2.2.2.18 PidNameCalendarInstanceType

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DAV property name: urn:schemas:calendar:instancetype

Data type: PtypInteger32 ([MS-OXCDATA] section 2.11.1.6)

The PidNameCalendarInstanceType property ([MS-OXPROPS] section 2.391) gets or sets the calculated type of the appointment. The following types are possible:

  • Single appointment

  • Master recurring appointment

  • Instance of a recurring appointment

  • Exception to a recurring appointment

This property cannot be directly imported and exported from a Calendar object property. This property is used to populate the PidLidMeetingType ([MS-OXOCAL] section 2.2.6.5) and PidLidAppointmentRecur ([MS-OXOCAL] section 2.2.1.44) properties.

The following table lists the valid values for the PidNameCalendarInstanceType property.

Value

Description

0

A single appointment or meeting.

1

A recurring series. This is the master appointment for the series, which identifies all the appointments in the series.

2

A single instance of a recurring meeting or appointment.

3

An exception to a recurring series or appointment.

Clients SHOULD NOT change the value of this property.

The server SHOULD automatically set this property when changes to the appointment are committed. For example, assume a recurring appointment that has the PidNameCalendarInstanceType property set to master ("1"). If all of the recurrence patterns and exceptions that are associated with this appointment or meeting are deleted and the appointment or meeting is saved, the server updates the instance type to single instance ("2"). If the original value of the PidNameCalendarInstanceType property is single instance ("2") or exception ("3"), the value does not change.