I have created a simple plugin and installed it on my outlook (for windows). It works fine. However i want to know - can I install the same plugin on outlook (for Mac)? If so, Please guide. Thanks!!
No, you can't. Office/Outlook for Mac doesn't support add-ins. The COM technology (on which Office add-ins are based) is for Windows only.
The only possible option is to develop a VBA macro instead.
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I am creating an Outlook Add-in using Office js libraries. I was using the option to attach the debugger to debug my javascript application. But it seems that after an Outlook update the option is no longer available. I have tried reinstalling Office but dit not help. Also i created a new Add In with the default functionality and this has no option to attach the debugger. When i click with the right mouse I see no options. Do i have to enable it in some new way ? Has somebody else seen this problem ?
Beginning with Office 365 version 16.0.11629 and Windows 10 version 1903, Office Add-ins running on Office 365 for Windows will use a Microsoft Edge WebView as the runtime.
The Microsoft Edge WebView performs much better than Internet Explorer and features enhanced compliance with modern browser standards including support of the full set of HTML 5 and ECMAScript 2015+.
We recommend that you download the Microsoft Edge DevTools Preview for debugging.
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In windows, ms-office has the functionality of Installed Addins, wherein people can extend functionality of office. is there any such framwork for addins in Mac?
I have searched at many places, and ans i have found is no. the only way is by injection and swizzling. but I want some stable way to do it. I want to use office API's.
You can use office addins
https://dev.office.com/docs/add-ins/overview/office-add-ins
This will work on Mac also
The best way to achieve this to use Office Web-Addins for development. This works for all the scenarios: Office Web, iOS, Android, Windows and Mac as you can install it from the Microsoft Store.
We are developing an Outlook add-in (using Javascript API version 1.3 and add-in commands) that supports Outlook 2016 for Mac. Our test systems have macOS Siera (10.12.6) but one tester is getting blank task panes and the only thing that is different is her system has macOS El Capitan (10.11.6).
Is there an minimum macOS required for Outlook add-in commands? The only reference to a requirement I could find was an old MS article that pre-dates add-in commands that mentions macOS 10.10.
Or has anyone seen the blank task pane issue? The task panes have a title, but blank content. No add-in error is shown. On the same test system our add-in is working on OWA for Safari.
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Mac outlook is providing active support only to OS version 10.11 and above. Kindly update the OS and verify if its working.
I am looking for the way to implement MS Word plug-in for Mac and Windows. The plug-in should work with all versions of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, Microsoft Office 2016) and should work on Windows XP - Windows 10. It should work on MS Word on Mac also (at least on the latest versions).
It seems to be impossible to create one app for all of this OS and versions.
Description of the plug-in: The plug-in should help user to find the definition of any word (the definition will be in the beginning of this file or in the other file on the user's local disk). For example, user place mouse over word "math", a plug-in shows pop-up with definition "Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”) is the study of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure, space and change".
I am thinking about some variants of implementation.
First variant. I can make plug-in with help of WinForms and Microsoft.Office.Interopt for all Windows OS and versions of MS Office. I can create add-ins for Word on Mac with help of JavaScript. (Add-ins on JavaScript don't work on Microsoft Office versions < 2013).
Second variant. I can create plug-in with help of VBA for both platform and for all versions.
Are these variants possible? What the best way to create plug-in for Windows and Mac?
First variant. I can make plug-in with help of WinForms and Microsoft.Office ...
This, sound to me, way you should go if you would like to support older Office products (2010 and older). You would create VBA or COM/VSTO version for older versions on Windows. For older versions of Mac (ex:Entourage) you should consider AppleScript scripting extendability. Office Add-in (JS API) for newer versions on Windows and Mac together.
Second variant. I can create plug-in with help of VBA for both platform and for all versions.
No such thing as VBA add-on for Mac. You may efficiently use AppleScript for scripting certain actions in older Office for Mac.
This is all about your requirements. At the end you will make your decision. I would go with Office JS API as the start and later on see if you have strong demand of your app for older versions of Office.
Yes it is possible, but refine your requirement.
Go for Apps for Office (Windows + Mac) and not Com Add-ins (Only in Windows).
I'm trying to use SharpDevelop for a Windows Form App. The problem is that I need to use VB as the language, and the Form Designer works for C# only and not for VB.
How can I solve this?
The software I'm using is SharpDevelop 5 Xcopyable portable version, because I cannot install any software.
Older SharpDevelop versions (up to 4.x) had better VB support.
While there's no official X-copyable .zip file distribution for them, you should be able to simply copy a SharpDevelop 4 installation to another machine.