Appointments.SearchAsync Method (DateTime, DateTime, Object)

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Asynchronously searches for appointments that occur between the specified start date and time and end date and time.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Phone.UserData
Assembly:  Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)

Syntax

Public Sub SearchAsync ( _
    startTimeInclusive As DateTime, _
    endTimeInclusive As DateTime, _
    state As Object _
)

public void SearchAsync(
    DateTime startTimeInclusive,
    DateTime endTimeInclusive,
    Object state
)

Parameters

• startTimeInclusive
  Type: System..::.DateTime
  The start date and time to use to search for appointments.

• endTimeInclusive
  Type: System..::.DateTime
  The end date and time to use to search for appointments.

• state
  Type: System..::.Object
  A user-defined object that contains information about the operation.

Remarks

The maximum number of appointments that are returned is stored in DefaultMaximumItems.

The state object is stored in the AppointmentsSearchEventArgs class and passed to the SearchCompleted delegate when the operation is complete.

Applications that use the Calendar APIs may fail to start. This can occur for applications that are upgraded from Windows Phone OS 7.0 to Windows Phone OS 7.1. To resolve this issue, open the file WMAppManifest.xml and add the following element.

<Capability Name="ID_CAP_APPOINTMENTS"/>

Examples

The following example assumes that you have a Windows Phone application that has a page with a button named SearchAppointments. The code assumes that you have a databound list box named AppointmentResultsData. In this example, you search for all appointments in the next seven days. For the full example, including the XAML, see How to access calendar data for Windows Phone 8.

using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Input;
using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
using Microsoft.Phone.UserData;

namespace ContactsAndCalendarTestApp
{
    public partial class AppointmentsPage : PhoneApplicationPage
    {
        public AppointmentsPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }


        private void SearchAppointments_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            AppointmentResultsData.DataContext = null;
            Appointments appts = new Appointments();

            appts.SearchCompleted += new EventHandler<AppointmentsSearchEventArgs>(Appointments_SearchCompleted);

            DateTime start = new DateTime();
            start = DateTime.Now;
            //MessageBox.Show(start.ToLongDateString());

            DateTime end = new DateTime();
            end = start.AddDays(7);
            //MessageBox.Show(end.ToLongDateString());

            appts.SearchAsync(start, end, "Appointments Test #1");
        }


        void Appointments_SearchCompleted(object sender, AppointmentsSearchEventArgs e)
        {
            //MessageBox.Show(e.State.ToString());
            //MessageBox.Show(e.StartTimeInclusive.ToShortDateString());
            //MessageBox.Show(e.EndTimeInclusive.ToShortDateString());
        
            try
            {
                //Bind the results to the list box that displays them in the UI.
                AppointmentResultsData.DataContext = e.Results;
            }
            catch (System.Exception)
            {
                //That's okay, no results.
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports Microsoft.Phone.UserData

Partial Public Class AppointmentsPage
    Inherits PhoneApplicationPage

    Public Sub New()
        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub


    Private Sub SearchAppointments_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)

        AppointmentResultsData.DataContext = Nothing
    
        Dim appts As Appointments = new Appointments()

        AddHandler appts.SearchCompleted, AddressOf Appointments_SearchCompleted

        Dim start As DateTime = DateTime.Now
        Dim endTime As DateTime = start.AddDays(7)

        appts.SearchAsync(start, endTime, "Appointments Test #1")
    End Sub


    Private Sub Appointments_SearchCompleted(sender As Object, e As AppointmentsSearchEventArgs)

        'MessageBox.Show(e.State.ToString())
        'MessageBox.Show(e.StartTimeInclusive.ToShortDateString())
        'MessageBox.Show(e.EndTimeInclusive.ToShortDateString())

        Try
            'Bind the results to the list box that displays them in the UI.
            AppointmentResultsData.DataContext = e.Results

        Catch ex As System.Exception

            'That's okay, no results.
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1

Platforms

Windows Phone

See Also

Reference

Appointments Class

SearchAsync Overload

Microsoft.Phone.UserData Namespace

Other Resources

Contacts and Calendar for Windows Phone 8

How to access calendar data for Windows Phone 8

App manifest file for Windows Phone 8