Questions tagged [officedev]

This generalized tag is used for any MS Office related development. You can include this tag if you automate, extend or customize Office, create apps, COM libraries, dlls, add-ins, etc. It is expected that questions about Office development relate to specific programming problems.

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sharepoint add-in multi site installation

developing a provider hosted application where the application redirects to different pages of a web application hosted on an azure web site. This web site also handles the app installed event. The problem is that in the web.config of the site, we…
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Getting Floating Objects via Office-js

Background I've been working on an addin which inserts inline pictures but when a user changes the layout of the image to any of the floating layouts it becomes essentially invisible to Office js. Question Is it possible to get floating objects…
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getTaskFieldAsync truncates fieldValue with newline for notes field

I am creating a Project add-in that reads tasks - i am specifically interested in reading the notes field (Office.ProjectTaskFields.Notes) I have a working code that enumerates all tasks and notes in each of them, using the getTaskFieldAsync…
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PowerPoint Online Bug

When viewing a slideshow in PowerpointOnline created with add-in, slides containing add-in’s content do not appear to load. Error message Error I think this error is a bug of PowerPoint Online.I have created the other apps, that are already in MS…
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MS Office Add-in location (URL) reset

MS Office Add-in (web) doesn't save URL destination inside. For example 1. you add content Add-Id in your document 2. change URL inside (click the link inside it) 3. save it After you will open your saved document website inside your add-in will be…
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Getting Word.InlinePicture Height and Width

Background I am developing an Office add in using the Word Javascript APIs to insert some charts in a document and later on redraw them with fresh data. I am hitting an issue around getting the size of the inline picture object Current approach is…
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In Excel automation, how to gracefully handle invalid file format error upon file opening?

I'm trying to open a Microsoft Excel file in a C# program using the 'excelApp.Workbooks.Open()' method. As it happens, if the format of the file is invalid, this method causes an error message box to be displayed. I, however, don't want that; I wish…
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Powershell script to register SharePoint Online App with Azure

I need help finding a powershell script that would register my "Office365 SharePoint application" with Azure, i want to extract the Client ID from that script. What I've tried (sorry for not mentioning the sources, i got these online): try { #…
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Is it posible to add button in Word online ribbon?

So I'm trying to find out if its possible to add a button in the word online, word 2016 offline version in the ribbon I will attach an image to clarify the idea enter image description here So, I would like to know if its possible to add a button…
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unable to create a office application

I'm new in office developer platform. I'm trying to create an office application with out any add-in but the option is not visible in Visual Studio 2015. I have installed Office Developer Tools 2015 still no option
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Adding vbnewline into strings VBA

Ok when i was finally able to solve (with StackOverflow assistance) my arranging entries by time function, I was presented with a new issue. It no longer followed the rules of the template i have attached to it. Not a huge problem because i thought…
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Can anyone help me in developing Office 365 addin for outlook(web app & desktop) Read app with SPA

I would like to develop a office 365 mail add-in (Read app) for outlook web & other clients, I have give a quick start with sample provided at napacloudapp.com, which works fine as expected. But I would like host a already developed SPA with minor…
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VSTO C# - Outlook Addin - How to differ between .AttachmentSelections objects

Outlook 2010 Addin in Visual studio (C#). I am trying to find a way to be able to tell the difference between .AttachmentSelection retrieved from Explorer (when just Previewing a mailitem on the inbox) and .AttachmentSelection retrieved from…
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Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO 2005) newbie deployment question

I have Visual Studio setup with a VSTO word project, and when I hit run it runs fine. But, how do I setup a word document to use my code without having Visual Studio running?
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Why Office E3 365 for Developer only extends one day?

Today my office 365 E3 for developer get auto renewed. but it only extends one day, from 2019.9.17 to 2019.9.18 How often will the Office 365 developer renewable subscription get renewed? Some of my friends get renewed every 5-6 months but last time…
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