_ExchangeDistributionList.GetFreeBusy Method

Returns Nothing (a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) in C#) because free-busy information is available only to individual users and not ExchangeDistributionList objects.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DispIdAttribute()> _
Function GetFreeBusy ( _
    Start As DateTime, _
    MinPerChar As Integer, _
    CompleteFormat As Object _
) As String
'Usage
Dim instance As _ExchangeDistributionList
Dim Start As DateTime
Dim MinPerChar As Integer
Dim CompleteFormat As Object
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.GetFreeBusy(Start, _
    MinPerChar, CompleteFormat)
[DispIdAttribute()]
string GetFreeBusy(
    DateTime Start,
    int MinPerChar,
    Object CompleteFormat
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.String

Remarks

The ExchangeDistributionList object is derived from the AddressEntry object. It inherits the GetFreeBusy method from the AddressEntry object, and in the case of ExchangeDistributionList, regardless of the values of the parameters, this method always returns Nothing.

This method does not return the free-busy information of individual members of an ExchangeDistributionList. To obtain free-busy information for a meeting request, send the request to individual users. Use the AddressEntry.AddressEntryUserType property of the AddressEntry object obtained from Recipient.AddressEntry to determine if a Recipient represents an ExchangeDistributionList.

See Also

Reference

_ExchangeDistributionList Interface

_ExchangeDistributionList Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Namespace