3,517 questions with Office Development tags

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OfficeJS Add-In - Communicate with external local native application

Hello! I have a question about OfficeJS Add-Ins and how to communicate with a native application running locally on the client. How to do this (in a future proof way) when the add-in is running in a native Office client? Is there any API for this? …

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-18T09:20:36.433+00:00
Dominik Hölzl 21 Reputation points
1 answer

Converting excel macro to C#

I am creating excel VSTO , where I already have the macro to delete excel rows based on column values(if it is greater than zero)which now needs to be converted to c# , by seeing documentation on internet I have come up so far , but still three errors…

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.
10,291 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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-17T07:36:35.72+00:00
ravi kumar 331 Reputation points
commented 2021-01-18T05:15:40.213+00:00
Timon Yang-MSFT 9,576 Reputation points
2 answers

How to use edge as browser of outlook add-in with Windows Server

I want drag emails to outlook add-in, but it is not supported in Windows Server. The official document (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/concepts/browsers-used-by-office-web-add-ins) said when Microsoft Edge is not installed, outlook…

Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge
A Microsoft cross-platform web browser that provides privacy, learning, and accessibility tools.
2,150 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,180 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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-15T06:26:29.91+00:00
Ori Test 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-01-18T01:55:03.437+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,346 Reputation points
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Excel Form configuration

I have a form with many formulas and and user input cells (this form was created by an outside firm and don't have the contact). To make it easier for input I generated an Application in Windows forms with C#.NET and Excel Interop. The program…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-16T14:49:51.6+00:00
Mark Engel 1 Reputation point
1 answer

Problem Checking the available stores in my Inbox (Outlook VBA)

Hello, Triying to use a macro in a shared store in Outlook, I received this error: "Run-time error '-1698234242 (9ac7007e)' Automation Error. Then I did a "test" for Check the available stores in my Inbox but stopped in "Next…

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.
3,517 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,903 questions
asked 2021-01-05T11:49:56.397+00:00
su_80 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-01-15T10:32:59.673+00:00
Jade Liang-MSFT 9,956 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Office add-in for Outlook - Sometimes the sender's email address becomes LegacyExchangeDN.

Hello. I am currently developing an Office add-in for Outlook. When I use the following method to get the sender's email address, in rare cases, the emailAddress property becomes the value of LegacyExchangeDN instead of the email address. …

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-15T02:22:21.93+00:00
Kenta Hayashi 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-01-15T08:09:08.45+00:00
Jade Liang-MSFT 9,956 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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DisconnectContext-Error

Hi, I am currently facing the following issue when running an Excel-Addin for one of our clients: Transition into COM context 0x5811bc0 for this RuntimeCallableWrapper failed with the following error: The object invoked has disconnected from its…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-14T10:36:37.203+00:00
Christian Wolf 6 Reputation points
1 answer

Access accdb reverting to mdb

All, I have a database that is still in the 2000 Access format (mdb). I successfully saved it as an accdb, though the pulldown menu for filetype gave me no options. I had to type in the extension. When closed and reopened, the database has reverted…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-13T13:57:32.947+00:00
Cardenal, Ellie 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-01-13T23:28:27.377+00:00
Daniel Pineault 431 Reputation points MVP
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How to add a VSTO add-in for Projec to the Office Add-ins store

You can install add-ins for Microsoft Project by clicking Insert on menu, then choosing "Get Add-ins" on the ribbon. I have created a VSTO add-in for Project. How can I submit it to be included in the products on the Get Add-ins list?

