Is there a way to use a customized flag icon of your own in Outlook 2007/2010?
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After years of developing COM add-ins, I am now doing a outlook js add-in. So I am newbie to this enviroment.
I have a couple of questions regarding the ribbon architecture.
From what I have read, I believe the TabDefault is the only option for the ribbon group. I am trying to place my ribbon group at a specific location and emulate the COM add-in. For example, for my Outlook COM add-in I can place my options button that pops up a dialog on the TabMail ribbon before group GroupQuickSteps. Is the Outlook ribbon only limited to TabDefault?
I would like to design my ribbon to have one button on the compose ribbon and one button on the read (pop-out) button. Then I would have two buttons on the main ribbon (TabMail). All buttons would perform different functions. Can I define separate logic for each ribbon/window? The only example I see is that Contoso sample app. Kind of confused about the manifest and limitations. Looks like that example pops up on all windows.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom
Web add-ins don't support ribbon customizations you could do with a COM add-in. But web add-ins provide the ability to create ribbon commands. You can read more about them in the Add-in commands for Outlook article.
Add-in commands are supported for four scenarios:
Reading a message
When the user is reading a message in the reading pane or in the Message tab for a pop-out read form, add-in commands added to the default tab appear on the Home tab.
Composing a message
When the user is composing a message, add-in commands added to the default tab appear on the Message tab.
Creating or viewing an appointment or meeting as the organizer
When creating or viewing an appointment or meeting as the organizer, add-in commands added to the default tab appear on the Meeting, Meeting Occurrence, Meeting Series, or Appointment tabs on pop-out forms. However, if the user selects an item in the calendar but doesn't open the pop-out, the add-in's ribbon group won't be visible in the ribbon.
Viewing a meeting as an attendee
When viewing a meeting as an attendee, add-in commands added to the default tab appear on the Meeting, Meeting Occurrence, or Meeting Series tabs on pop-out forms. However, if a user selects an item in the calendar but doesn't open the pop-out, the add-in's ribbon group won't be visible in the ribbon
Using a module extension
When using a module extension, add-in commands appear on the extension's custom tab.
I am trying to open a new window from the Outlook Desktop application, and the open command is triggered from an Office 365 Outlook add-in. The window that is opened ignores all of the options passed through that window.open() command and just opens it in a new tab.
The URL is excluded from the appDomain in the manifest because I do not want this link to open in the app window but instead in a new browser window. This issue is not present in the outlook web app.
Is there any way to pass these options through?
status=no,
toolbar=no,
menubar=no,
scrollbars=yes,
location=no,
directories=no,
resizable=yes,
width=1000,
height=600
The supported way for opening a new window in an Outlook Add-ins is to use the displayDialogAsync API (detailed guide here.) Unfortunately, most of the options you have described are not supported by the options for displayDialogAsync API. You can, however, guarantee that the url is opened in a new window by setting displayInIframe: false in the API options.
Is it possible to set the width of a Outlook add-in when it gets loaded up. Right now when I click on my addin button on the ribbon, the task pane shows up on the right with a width of about 437 pixels. I would like to increase that width to something like 820 pixels.
That's right, there is no way to specify the width. Besides, in OWA the pane is not resizable..
As alternative, you can use a "UI-less" button (see functionFile/ExecuteFunction manifest declarations) and call displayDialogAsync API to display a dialog with custom HTML content, and you can specify the size of this dialog when you create it.
The task pane add-in doesn't support to set the width for the panel. You can submit the feedback here if you want the task pane add-in to support this feature.
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.
I'm developing a windows phone app and I want to pop up a dialog when a button is clicked.That dialog will be custom and contain some information. In android it is simple, could I do it in windows phone?
You can make use of popup control create a UI element of your need and add as child to the popup window and make the isopen property to true to show the dialog. For more information look here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.primitives.popup%28v=vs.95%29.aspx