Does someone know why add-in appears on Outlook Desktop Scheduling Assistant when it shouldn't?In Outlook Web Scheduling Assistant the add-in does not appear, here it makes sense does not appear. Is it a bug on Outlook Desktop? See in Outlook Desktop that add-ins does not appear under Scheduling Assistant tab!
Outlook Web - New scheduling (normal):
Outlook Web - New scheduling assistant:
Outlook Desktop - New Scheduling (normal):
Outlook Desktop - New scheduling assistant!!!
For Outlook desktop, the behavior that addin stays open when the user switches to the scheduling tab is by design. We believe this behavior is suitable for the desktop Outlook UI. This behavior lets the user to continue to use addin when the user is viewing the scheduling assistant.
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I'm building an outlook add-in for web and desktop users.
And I'm struggling to find the method that closes the add-in for the desktop version
In my Add-in, I inserted a button that invokes
Office.context && Office.context.ui && Office.context.ui.closeContainer();
onClick to close the add-in.
This works on the web version of the add-in but not on the desktop one,
Is there a problem with my code or is the desktop version not supporting this method ?
Environment setup :
Microsoft Outlook 2016 (16.0.5182.1000)
Exchange 2016 (build version 15.1.2375.7) on-premise
It should work for task panes on the desktop. Here is the description for the closeContainer method:
Called from a task pane: The task pane will close. Any dialog opened by displayDialogAsync will also close. If the task pane supports pinning and was pinned by the user, it will be un-pinned.
But the minimum requirement set is 1.5 where Outlook 2016 is not supported.
Also you may find a similar thread here.
How do I implement a fixed task pane in Outlook Web App?
Read the official documentation to see that the classic Outlook web App does not support a fixed task pane.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/pinnable-taskpane
But I wonder how I can upgrade to Modern Outlook on the Web?
Our Server is installed with Exchange Server 2016 CU16
Problem Statement: Create a macOS Outlook add-in which responds to Calendar move and delete events and calls an API.
Challenge: Most of the links say that this is not possible but there are native Outlook add-ins for Mac already out there. One example is Zoom's New Updates For Outlook Plugin.
Problem with Office-JS add-in: We know that MS is pushing office add-ins for Mac, however there are some limitations which we cannot live with. Office-JS add-in does not react on move and delete events in a Calendar. I understand that there are notifications that can be subscribed to and required action can be taken. This is also a challenge because our clients won't allow to deploy extra components outside network.
Does anyone have any idea on how to create a native macOS Outlook add-in?
The add-in you've given as an example isn't a native add-in. It is a web add-in using Office.js. It does not seem to react to events in the Calendar. It is configured for the Calendar read / write surface, so its button appears in that context.
Currently, there is no way to create "native" add-ins for Mac Outlook. If you can describe your scenario and what you aren't able to achieve with web add-ins, we could try and provide a workaround.
We developed an add-in for Outlook which is published in the store already. It has paid and trial versions. License checking in the add-in works fine if the add-in is used from a browser, Outlook for Mac. But if it is Outlook for Windows or outlook.live.com (versions where "add-in commands" feature is enabled and add-in is opened in a side bar) then no license information is passed.
Example:
This correct URL is navigated from Outlook Web and Outlook Mac:
https://serverurl?et=%3cr+v%3d%221%22%3e%3ct..............
This is how the URL looks like for Outlook for Windows:
https://serverurl?_host_Info=Outlook|Win32|16.01|en-US
So, since Outlook for Windows does not supply license information we have to refuse add-in access for our clients on Outlook for Windows.
I found related questions for Excel and Word, but none of them was answered yet. The problem is that it is Outlook that needs to send the data, so we can do nothing in our code to troubleshoot.
Guys, any ideas where the problem is or what to check in the manifest?
Here is the link to the add-in listing in the Office store (TextMiner) if it may help to answer.
I am having a horrible time getting started at creating an add-in for Outlook. I want to use the new html/javascript/manifest approach. I have been able to create a manifest and application which works great with outlook.live.com. Where I am completely getting stuck is with desktop Outlook. How do I install/debug my add-in with desktop Outlook?
I cannot find anything in the UI which will let me add this style of add-in. Additionally the Microsoft documentation did not make things any clearer. Their docs seem to hint using this type of add-in is only possible if you are connecting to an Exchange server.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yes the add-in will load on Outlook desktop only if your mailbox is Exchange. I am not sure the add-ins work with a personal Microsoft account (e.g hotmail.com, outlook.com) and Office desktop. Keep in mind that the support of mail add-ins for personal account is relatively new (officially announced in march 2016).
To develop your add-in I suggest you to use a organizational account (i.e. Office365 account). Support for organizational account has been released in 2013 and is a much more mature solution for you to get started. You can have a free dev account at dev.office.com.
Edit: October 2016 personal account are supported now by "Personal mailbox accounts" aka outlook.com accounts
Let us keep in mind that a mail add-in is not installed on a mail client (desktop, OWA) but on the mail account. When you "install" an add-in you only set a xml file on your mailbox that basically says "there is a web add-in out there called X and that is served at this url...". Then, if you install add-in X on your mailbox smaclell#mytestcompany.onmicrosoft.com, this add-in will load the add-in web iframes whether you are consulting your mailbox with Outlook Web Access (OWA) or Outlook Desktop.
To install the add-in for one user mailaccount, you have to use the Outlook Web Access. See this blog post. Note also that you can install the add-in for the whole organisation (Admin > Exchange Admin > Add-ins). Finally, Visual Studio is also able to push the manifest to your office 365 mailbox. To have this you need Office Development Tools.
For debugging in Outlook Desktop, I know two approaches.
Use the Office Developement Tools with visual studio
and select your sample add-in project as 'Starting project' and in properties select 'Office Desktop'.
Plain web development.
Personally, I do not use really much the Office Development Tools. I install manually my add-in with "https://localhost:XXXX" for url and I start the web project on IIS express to do the debugging. For stepping into the source code, I use the debugger of my browser (Chrome, Edge, IE etc.) when browsing in OWA. When I need to step into source code specifically on Desktop (For windows or for Mac) I use Vorlon.js see also this blog post.
My advice is also to test/debug frequently with IE 11 (still available in Win10!) and OWA. Indeed, the browser used internally by Office Desktop for the add-ins is IE.