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Our manifest xml file is having some sort of caching problem where our updates to the manifest file are not showing up on our excel add-in. Instead, the add-in seems to be using and caching older versions of the manifest. We have referenced the documentation and tried clearing the cache.
We tried deleting and re-downloading excel. We tried looking through the developer documentation on Microsoft to enable specific add-ins manually. Since we are all using macs this option does not seem to exist. We recloned our repository into a new yo office excel add-in sample. When we ran the code with our files it reverted to the yo office sample manifest instead of our file.
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I had this same issue and was able to fix it by 'refreshing' my add-in. Specific steps to do so are:
I wish I could find a more seamless fix for this one, but at least this is a reasonable workaround.
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Hi Chloe, how are you? Did you manage to fix this problem?
I am having literally the same issue and using the same framework but doesn't matter what I do, it keeps loading the old (cached) manifest.
I cleaned the cache, deleted the catalog from the trusted web add-in, and all the other recommendations to sort this out, however, no success for now.
I even moved my Manifests to another folder and went through the entire process to add them from a new location, but still won't like it :(
Btw, I can see that when I modify the manifest, for example, the <Description DefaultValue>, it shows the new description. The only moment that I can realize it is stuck in some kind of caching is when I load the task pane itself, it's still showing my old UI.
Another thing which really annoying is that when I inspect the page, I can see all of my new code over there, it's just being rendered properly, no matter what I do :/
Please let me know if you managed to fix it, it'll be very helpful!
Regards,
Fernando
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Hi, I got the same issue here.
Apparently add-in cache splits into several folders.
By searching for manifest.xml inside /Users/username/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Excel I found a version of manifest.xml inside .../Data/Documents/wef.
Deleting that file and restarting Excel plus the add-in fixed it for me.