorted in ascending. Thank you to both Eugene and niton
The OP left a comment to indicate Restrict is valid.
" ... the link to the docs on IncludeRecurrences ... mentioned that .Sort needs to be done in ascending order"
It is possible .Restrict is not appropriate for this task.
An example using .Find.
Items.IncludeRecurrences property(Outlook) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/outlook.items.includerecurrences
Sub DemoFindNext()
' https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/outlook.items.includerecurrences
Dim myNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim tdystart As Date
Dim tdyend As Date
Dim myAppointments As Outlook.Items
Dim currentAppointment As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Set myNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
tdystart = VBA.Format(Now, "Short Date")
tdyend = VBA.Format(Now + 1, "Short Date")
Set myAppointments = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).Items
myAppointments.Sort "[Start]"
myAppointments.IncludeRecurrences = True
Set currentAppointment = myAppointments.Find("[Start] >= """ & tdystart & """ and [Start] <= """ & tdyend & """")
While TypeName(currentAppointment) <> "Nothing"
Debug.Print currentAppointment.Subject
' MsgBox currentAppointment.Subject
Set currentAppointment = myAppointments.FindNext
Wend
End Sub
Microsoft doesn’t recommend using the Count property in case you set the IncludeRecurrences property. The Count property may return unexpected results and cause an infinite loop. Read more about that in the How To: Use Restrict method in Outlook to get calendar items article.
Here is a sample VB.NET code where you can see how you can filter appointment items properly:
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Diagnostics
' ...
Private Sub RestrictCalendarItems(folder As Outlook.MAPIFolder)
Dim dtEnd As DateTime = New DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, _
DateTime.Now.Day, 23, 59, 0, 0)
Dim restrictCriteria As String = "[Start]<=""" + dtEnd.ToString("g") + """" + _
" AND [End]>=""" + DateTime.Now.ToString("g") + """"
Dim strBuilder As StringBuilder = Nothing
Dim folderItems As Outlook.Items = Nothing
Dim resultItems As Outlook.Items = Nothing
Dim appItem As Outlook._AppointmentItem = Nothing
Dim counter As Integer = 0
Dim item As Object = Nothing
Try
strBuilder = New StringBuilder()
folderItems = folder.Items
folderItems.IncludeRecurrences = True
folderItems.Sort("[Start]")
resultItems = folderItems.Restrict(restrictCriteria)
item = resultItems.GetFirst()
Do
If Not IsNothing(item) Then
If (TypeOf (item) Is Outlook._AppointmentItem) Then
counter = counter + 1
appItem = item
strBuilder.AppendLine("#" + counter.ToString() + _
" Start: " + appItem.Start.ToString() + _
" Subject: " + appItem.Subject + _
" Location: " + appItem.Location)
End If
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(item)
item = resultItems.GetNext()
End If
Loop Until IsNothing(item)
If (strBuilder.Length > 0) Then
Debug.WriteLine(strBuilder.ToString())
Else
Debug.WriteLine("There is no match in the " _
+ folder.Name + " folder.")
End If
catch ex As Exception
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Finally
If Not IsNothing(folderItems) Then Marshal.ReleaseComObject(folderItems)
If Not IsNothing(resultItems) Then Marshal.ReleaseComObject(resultItems)
End Try
End Sub