I have created a project for an outlook web add-in. I can see the web add-in in the browser UI, and click everything appears to be correct.
However I cannot view it on the desk top version of outlook 2016. The directions say:
1. Open the Office Store, either in Outlook 2016 for Windows or Outlook on the web:
- In Outlook 2016 for Windows, choose the Store button on the Home tab.
- In Outlook on the web, choose the gear icon in the upper-right corner, then choose Manage integrations.
2. Click the text Click here to add a custom add-in.
3. Choose Add from file....
4. Browse to and select the tw-email-manifest.xml file from the root of the project folder, and then choose Open.
5. Review the warning prompt and choose Install.
6. Close the Office Store window. Your add-in will load in Outlook.
Followed the directions for Outlook on the web but when I get to In Outlook 2016 for Windows, choose the Store button on the Home tab. it directs me to the Office 365 Link https://store.office.com/en-us/appshome.aspx?productgroup=Outlook&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Anybody with ideas. When I use a default setup project out of VS 2017 everything runs fine, but attempting to create the project using Microsoft Office Add-in Project Generator - YO OFFICE! It will not have a MVC back end.
The direction came from this link
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/add-ins/addin-tutorial
Instructions on how to sideload in Outlook 2016 desktop are here
If this doesn't work for you, you can still sideload from Outlook on the Web
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In outlook desktop, we have recently noticed our addin (looks like all addins) are not loading in the ribbon section. This is not permanent. When we open the profile again, sometimes its there and we cannot find any pattern to this behavior.
Adding screenshots of the same.
From the image, you can see the addin taskpane opens with our addin "Emailgistics". However, the addin does not show up in the ribbon.
Previously, when we opened the profile, the addin was present in the ribbon, we clicked on it to open the task pane, and also pinned the addin. We think this is why the addin task pane opened up as soon as we selected an email.
The issue seems to be isolated with the ribbon. Any help will be much appreciated.
Also adding the outlook desktop version.
I am trying to develop a outlook addin using yoman-generator.
The code runs and opens outlook but the taskpane addin doesnot appear anywhere on the ribbon.
Also checked the disabled and inactive addins but the taskpane is nowhere to be found.
Anyone can help me on this please? And I am using outlook 2016
First of all, you need to check the manifest file for any ribbon UI customizations. If ribbon buttons are not listed there, you will never find them on the UI.
Also checked the disabled and inactive addins but the taskpane is nowhere to be found.
It seems you have checked the list of COM add-ins, not web add-ins in Outlook. On the Home tab you may find the Get Add-ins button which opens the Add-ins dialog where if clicking on the My Add-ins tab on the left side of the window you may find your add-in listed. If it is not listed there you need to add it by pointing to the manifest file. Before doing that you need to make sure the web server where the add-in is hosted is running and files are accessible.
I recently came back to an Outlook add-in project, and I updated all of my Office apps. Outlook is currently Version 1906 (Build 11727.20244 Click-to-Run) on Windows 10 Pro (not running any insider’s version). However, after I open the add-in, no context menu opens when I right-click. I’m trying to debug the add-in running in native Outlook on Windows because something is broken (the same code works fine in OWA and Outlook for Mac).
I’m a bit stuck if I can’t attach a debugger. Nothing shows up in F12 developer tools either. However if I open the Insights add-in, I can right click and attach a debugger as you would expect.
Why would I not be able to even see the right-click context menu in my add-in?
However, after I open the add-in, no context menu opens when I right-click.
Try to create a new empty add-in in Visual Studio. If you get the context menu shown there, you just need to compare both projects and find the difference between them.
Using Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 Update 3, I create a new project following these steps:
File -> New -> Project -> Templates/Visual C#/ Office/SharePoint/Apps
Choose App for Office (.NET Framework 4.5.2)
In Create app for Office window, Check Task pane and do Next
Check Excel, PowerPoint and Word and click Finish
After creating the solution, In Solution Explorer Window, Select the first project (manifest project) and look at the Properties Window.
If I click the Start Action drop down list, I can only see Chrome and Edge browsers (were installed before visual studio).
I have installed FireFox after visual studio and I'm not unable to add it to Start Action drop down list. I want to debug my Office App in FireFox as well.
How can I fix this issue?
An Office add-in running in desktop Office, which it is where it runs when you are debugging it with Visual Studio on a Windows machine, uses IE under the hood. (For more info, see what-browser-browser-engine-do-office-add-ins-use.) You can't change this. The Start Action setting has no effect. You are always using IE when you press F5. In particular, the Start Action of the manifest project is irrelevant because the manifest doesn't run or get loaded into a browser.
If you want to test the add-in in Office Online, you can sideload it, and when you run it, it will use whatever browser you used to open Office Online.
I'm developing an outlook mailapp addin. I added ribbon button to open a task pane where the addin is loaded. However I encountered a strange error. It can not open a task pane because of some COM addins. See the attached picture for details:
If I click manage button I get the popup with error.
There is a O365 account configured.
I'm using Outlook 2016 version 1705 (Build 8201.2102 Click to run)
I tried to stop my COM addins step by step and try to open the mailapp addin but I have received the same issue.
Any suggestion?
Update:
Screenshot about COM addins:
I have also a custom forms installed!