Can't use iCal.Net 3.0.13 with .NET Framework application

[xkxtnt]

Hi All,
I am new to Ical.Net and installed version 3.0.13 on VS Community 2015. Just trying to test it out and got this error (the console project target .NET 4.6.2).

An unhandled exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in Playground.exe
Additional information: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives, Version=4.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

I am just testing one line of code:
Calendar cal = new Calendar();

What could be the issue?

Thanks a lot!

[rianjs]

Thanks for the report. I was able to replicate the problem as well. I haven't done much testing between framework applications and v3 which is a .NET Standard (1.3) implementation, as most of our stuff still uses v2.

The fix appears to be adding System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives to the nuspec list of dependencies for v3. I did that, and published a new version to nuget (3.0.14) and retried it locally without issue.

I'll close this up for now, if the fix is incomplete, just re-open.

https://www.nuget.org/packages/Ical.Net/3.0.14

[xkxtnt]

Thanks! That solved it. Now I just need to find some documentation on how to use it, from the basic. The Wiki page doesn't seem that useful for a newbie. :)

[rianjs]

What are you trying to do?

[xkxtnt]

I am trying to send a all day meeting event invite with an alarm set for a day before the event day.
I tested with the function below that uses static string and was able to get almost everything I needed. But I tried to replicate it using iCAL.net and it just won't work. Ideally, I will want to be able to attach some PDF files to the invite.

   public static void SendEmailString()
    {
        MailMessage msg = new MailMessage();
        msg.From = new MailAddress("john.smith@company.com", "Company Inquiry");
        msg.To.Add(new MailAddress("john.smith@company.com", "John Smith"));
        msg.Subject = "CS Inquiry";
        msg.Body = "TESTING";

        string test = @"BEGIN:VCALENDAR

PRODID:-//company & Ellis//Company Inquiry//EN
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:REQUEST
BEGIN:VEVENT
ATTENDEE;CN=""Smith, Jog"";ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:john.smith@company.com
ATTENDEE;CN=""dae, Kevin"";ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:kevin.dae@company.com
ORGANIZER: Company Inquiry Team
DTSTART:20171022T040000Z
DTEND:20171023T040000Z
LOCATION:New York
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
UID: 56e32030-0bbf-4911-96767449-537hjff
DTSTAMP:20171020T004739Z
DESCRIPTION:Auto Generated Meeting Invite, please discard.
SUMMARY:Auto Generated Meeting Invite, please discard.
PRIORITY: 5
CLASS: PUBLIC
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT1440M
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:REMINDER
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR";

        SmtpClient sc = new SmtpClient("smtp.company.com");

        System.Net.Mime.ContentType ct = new System.Net.Mime.ContentType("text/calendar");
        ct.Parameters.Add("method", "REQUEST");
        AlternateView avCal = AlternateView.CreateAlternateViewFromString(test, ct);
        msg.AlternateViews.Add(avCal);

        sc.Send(msg);

    }

[rianjs]

Please post the question on stackoverflow and link it here. And if you’re having problems with ical.net, please post some sample code showing what you tried.

[xkxtnt]

I posted the question and sample code to
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46985663/use-ical-net-to-send-meeting-invite-for-microsoft-outlook?noredirect=1#comment80928862_46985663

[rianjs]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46985663/use-ical-net-to-send-meeting-invite-for-microsoft-outlook/46994680#46994680