Copying Email message to another folder in Outlook Web Add-in - outlook

I've looked at the "outlook add in command demo" example that shows how to access properties of email messages and change them via REST.
However, I cannot seem to find how I would go about copying a message from (e.g. the Inbox) to another folder in the mailbox.
The example uses REST, which does not seem to be exposing a method or call to copy a message to another folder. Would I need to use Graph to copy a message, and if yes, how is this done from within an Outlook Add-in?
Also, the documentation says REST is deprecated for Outlook add-ins and Graph should be used instead. Is there an Outlook Add-in sample that uses Graph?
The example also shows how the add-in can work on iOS, but not on Android. Has this support in the meantime been added? Is there any newer example that shows how an Outlook add-in can work on all platforms including Android?


You should now use Graph in place of Outlook REST which is now deprecated. To call Graph via outlook add in, check this documentation. Graph call to copy a message from 1 folder to another is POST /me/messages/{id}/move, find more info here.
The Outlook Add in does have support for Android, please have a look here

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Replicate the share email to microsoft teams function

I am currently investigating a way to share emails from our desktop application. Written in c# using .Net framework 4.7
We would like to use the same dialog that gets initiated when you use the "Share to Teams" button in outlook passing in the .eml file. The user would be responsible for selecting which people or channels to share to.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
We can succesfully build a simple url share using their launcher concepts, but this is pretty limited to the browser and doesn't support files
https://teams.microsoft.com/share?href=www.stackoverflow.com&msgText=Testing
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/concepts/build-and-test/share-to-teams
And there is nothing mentioned in their deep-links section on msdn to achieve this
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/concepts/build-and-test/deep-links

If you're building your own desktop app experience anyway, why not use Graph for this? For instance, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/chatmessage-post?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http . You'd need to do your own Search box, but you can do that on Graph also - here for instance is a channel listing endpoint (this example is for within a specific Team): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/channel-list?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

How to show outlook add-in in the main pane instead of compose and read context

It's my first time developing add in for outlook, i'm tryng to do an add-in that interact with outlook calendar to find an appointment, but i can only show up the add-in when i create new appointment, is there any way to show it outside compose and read context? like viva insights do?
i found that this can be done with VSTO, but i need it to work also with web outlook and other os, if someone can help me to figure it out i will apreciate.
i tried to do it following the add-in doc
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/outlook-add-ins-overview#extension-points
i can't find an extension point that fits my purpose.
Thank you

Add-ins are only valid in Mail/Calendar individual item context currently. Hence, if no item (email / event) is selected, addins do not show-up or work - it does not know in which context it is suppose to run.
If your scenario requires it to run without email/event context, we suggest you to file a feature request here: https://aka.ms/M365dev-suggestions

Outlook change mail content before it is rendered in read mode

Is there a way, to manipulate what the user is seeing in the Outlook read window?
I have some corrupt EML files, that have to be shown in Outlook after downloading them. So what I need is some extension point to run some js code before the user sees the content.
I already have an addin deployed and I found this topic: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/autolaunch
Which looks kind of promising, except there is no event that is triggered when the email viewer is loaded. Does anyone know a way to intercept the viewer screen?

OfficeJS doesn't provide anything for that nowadays.

outlook automation in Blueprism

I am trying send mails using outlook in BluePrism likewise in UIpath. I am new to Blueprism but I don't find an option as Outlook or Exchange Server. I have serached internet and came across a solution of installing Mapiex but I couldn't find the installable and it does not work with outlook64. So Blue Prism does not have a out of the box solution for outlook automation

Please check your Blue Prism Installation folder and traverse to
Blue Prism Automate
There you should be able to find Blue Prism Mapiex. Once you import this to Blue Prism tool, you should be able to use it with ease.
Pull in an Action Stage and select Mapiex, like you would with your objects and then you may utilize the actions that come with it.
Check the
Input
and
Output
tabs to ensure that you provide all the required information.

Hey here comes blueprism ver6.3.
And you do not need to install MAPIEX add-ons or some DLL files manually.
Only you need to do is import the Outlook VBO which you can find in Blueprism VBO folder in 6.3 ver.
And it provides a quicker method to manipulate Outlook.

It is a bit tedious process go first you need to install a file named MAPIEX.msi and then import MAPIEX VBO TO LIBRARY AND then bake some settings andit will be configured for Blueprism sending emails.

Yes, MAPIEx will only work with the Outlook mail client as a 32-bit application. 64-bit Outlook is not supported.
Check out Email- POP3/SMTP VBO, if these vbo can do whatever you are trying to achieve.

Mapiex works only with 32bit outlook client,If you are using Microsoft exchange mail,then you can use EWS Managed API and directly access the server and get emails , just instal API and include required DLLs ,but it requires to do some codings.

The Blue Prism (BP) Tool has an Outlook VBO which you can use. You should be able to import the Outlook VBO into your BP instance.
On occasion depending on your outlook setup, you will need to go into your Outlook Trust settings and turn off security popups to make sure the automation can use your outlook without issues.
The issue with using the MAPiex is that whenever you migrating it through different environments and runtime resources, it is a big pain to set it up and make sure it works every time.

You must import the VBO "MS Outlook Email VBO", this VBO contains an action "Send mail", you fill the inputs "From, To, Body, Subject, CC", and you will be able to send an email,

You can just use 2 options to automate Outlook :
Outlook Client : use the 'MS Outlook VBO' which is shipped with Blue Prism installation. This VBO will let you automate Outlook client (no direct connection to Exchange Server)
MAPIEx : you can use this VBO with the .dll files (dependencies) that will let you to connect to Exchange Server (not your Outlook client). Then you can set which profile to use etc.

Read parameters from Outlook 365 Add-In manifest

Is it possible to get the parameters from the Outlook 365 add-in manifest programmatically (like version number or maybe resources)? I've searched all over the internet, but haven't found any way to do it yet :(
Some background: I need some information to be available at run-time from the manifest settings (the customers are expected to install the add-in via manifest and it is to be tailored for each customer with some special data).
Thanks in advance!

The manifest file is only consumed by the client (i.e. Outlook or Word) for the purposes of rendering that add-in (i.e. the URL, buttons to display, minimum requirements, etc.). There are currently no APIs that expose manifest data to the add-in instance itself.

One idea: what if you put the special data as something encoded in the start URL? That way you could read it back out via JavaScript, simply by looking at what parameter got passed in to you. Would that work?

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