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How does the behavior of closing the Smart Alerts dialog differ between the web and desktop versions of Outlook?

I created an Outlook Add-in with Smart Alerts to check for attachments while composing an email. I assigned a task pane to the "Don't Send" button of the Smart Alerts dialog, and according to the documentation, closing the Smart Alerts dialog…

Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
3,412 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-23T14:39:25.6166667+00:00
Ayush jain 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to integrate IM application with Office without Lync installed?

I am trying to integrate an IM application with Office 2019 where Lync/Skype for Business is not installed. The official Microsoft doc says : If you are integrating using Office Standard, you need to extract the type library and install it on the…

C#
C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
10,635 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2022-01-19T11:01:31.647+00:00
Manoj 86 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-23T14:27:25.27+00:00
Santosh Singh 0 Reputation points
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The operation failed because of a registry or installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again.

I got an error "The operation failed because of a registry or installation problem. Restart Outlook and try again." on the last line of this simple procedure trying to execute .GetSharedDefaultFolder method: Public Sub xxx(Email As String,…

Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
3,412 questions
Access
Access
A family of Microsoft relational database management systems designed for ease of use.
341 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-18T18:50:10.17+00:00
Hugh Banyon 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-23T01:53:34.5966667+00:00
SokiGuo-MSFT 25,741 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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How to deploy Excel Javascript Add-in with a custom function added parameters

I have a JavaScript Excel Add-in deployed in production, being used by a number of customers. The Add-in includes a custom function. I have added new optional parameters to the function but when I deploy this version Excel does not recognize the updated…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-22T11:24:20.6666667+00:00
Shaun Pendrigh 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Unable to add phish report button to Outlook

I checked File>Options>Customize Ribbon and couldn't find it listed as an option under All Commands. How do I go about adding this? Should I just remove Outlook and re-install it or is there another way?

Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
3,412 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-17T18:25:17.6533333+00:00
Nick J. Knodel 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-07-22T09:06:36.79+00:00
ChristyZhang-MSFT 22,336 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Can I retain formula results if background data changes?

To Note I tried like 30 times to post this in the Excel Forums and keep getting some random error. I have a workbook with lets say 4 sheets.  A-Coversheet       B-Requirements Tracker       C-Services      D-Software Sheets A, C, and D have rows…

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
1,685 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-11T20:27:21.42+00:00
Jeanne Meadows 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-22T07:08:44.99+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 23,896 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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https://outlook.office.com/connectors/oam/publish/ is not reachable.

When I try to entering the link https://outlook.office.com/connectors/oam/publish/, it's causing a Http 500 error.

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-18T06:18:22.12+00:00
Xue Dong (US) 10 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-22T05:42:55.4066667+00:00
Nik Peric 0 Reputation points
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Custom Addin disappearing when reply/new mail in preview pane

We are facing issue with Outlook Add-in, The custom add-in disappears when draft new mail or reply for a mail in preview pane(or reading pane). If the user selects the "pop out" option on the email, then Add-in tab reappears.   Is there way to…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-22T04:10:04.35+00:00
Ravi Nalla 106 Reputation points
1 answer

How to create a MS Word mail merge using an MS Access query with a criteria of Username

I have an MS Word document that I would like to populate with username details, namely; FirstName, LastName, PhoneNo, MobileNo & EmailAddress. I have an MS Access database that has a table called tblUsers with these fields plus a UserName field…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
750 questions
Access
Access
A family of Microsoft relational database management systems designed for ease of use.
341 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-20T03:07:16.8233333+00:00
Matt Gilbert 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-07-22T02:45:30.6766667+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 7,625 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Office Script to delete all rows in a table receives timeout error

I have an office script that is designed to delete all rows in a table. When I run it for 50 or less rows it runs with no problem, but times out when I test it for a larger number of rows (~600). Once this project is live I anticipate the table will…

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
1,685 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-05-16T14:08:07.1333333+00:00
Wewillendure 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-07-19T15:47:59.47+00:00
Wewillendure 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Incorrect operation of the Visual Basic script in the PowerPoint slides

