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Programmatically add an event to SharePoint 2010 Calendar

 

Steps Involved:

1.       Open Visual Studio 2010 by going Start | All Programs | Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 | Right click on Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and click on Run as administrator.

2.       Go to File tab, click on New and then click on Project.

3.       In the New Project dialog box, expand the Visual C# node, and then select the Windows node.

4.       In the Templates pane, select Console Application.

5.       Enter the Name and then click OK.

6.       In the solution explorer, right click on the solution and then click on Properties.

7.       Select the Application tab, check whether “.Net Framework 3.5” is selected for Target Framework.

8.       Select the Build tab, check whether “Any CPU” is selected for Platform Target.

9.       In the solution explorer, right click on the References folder and click on Add Reference.

10.    Add the following references.

1.       Microsoft.SharePoint.dll (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

11.    Double click on Program.cs and add the following Namespaces.

1.       using Microsoft.SharePoint; 

12.    Replace Program.cs with the following code snippet.

 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
 
 
namespace Console
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://serverName:26413/sites/Vijai"))
            {
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb(""))
                {
                    SPList list = web.Lists.TryGetList("Calendar");
                    if (list != null)
                    {
                        SPListItem item = list.Items.Add();
                        item["Title"] = "New Event";
                        item["Description"] = "New Event created using SharePoint Object Model";
                        item["Location"] = "First Floor";
                        item["Start Time"] = DateTime.Now;
                        item["End Time"] = DateTime.Now.AddDays(2);
                        item["Category"] = "Business";
                        item["fAllDayEvent"] = false;
                        item.Update();
                        System.Console.WriteLine(item["Title"]+" event is added successfully to the Calendar");
                        System.Console.ReadLine();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        System.Console.WriteLine("List does not exists in the site");
                        System.Console.ReadLine();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
 
 

13.       In the solution explorer, right click on the solution and click on Build.

14.       Hit F5.

Output:

Navigate to the URL http://serverName:26413/sites/Vijai. Go to Calendar, you could be able to see an event created as shown in the following.

Calendar.jpg