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-13T19:31:39.907+00:00
William Shaw 1 Reputation point
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Provide custom auth mechanism for signing a document with Microsoft Office

Hi. I am trying to find more information about the digital signing process of Microsoft office. As I understand office files can only be signed with MS Office in Windows environment. I have an experience of signing a document with my ID card and a…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-12T08:46:50.977+00:00
Andranik Hayrapetyan 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-01-13T02:33:49.883+00:00
AliceYang-MSFT 2,081 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Outlook to send email to email address in Smartsheet cell

We have a sheet in Smartsheet which we use to track leads/tours at our fitness facility. Essentially, a prospect comes in for a tour and we use smartsheet to collect their contact information. We would like to send an automated email to the prospect…

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.
3,517 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,903 questions
asked 2021-01-11T18:46:27.04+00:00
Amy Bennett 21 Reputation points
accepted 2021-01-12T15:20:37.16+00:00
Amy Bennett 21 Reputation points
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Adding hot keys in Office for my AddIn

Hi all; We have a COM (not VSTO) AddIn for Word, Excel, & PPT. We've added hotkeys to our part of the ribbon. However, we would also like to add hotkeys for some actions that can not be done through the ribbon (they're items in a drop down menu…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-12T14:55:11.683+00:00
David Thielen 2,281 Reputation points
3 answers

Is there a limit to use IF(ISNUMBER(Search()))) ?It seems to stop at 21st.

I seem to stumble upon searching for and use IF(ISNUMBER(Search(()) or so 20 times, because I have more than 20 words to search for, but it seems to stop letting add more or it stops working after the 20th? Is that a problem with the IF(ISNUMBER(search…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-08T03:36:43.537+00:00
TB 21 Reputation points
commented 2021-01-12T14:42:46.123+00:00
TB 21 Reputation points
2 answers

One Note Synchronization error

Hello, I am using OneNote via my company email address. However, I cannot see what I wrote in OneNote from my mobile phone. I found out there are 2 OneDrive folders under my email address. Please find the 2 attached screenshots. Could you please…

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.
3,517 questions
OneDrive Management
OneDrive Management
OneDrive: A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,138 questions
asked 2021-01-06T07:00:29.987+00:00
류동혁(Danny Ryoo) 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-01-12T09:06:27.58+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,531 Reputation points
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Microsoft Office Online Add-In Store - no store items appear

I have several students attempting to add the Jasperactive Add-In for Microsoft Office Online. When they select the Add-In button and then the store button, the top of the dialog box remains the same, but no store items appear. Four using Chrome, one…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-11T20:51:18.183+00:00
Tami Moore 1 Reputation point
6 answers

Access - Need help to calculate and store assets current book value

Hello everyone, I have created a database to maintain records of the assets. For the time being, the database contains following 3 tables, tblAsset AssetID AssetName AquisitionDate AquisitionValue tblAssetAdd AssetAddID AssetID …

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-01T15:36:20.71+00:00
Khurram 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-01-11T13:26:03.567+00:00
C Data 6 Reputation points
0 answers

Office 365 Turabian 9th Edition

I am working on my dissertation and I need to utilize Turabian 9th edition. My Office 365 only offers 6th edition. How can this be updated if possible? Thank you immensely, Kelly Padgett

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-07T20:13:33.413+00:00
Kelly Padgett 31 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Want to populate "New Message" window using Extended MAPI in C++

Hello There, I want to populate Outlook "New Message" window programmatically with To and Cc fields populated. Does the Extended MAPI have API for it? Any pointers will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Amol S

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-04T18:33:13.657+00:00
Amol S 21 Reputation points
answered 2021-01-07T07:56:58.047+00:00
Victor Ivanidze 101 Reputation points
2 answers

Access 2016 compatibility with O365

I have a small multi user (3 or 4) app that has been stable for more than 10 years but since October 2020 frequently (once or twice a day) crashes with a 'Unrecognized database format' error. The system can be recovered by deleting the lock file on…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-06T19:08:33.997+00:00
James McLeod 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-01-06T23:28:29.957+00:00
C Data 6 Reputation points
1 answer

How to lock a table in Access so the data can not be manipulated?

Hello, I have a table with many queries and I don't want the data to be edited in the query and change in the table I would like that information to be locked so it cant be edited but I need the end of the table to be able to be edited but not the…

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.
3,517 questions
asked 2021-01-04T16:11:00.517+00:00
Arianna D'Agostino 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-01-06T23:27:00.873+00:00
Daniel Pineault 431 Reputation points MVP