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Outlook addins are self-contained programs that modify,extend or add functionality to Microsoft Outlook desktop client. Please use "outlook-web-addins" tag for questions regarding the new model of Outlook Add-ins, which are web-based and can run on Desktop, Web, and Mobile.

Outlook addins are self-contained programs that modify, extend or add functionality to Microsoft Outlook desktop client. They are either COM addins or VSTO addins.

These addins are typically written using tools:

  1. Visual Studio
  2. Visual Studio Tools for Office
  3. VB6

Visual Studio 2013 prior editions provide project templates which can be used to create application-level add-ins for Microsoft Outlook. You can use add-ins to automate Outlook, extend Outlook features, or customize the Outlook user interface.

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Access to Outlook RestAPI from an Outlook web Add-in

I developed an Outlook Web Add-in that is working fine. It's a Taskpane that is available in compose mode of appointments and that collects event's data, adds a few ones and send that all to an API somewhere. What I would like to do now is to…
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Adding an existing Task Pane to New Mail Message - Outlook

I have an Outlook Task Pane that opens when you open Outlook and I have added this using this approach. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa942846.aspx I am showing and hiding the Task Pane using the example given…
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How to get User's actual Email Id in Outlook Add-in Integration

I have integrated created one Add-In to be integrated in Outlook Mail. I have used Office inbuilt code (Javascript Code) for it. Now to test Add-in i have signup in Microsoft with my personal email id.After sign up i found that in Outlook Mail,…
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How do I make Outlook-addins maintain URL fragments to support single page applications?

I've found that when launching an Outlook add-in, the URL that you configure in the manifest does not persist the fragment URL and this breaks Single Page Applications (SPAs). It works fine if you are just trying to go to the default route of the…
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office.js: Outlook Web displays "Save/Discard/Cancel" dialog on appointment close

I have an Outlook Add-In written in the new Javascript API (office.js). I do some manipulations from the compose form on an appointment in the calendar (adding subject suffix and some text to body). After I finish the manipulations I…
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Setting width of Office add-in task pane

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…
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Outlook App - ADAL Authentication - AADSTS90056: This endpoint only accepts POST requests

I'm working on an Outlook Add-in which authenticates the user against Azure AD and runs queries against SharePoint Online sites. The app uses AngularJS and makes use of the ADAL.js and ADAL-Angular.js libraries to conduct the authentication process.…
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How to get username from Exchange identity token?

I'm writing an Add-in for Office365/Outlook. The Add-in runs on a web-server that presents information from a third-party system. I need to make sure it only presents information related to the username (or email address) logged in. I've…
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Dynamic content in Add-in command with ribbon dropdown menu

Is there a way to display dynamic content in a ribbon dropdown menu with Add-in Commands? I think this is not achievable at the time of the writing. In addition, if the items themselves cannot be dynamic is it possible to have at least dynamic…
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Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 Plug-in COM Resources release

I have done my second complete Outlook 2003 Plug-in. What I want to know is 2 things: Is it necessary to release the COM Objects when developing a Outlook 2003/2007 Plug-in? I know that they get released in time by the Framework, what I don't know…
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Get message body using JavaScript API for Office

I'm working on a simple mail app and I need to get the body of a message. MSDN says, version 1.1 of JavaScript API for Office has body property for message object and it can be get like this: Office.context.mailbox.item.body; but the problem is…
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Outlook Addin: "Tell me more" text in Ribbon item hover

When I move mouse over a Ribbon item in my custom Outlook Addin, there is a tooltip which mentions the name of the Addin and a link "Tell me more". Upon pressing this, it directs me to MS Lynk web page. How can I customize this in order to be…
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Changing any Form Region/Ribbon property breaks Visual Studio editor

I have a problem with Visual Studio 2010 and Outlook Addin 2010 project (.NET 4 target). I've added a form region to my project and then I've changed Localizable property to true. Now if I close my form region and reopen it, I'm getting this VS…
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How to automate the testing of Outlook Add-In?

I have an Outlook Addin developed in C#,VSTO and has a lot of unstructured code and very huge in size. every time there is a modification / Update ,I have to Manually test it from end to end which is very painful and time consuming. This add in has…
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adding Outlook 2013 mailitem contextmenu. VS 2012 C#

Hi i want to add a new button to outlook 2013 mailitem contextmenu. I use VS 2012 C#. I seached internet but cant find a way to do this, im upgrading an Outlook 2010 addin which modified the contextmenu.
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