Hi,

I am trying to develop an add-in for Project, specifically a Command (I want a custom group in the toolbar with some buttons), but I am a bit unsure if that is actually possible or not. I got the task panel to work, but I have not found a way to get commands to work. Is this possible in Project?

When looking at the VersionOverrides Hosts - I suppose that I have to repeat myself, when using the same commands for excel, word, etc.
Or is there a chance to define a command set for multiple clients.
@LezaMax

I'm trying to understand the deployment of add ins, but the samples don't seem to be working. I grabbed the Excel sample manifest, replaced the ID with one generated by Visual Studio, saved as an .xml file and ran validate-office-addin on it. The first error was a missing support URL:

> validate-office-addin .\sample_manifest.xml
Calling validation service. This might take a moment...
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Validation: Failed

Error #1:
Missing Support URL: The manifest support URL could not be found. (link: https://aka.ms/oacksupporturl)
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I copied the SupportURL element from this page, ran the validator again and got this error:

> validate-office-addin .\sample_manifest.xml
Calling validation service. This might take a moment...
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Validation: Failed

Error #1:
XML Schema Violation: Your manifest does not adhere to the current set of XML schema definitions for Office Add-in manifests. (link: https://aka.ms/add-in-manifest-schema-violation)
  - Details: The element 'OfficeApp' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1' has invalid child element 'IconUrl' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1'. List of possible elements expected: 'AppDomains, Hosts, Requirements, DefaultSettings' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1'.
  - Line: 17
  - Column: 4
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Deleted the IconURL tag and got this:

> validate-office-addin .\sample_manifest.xml
Calling validation service. This might take a moment...
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Validation: Failed

Error #1:
Manifest Icon Element Missing: An icon element could not be found. Please see https://aka.ms/oackicon for details. (link: https://aka.ms/oackicon)
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The documentation for IconURL didn't help much, as it doesn't specify the parent tag.

I had the exact same problems with the simple add in manifest.

Are these code samples outdated? If not, why aren't they working? I'd imagine the simplest code sample from Microsoft themselves would at least pass validation.

Forgot to add, I'm on Windows 10, developing for Office365 Business. I couldn't find the version of validate-office-addin because it doesn't have -v or --version flags, and -h only lists -h as possible flag.

Hi,

I have created an add-in, which loads some dynamic data when loaded. It works well in outlook web, but unfortunately has issues with the outlook desktop client. The desktop client is caching data, hence the new and updated content is not being shown in the add-in when loaded.
Is there a rule/permission/key I can set in the manifest which restricts caching?

Would be great if we could add standard Word buttons on our custom tabs.
It is possible to add it manually through Ribbon And Toolbar menu, but not directly through our manifest.

Thanks,
Igor

Add-in commands are definitely supported in Outlook based on parts of the documentation, so it would be great to hav some Outlook-specific examples in this repo.

Hi,

I wanted to start building an Add-In for Excel but the sample does not load the Ribbon in Microsoft Excel for Mac Version 15.23.2 (160624). The Task-Pane is showing but not the ribbon.

In Excel Online, it works fine.

I have confirmed this issue on two separate machines.

It would be super nice to have this working as I want to build a custom ribbon for my Add-In. Thanks!

PS: I had initially stated that it was not working in Excel Online as well. This was because I had forgotten (for the second time) to change the two instances of Document to Workbook. My problem with the ribbon not showing in the local installation remains.

The actual web addin model is nice but very limited
It would be very usefull to be able to launch content addin from add-in command.

I'm using Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 (TypeScript 1.7.4.0) and getting an error when compiling the Excel demo

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error Build: Argument of type '{ cells: { row: number; column: number; }; format: { backgroundColor: string; }; }' is not assignable to parameter of type '{ cells: { row: number; }; format: { backgroundColor: string; }; }'. ODSampleDataWeb C:\git\Office-Add-in-Commands-Samples\Excel\Webapp\ODSampleDataWeb\Scripts\App\Record.ts 157

Is possible, make a Button for open my Addin, over MsProject 2019 ? (Office Desktop , Build 14026.20246)

I have recently upgraded my OS to windows 10. before this i was using windows 7, and i download the registry setting and was able to see the ribbon control in my office 2016.

now even after updating the Registry with windows 10. Not able to see the ribbon control in my word

In my current project I'm trying to add a custom tab by taking XML changes from Simple/Manifest directory, I verified the changed manifest using npm run validate
And the log said it was correct.

But when I try to sideload this modified XML, the web app for MS word, I'm unable to sideload as the web app says that manifest is invalid.

How do I debug this?

Commands are great and I'm using them in my Add-Ins but I can't figure a way to call "into" an Angular app via the function file or have the Angular app be the function file. So all I can do is use one command icon on the ribbon that just launches the app. This is OK but I have several places in my add-in where it makes sense to invoke an action that could be map to either a ribbon button or the context menu that works integrates with the state I have running in the add-in.

If you have any examples or plan some support in the future that would be great. (BTW, the same is true of the Dialog API -- it has to call a URL on the server and there is no way to pass info to it from an Angular app already on the client unless I post back with all the data I want the dialog to show).

