I'm developing an outlook windows desktop add-in, When I use the surface to testing, then I found that I can't input successfully. it seems no focus event at add-in panel. When I touch the input box at my add-in the keyboard can wake up successful but can't input any character
In fact:
I have tried to update the chromium version, but it still can't work.
Expected result:
I can use Surface to input character on outlook add-in.
This is a screenshot
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I've had users reporting that the button for reaching our task-pane Office Add-in (on the ribbon) disappears. There are cases where multiple add-ins are enabled, but ours is the only one that is missing. Seems like it is occurring on both Mac and Windows.
When they look in the Store it still looks like it is enabled. One way to fix it is to remove the add-in and install it again, but when it happens reguraly it's annoying and users can't bother to fix it every time.
The add-in is hosted on S3 in AWS
The add-in is configured to only be visible when composing email
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What could be the cause of this happening? How can we fix it?
There is currently no known issues surrounding this. Where the Add-in is hosted, should not matter. If where your icon is cannot be reached, then your add-in will load after a certain amount of time with a default icon. (this does not sound like what is happening, but this can cause your add-in to not show up for a while)
In general, when users complain about this, it is because they have switched tabs on the ribbon. This can be confusing because add-ins are in a different location when doing an inline reply vs doing a pop-out window. (see below screenshot). Most of the time, this occurs during inline reply, and the user has clicked away from the "message" ribbon to the "Home" ribbon. Clicking back on the "message" ribbon, and the add-in should show up again. If the "message" ribbon is not there, then selecting another message, then back on the draft should put the "message" ribbon back.
Another possible explanation is that an admin has disabled the add-in, but not installed it.
If this is not what is happening, we would need more information on the repro steps. Version numbers of the Client Hosts. Version number of the server, and perhaps a copy of the add-in manifest.
we have implemented the Pinnable Taskpane by following the article below.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/add-ins/pinnable-taskpane
This works well in Outlook and OWA both.
Issue: We have 4 Ribbon command button for our Outlook add-in in Read view. We activate the Add-In with one of the button, lets say button A. Once the add-in is activated it shows the functionality from button A. We then pin the taskpane and move around the different messages. while navigating through certain special messages, app view changes and shows the data from the message. This is expected behavior. Once this view is loaded, we can not reset to original view by clicking the button A again on the Ribbon. However if we click button B, it eventually opens up another Task pane instance on top of previously pinned one and navigates to functionality B. The only way it can be reset is to unpin and restart the add-in.
This does not happen in OWA and only specific to Outlook. I ran a test on Outlook 2016 build 9126.2282.
Could someone point out if this is a known issue?
We have an add-in for Office Apps - using the compose form on Outlook appointments in the calendar.
Because finally the office.js add-ins support for Outlook for Mac is out as written here, I have some questions:
How can I debug the JS in the add-in side pane in Outlook for Mac? Since the behavior is sometimes different to Outlook Web
Office.context.mailbox.item.body.setAsync(newBody, { coercionType: Office.CoercionType.Html }, callback) seems to do nothing, only for Office.CoercionType.Text it seems to work
Is it possible to open a web page in the browser instead of a modal window? Because window.open(url, target, features) opens a modal window on top of the appointment, which is again different behavior to Outlook Web Client
It looks like JS is much slower in Outlook for Mac
Question #1
MacOutlook uses webkit to render addin page. You can run the following command from CLI
defaults write NSGlobalDomain WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true
Restart the outlook and invoke the Add-in. You will see new menu item inspect Element which will let you inspect the elements in the page.
Question #3: If the URL to be opened in a domain that is not listed in appmanifest, the URL will be opened in a separate browser window. The url to be opened is in the domain listed in appmainfest, you will see a popup window. MacOutlook uses modal window due to the limitations of webkit library currently being used.
Question #2 : Can you give specific steps to reproduce the problem and share the Outlook version that you are using - We do not see this problem
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Feel kinda silly for having to ask, but anyway... I seem to be missing the add-in toolbar shown inside of an e-mail which for instance contains the button to watch an address in Bing maps. The entire bar is missing. I tried finding an option to view it, that doesn't seem to exist (so it cannot be disabled either :)). Also tried making my O365 the only Outlook account since I have a corporate account where add-ins are not enabled.
To be clear; it's the bar as shown in this video by Jeremy Thake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDBMI9OcqBQ, the entire bar is missing in both Office 365 OWA and the desktop client, from multiple PC's. Other add-in stuff does work, like the Boomerang add-in pane in an e-mail. I sent myself some e-mails with addresses in them (including the sample ones) to be sure it should trigger, but nothing happens. What am I missing here?
From the desktop Outlook client, click File -> Info -> Manage Add-ins. It will launch the Manage add-ins page in the Outlook Web Application (or click the gears icon in OWA and choose "Manage add-ins"). Do you see the Bing Maps add-in listed? If not, click the + icon and select "Add from the Office Store" and look for the Bing Maps add-in.
When trying to open Outlook 2007 on Windows Server 2003, I get this error message:
“A dialogue box is open. Close it and try it again.”
I try and open Outlook in safe mode by using outlook /safe (in the Run command) and it works fine after it says configuring outlook accounts "Please enter your full name and initials below" (the full name and intials fields are already prefilled) and I click the OK button on the same and I answer the RSS Feeds subscription as either Yes or No.
Once I try closing and reopening Outlook, again I see the same error message as “A dialogue box is open. Close it and try it again.”
This does not let me open any new window to send emails. How can I fix whatever is causing this error?
It could possibly be due to an add-in that is acting up. Try to determine which add-in it is by disabling them one by one until it is identified. To disable an add-in, go to the Tools menu, click Trust Center, and then click Add-ins. A list of add-ins are listed. For each Type of add-in you see, choose them in the Manage listbox at the bottem and click Go. Uncheck the add-in to disable it.
Try using Task Manager to end any other Outlook processes, then try opening it again. Your problem could be due to a non-responsive Outlook process, or a background one.
Good luck!
Do you happen to use a virtual window manager (like virtuawin or bbbLean)? If so, you may not see the modal dialog box as it is in another virtual window and Outlook will not accept any input. It happens to me often and at first I was frustrated that Outlook 'hangs' frequently and is not a robust app. For me it was dialog box that said something like "Do you want to auto-archive the folder?".
The dialog box may also be hidden behind the main window. You can try using Alt-TAB to cycle through you windows and you should see the dialog box.
This was caused by a windows update on windows 2003 server.
I did a system restore to an earlier point and it worked fine. Thanks for the support.