/// <summary>
/// Creates a calendar with 2 events, and returns it.
/// </summary>
static iCalendar CreateCalendar()
{
// First load a file containing time zone information for North & South America
iCalendar timeZones = iCalendar.LoadFromFile("America.ics");
// Add the time zones we are going to use to our calendar
// If we're not sure what we'll use, we could simply copy the
// entire time zone information instead:
//
// iCalendar iCal = timeZones.Copy();
//
// This will take significantly more disk space, and can slow
// down performance, so I recommend you determine which time
// zones will be used and only copy the necessary zones.
iCalendar iCal = new iCalendar();
iCal.AddChild(timeZones.GetTimeZone("America/New_York"));
iCal.AddChild(timeZones.GetTimeZone("America/Denver"));
// Create an event and attach it to the iCalendar.
Event evt = iCal.Create<Event>();
// Set the one-line summary of the event
evt.Summary = "The first Monday and second-to-last Monday of each month";
// Set the longer description of the event
evt.Description = "A more in-depth description of this event.";
// Set the event to start at 11:00 A.M. New York time on January 2, 2007.
evt.Start = new iCalDateTime(2007, 1, 2, 11, 0, 0, "America/New_York", iCal);
// Set the duration of the event to 1 hour.
// NOTE: this will automatically set the End time of the event
evt.Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(1);
// The event has been confirmed
evt.Status = EventStatus.Confirmed;
// Set the geographic location (latitude,longitude) of the event
evt.Geo = new Geo(114.2938, 32.982);
evt.Location = "Home office";
evt.Priority = 7;
// Add an organizer to the event.
// This is the person who created the event (or who is in charge of it)
evt.Organizer = "*****@*****.**";
// Indicate that this organizer is a member of another group
evt.Organizer.AddParameter("MEMBER", "MAILTO:[email protected]");
// Add a person who will attend the event
evt.AddAttendee("*****@*****.**");
// Add categories to the event
evt.AddCategory("Work");
evt.AddCategory("Personal");
// Add some comments to the event
evt.AddComment("Comment #1");
evt.AddComment("Comment #2");
// Add resources that will be used for the event
evt.AddResource("Conference Room #2");
evt.AddResource("Projector #4");
// Add contact information to this event, with an optional link to further information
evt.AddContact("Doug Day (XXX) XXX-XXXX", new Uri("http://www.someuri.com/pdi/dougd.vcf"));
// Set the identifier for the event. NOTE: this will happen automatically
// if you don't do it manually. We set it manually here so we can easily
// refer to this event later.
evt.UID = "1234567890";
// Now, let's add a recurrence pattern to this event.
// It needs to happen on the first Monday and
// second to last Monday of each month.
RecurrencePattern rp = new RecurrencePattern();
rp.Frequency = FrequencyType.Monthly;
rp.ByDay.Add(new DaySpecifier(DayOfWeek.Monday, FrequencyOccurrence.First));
rp.ByDay.Add(new DaySpecifier(DayOfWeek.Monday, FrequencyOccurrence.SecondToLast));
evt.AddRecurrencePattern(rp);
// Let's also add an alarm on this event so we can be reminded of it later.
Alarm alarm = new Alarm();
// Display the alarm somewhere on the screen.
alarm.Action = AlarmAction.Display;
// This is the text that will be displayed for the alarm.
alarm.Summary = "Alarm for the first Monday and second-to-last Monday of each month";
// The alarm is set to occur 30 minutes before the event
alarm.Trigger = new Trigger(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(-30));
// Set the alarm to repeat twice (for a total of 3 alarms)
// before the event. Each repetition will occur 10 minutes
// after the initial alarm. In english - that means
// the alarm will go off 30 minutes before the event,
// then again 20 minutes before the event, and again
// 10 minutes before the event.
alarm.Repeat = 2;
alarm.Duration = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10);
// Add the alarm to the event
evt.AddAlarm(alarm);
// Create another (much more simple) event
evt = iCal.Create<Event>();
evt.Summary = "Every month on the 21st";
evt.Description = "A more in-depth description of this event.";
evt.Start = new iCalDateTime(2007, 1, 21, 16, 0, 0, "America/New_York", iCal);
evt.Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(1.5);
rp = new RecurrencePattern();
rp.Frequency = FrequencyType.Monthly;
evt.AddRecurrencePattern(rp);
return iCal;
}