More details of what I have tried...

• if I point the URL of the function file to my main angular entry page "app.html" (or .aspx) it won't work; I tried adding a unique URL param to try and get the entire add-in to reload in the Task Pane with a diffn context and load the angular app with a different function entry point but the call does not reload the add-in like Outlook Add-in's do. Having to reload the entire add-in is not ideal anyway as I just want to call a method on some angular service/object.
• if I create a separate function file (i.e. not app.html) with the same angular app code it doesn't work either since this is a different instance of the angular app (and a diffn DOM) and can't interact with the app.html angular app

I'm trying to follow this:
https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Add-in-Commands-Samples/blob/master/Tools/LatestOfficeBuild.md
and I get this from the command prompt following the last step
C:\Users\inbar.gazit\Desktop> setup.exe /configuration configuration.xml

Office Deployment Tool

SETUP [mode] [path]

SETUP /download [path to configuration file]
SETUP /configure [path to configuration file]
SETUP /packager [path to configuration file] [output path]
SETUP /help

/download Downloads files to create an Office installation source
/configure Adds, removes, or configures an Office installation
/packager Produces an Office App-V package from an Office installation source
/help Displays this message

C:\Users\inbar.gazit\Desktop>

Doesn't seem like it's working. I run elevated on my 64 bit Win8.1 box (which have the RTM latest Office 2016 bits right now)

Anything I'm doing wrong? how can I get the first release bits?

What I am attempting to do: add to the application's file-menu so that below Export... there would be an Export to [my application's name] menu-item that would then open my web-add-in in the taskpane.

It looks like currently context menus and ribbon menus allow for you to create buttons/items within them to prompt the opening of your add-in, but I cannot find any way via the documentation to do what I am asking for. Is that possible?

Thanks,

The is an extra element in the ImageSample.xml manifest file between the and tags. Like this:
97
98
99
This is not a valid place for a . The manifest won't validate and in VS, the sample won't build.

I'm getting an error in the Task Pane when I F5 the Excel sample. This is after I worked around the #2 issue.
It appears in the manifest that everything is hardcoded to an environment URL https://odsample.azurewebsites.net/ which seems to require authentication shouldn't it all be pointing to the web site in the project?

Is there any way to add data to a Mail Merge datasource just like Office VSTO?

OData Metadata URL (in web.config) is returning 500 error:

http://services.odata.org/V3/(S(dez1exxooqnc34ng5z0yil0f))/OData/OData.svc/$metadata

This is causing "Get Data" to fail. Please advice.

Hi
I'm able to install and run the myHelloWorldaddin Excel addin described here:
https://dev.office.com/docs/add-ins/get-started/create-an-office-add-in-using-any-editor

But, i cannot run your SimpleAddin.xml.
I do not see the addin listed in Word or Excel.

I executed the command you give for both Word and Excel: defaults write com.microsoft.... etc
And i placed the file in the wef folder, according to the Sideload instructions.

I am running Office 16: version 15.31 (170216).
Do i still need to Get the Office Insider Fast build to use your SimpleAddin?

thx

READMe.md, line 34 should be:

[Manifest reference](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/develop/add-in-manifests)

It loads so Task Pane but not the Ribbon.

The only two modifications I did to the xml file are replacing 2 instances of Document with Workbook.

Microsoft Excel 2016 MSO (16.0.4266.1003) 32-Bit
Windows 10

Tested on two machines.

The resid for a Label has a maximum length of 32 characters.
Could this be increased to at least 64 characters please.

        <CustomTab id="MyCustomTab">
          <Label resid="01234567890123456789012345678901"/>
        </CustomTab>

Hi, when I create a group with four buttons, office auto collapse three of them. It looks like this:

May I know how to disable the auto collapse? Cause there are enough space to display them one by one. Thanks!

It has been a little difficult to format my manifest for an add on and I got here from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/develop/create-addin-commands. I was hoping to find a sample for a manifest for an Outlook contextual add-in but it does not seem to be a part of this repo.

It looks like a binding is selected when the Excel sample app starts up. Should there be a workbook included in the repo? I'd like to see the commands in action.

I'm on the Dynamics AX Office Integration team and my alias is rowill.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,
I am currently building my own addin using visual studio. I have created a simple manifest with three buttons. The first two go to separate task pane html and the third button should execute the function writeText from the function file but does not. the function file points to a local copy of https://commandsimple.azurewebsites.net/FunctionFile.html.
In the manifest it looks like https://localhost:44322/App/Home/FunctionFile.html
any hints?

Our current samples are ok to get started but it would be better to have a simpler, bare bones example that illustrates:
Controls: Button, Menu
ExtensionPoints: PrimaryCommandSurface and ContextMenu.
Actions: ShowTaskpane and ExecuteFunction

It would be great if we could add smaller icons within the tab menu to match those from Office Word - like on the pic attached. The Big buttons are taking too much space.

Thanks,

Side-loaded Excel add-in manifest from …/master/Excel/Manifest to Excel 2016. Can see OData Integration in Data tab. However, nothing happens when clicking on OData Integration add-in.