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Office.AddinCommands.Source interface

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office

Encapsulates source data for add-in events.

Remarks

For information on support in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, see Add-in commands requirement sets.

The following outlines support information for Outlook.

[ API set: Mailbox 1.3 ]

See Add-in commands requirement sets for more support information.

Minimum permission level (Outlook): restricted

Applicable Outlook mode: Compose or Read

Properties

id

The ID of the control that triggered calling this function. The ID comes from the manifest.

Property Details

id

The ID of the control that triggered calling this function. The ID comes from the manifest.

id: string;

Property Value

string

Remarks

The following outlines support information for Outlook.

[ API set: Mailbox 1.3 ]

See Add-in commands requirement sets for more support information.

Minimum permission level (Outlook): restricted

Applicable Outlook mode: Compose or Read

Examples

// In this example, consider a button defined in an add-in manifest.
// The following is the XML manifest definition. Below it is the Teams 
// manifest (preview) definition.
//
//<Control xsi:type="Button" id="eventTestButton">
//    <Label resid="eventButtonLabel" />
//    <Tooltip resid="eventButtonTooltip" />
//    <Supertip>
//        <Title resid="eventSuperTipTitle" />
//        <Description resid="eventSuperTipDescription" />
//    </Supertip>
//    <Icon>
//        <bt:Image size="16" resid="blue-icon-16" />
//        <bt:Image size="32" resid="blue-icon-32" />
//        <bt:Image size="80" resid="blue-icon-80" />
//    </Icon>
//    <Action xsi:type="ExecuteFunction">
//        <FunctionName>testEventObject</FunctionName>
//    </Action>
//</Control>
//
// The Teams manifest (preview) definition is the following.
// Ellipses("...") indicate omitted properties.
//
//     "extensions": [
//         {
//             ...
//             "runtimes": [
//                 {
//                  "id": "CommandsRuntime",
//                  "type": "general",
//                  "code": {
//                      "page": "https://localhost:3000/commands.html",
//                      "script": "https://localhost:3000/commands.js"
//                  },
//                  "lifetime": "short",
//                  "actions": [
//                      {
//                          "id": "testEventObject",
//                          "type": "executeFunction",
//                          "displayName": "testEventObject"
//                      }
//                  ]
//              }
//             ],
//             "ribbons": [
//                 {
//                     ...
//                     "tabs": [
//                         ...
//                         "groups": [
//                             ...
//                             "controls": [
//                                 {
//                                      "id": "eventTestButton",
//                                      "type": "button",
//                                      "label": "Perform an action",
//                                      "icons": [
//                                          {
//                                              "size": 16,
//                                              "file": "https://localhost:3000/assets/blue-icon-16.png"
//                                          },
//                                          {
//                                              "size": 32,
//                                              "file": "https://localhost:3000/assets/blue-icon-32.png"
//                                          },
//                                          {
//                                              "size": 80,
//                                              "file": "https://localhost:3000/assets/blue-icon-80.png"
//                                          }
//                                      ],
//                                      "supertip": {
//                                          "title": "Perform an action",
//                                          "description": "Perform an action when clicked."
//                                      },
//                                      "actionId": "testEventObject"
//                                  }
//                             ]
//                         ]
//                     ]                           
//                 }
//             ]
//         }
//     ]


// The button has an id set to "eventTestButton", and will invoke
// the testEventObject function defined in the add-in.
// That function looks like this:
function testEventObject(event) {
    // The event object implements the Event interface.

    // This value will be "eventTestButton".
    const buttonId = event.source.id;

    // Signal to the host app that processing is complete.
    event.completed();
}

// Function is used by two buttons:
// button1 and button2
function multiButton (event) {
    // Check which button was clicked.
    const buttonId = event.source.id;

    if (buttonId === 'button1') {
        doButton1Action();
    } else {
        doButton2Action();
    }

    event.completed();
}