how to transfer calendar events from jsp to microsoft outlook

[huzefa qutbuddin]

I have a jsp page where a user can see all their events.

when the user clicks on one of the event, it opens a new page whch shows the event title, start-date, end-date, location, cost and description.
Now what I need a button in this page, which when clicked transfers all the information to outlook.

Please if anyone know of any tutorial or code which can help in this. Also if the user doesn't have microsoft outlook and have any other similar software,
is it possible to import event data to whatever application they are using

Any help will be greatly appreciated

[Ben Souther]

There is nothing in the JSP API for working with Outlook (or any other proprietary software package). I'll move this to General Computing where MS-Office threads usually go.

[Paul Clapham]

Would you want this calendaring function to take place on the server (where the JSP is executed) or on the client (where the output of the JSP is displayed)? My guess is, you want it run on the client.

Browsers are generally forbidden from doing things that alter the client's computer, which is what you are asking to happen here. So plain old Javascript in the browser isn't going to work. You would need to install a trusted component (one that the user explicitly accepts via a dialog box) to do that. You may well find an ActiveX component that can interface with a MS Outlook calendar.