I have created an Outlook Addon that generates a popup new mail alert and would now like to generate an msi file for setting it up in other computers.
How can I do it?
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I want to create a outlook add-in for reading the attachments to the add-in and list the attachments to it. Then I want to store those attachments on the Azure Blob Storage. If it is possible?
Yes, that is possible.
First of all, you need to decide what kind of add-ins you need to develop for Outlook - COM or Web based add-ins. If you need to support only Outlook for desktop on Windows then your choice is VSTO, see Walkthrough: Create your first VSTO Add-in for Outlook for more information. For Outlook web add-ins Build your first Outlook add-in.
Both kind of add-ins allows running a task pane in Outlook with all the required information of attached files (or items).
I am working on an Outlook Add-in which works perfectly when loaded from the registry but it seems impossible to load it manually. When trying from the Outlook File > Options > Add-Ins > "Manage -> Go..." and manually select the dll or Vsto file, I receive the message "MyAddIn is not a valid Office Add-In".
I tried with admin right on the machine.
Any idea why?
You need to add windows registry keys before. See Registry entries for VSTO Add-ins for more information.
If you want to add and load your add-in manually make sure the assembly you point implements the IDTExtensibility2 interface. Otherwise, you will end up with an error message. In the case of VSTO add-ins, you may try to point to the .vsto file.
I am trying to create an Outlook VSTO add-in that will work as follows:
There is a configuration screen where user configures syncing
details
Once the syncing details are configured, whenever Outlook is opened or when an appointment is added/updated/deleted to the Calendar, triggers the add-in that syncs with an online server.
Is it possible to create VSTO add-in that runs without user interaction ?
I found this link VSTO Addin Outlook Appointment delete and write event fired only if opened first
but it seems to trigger only when an appointment is opened.
So I have developed a outlook web add-in, it can read emails content and send it to the server.
But, if I use outlook desktop version to open an eml file, the add-in commands will be greyed out.
Is there any way I can Address this? Because users could potentially want to send contents in eml to the server too.
The below picture show another web add-in get greyed out when I use Outlook desktop to open a eml file.
.msg and .eml files are not suported by web add-ins.
Similar question:Office add-in is not activated on Outlook if open .msg template
I don't know of any workaround for this.
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I try to develop a Outlook Add-Ins (pure js/html app), not an VSTO / COM app with c#.
I found a way to add a button to the ribbonbar, but it seems to be only for Outlook 2016: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/mt267546.aspx
But, is there a way to add a button in the ribbonbar for Outlook 2013?
Can't find anything even on dev.outlook.com...
You need to develop a COM add-in then (VSTO). See Walkthrough: Creating Your First VSTO Add-In for Outlook for more information.
There are two main ways for creating a custom UI in VSTO add-ins:
Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Tab by Using Ribbon XML
Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Tab by Using the Ribbon Designer
Moreover, your ribbon commands can be displayed for Exchange profiles only (where Office Apps can be run). But COM add-ins are run for all kind of profiles in Outlook.