Hello community. I need your help. In my work I need to export shapes from PowerPoint slides. Since it is boring to do it manually (by selecting the "save as image" option) I use the MVB script (found here in another thread). Sub…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
251 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
PowerPoint Management
PowerPoint Management
PowerPoint: A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
226 questions
asked 2024-07-18T19:48:50.08+00:00
Nick Green 20 Reputation points
accepted 2024-07-19T08:55:57.4933333+00:00
Nick Green 20 Reputation points
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The insertWorksheetsFromBase64() Excel api is missing capability to insert hidden worksheets

Currently we are utilizing  insertWorksheetsFromBase64() api for our plugin to insert worksheets into excel workbook. Our team would like to insert HIDDEN worksheets using insertWorksheetsFromBase64() Excel api. Is it feasible from your end to expose…

Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,467 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
1,685 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
Excel Management
Excel Management
Excel: A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,689 questions
asked 2024-07-18T20:49:58.24+00:00
Tashpulatov, Azizbek 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-07-19T01:37:14.3466667+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 23,896 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Random 404 responses to ExecuteRichApiRequest http POST requests

How can I prevent frequent 404 responses to a Post request to "ExecuteRichApiRequest" (https://usc-excel.officeapps.live.com/x/_vti_bin/EwaInternalWebService.json/ExecuteRichApiRequest?waccluster=US1 ) in my JavaScript API-built excel add-on?…

JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
941 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-12T18:43:23.81+00:00
Justin Fitch 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-07-18T23:34:16.8366667+00:00
Justin Fitch 0 Reputation points
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Install failure of Virtual Studio 2010 Tools

Hi, I would like to use Office TimeLine (MS Powerpoint add-on) and it needs VSTO 2010. When I try to install it, i've the following message: "Microsoft Virtual Studio Tools for Office Runtime 2010 has not been installed because : Generic trust…

Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,467 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-18T08:55:13.22+00:00
SAGET Sebastien 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-07-18T15:13:40.4266667+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,516 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Is it possible to exceed the 999 character limit on setting an InternetHeader in an Addin for Outlook?

For a business project, I am creating an Outlook Addin which will decode an email and check signatures after which we then add labels and so on. I am required to send an InternetHeader with my email this way: item.internetHeaders.setAsync({…

Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
3,412 questions
JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
941 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-16T14:09:26.97+00:00
bram robyn 5 Reputation points
commented 2024-07-18T14:07:57.7433333+00:00
Michael Taylor 51,346 Reputation points
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VSTO - How to disable Word ribbon buttons when user selects a modern comment

Hi, Details: VSTO addin for Word Word version: 2405 (Build 17628.20188 Click-to-Run) Problem: In our VSTO addin, when a user is focussing a modern comment, we'd like to disable certain ribbon buttons. This is because some of our features don't work when…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-16T08:21:34.89+00:00
Rhys Wakeham 31 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-07-18T09:57:31.57+00:00
Rhys Wakeham 31 Reputation points
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Can i add another value in this PivotFilter statement?

Hi, Can i add another value (e.g. TLOG_MMF_COR_0003) in the below statement 'Type:=xlCaptionDoesNotBeginWith' where existing value1 'ATLOG_MMF_0003' is there already: ============================================ …

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
1,685 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-17T19:28:50.9833333+00:00
Ruiz Nelli 20 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-07-18T05:27:37.7133333+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 7,625 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Problems with VBA

This will look for current year and month folder problem one is it keeps cresting the 2 folders over and over again, Also would like for it to save the file with the value of a cell like if I put address in it would save in the current month file with…

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
1,685 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-17T09:35:19.11+00:00
James Barber 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-07-18T01:26:55.44+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 7,625 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

Add-in development under G3 GCC license

I'm developing an Outlook add-in, we're assigned a G3 GCC license, and I'm assigned the Exchange Administrator role. Upon attempting to launch an add-in using Yeoman's Generator, I'm presented with: (×) Error: Get ServiceUrl failed. Request failed with…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
asked 2024-07-17T19:38:47.0833333+00:00
Chris Garcia 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Outlook add-in is not getting access to downloading emails from Exchange

Description: I have been working on an Outlook add-in from a template that is created using Yeoman Generator for Office Add-ins (javascript based and xml manifest). The idea is to make an easy way to download emails and store it in my organisations…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,715 questions
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asked 2024-07-10T08:29:09.75+00:00
Jacob Brock-Hansen 1 Reputation point
commented 2024-07-17T04:37:48.8+00:00
Shweta Mathur 29,531 Reputation points Microsoft Employee