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How to develop my first outlook puglin?
I suggest you to start here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/add-ins
I think you can by implementing so called add-in commands:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/add-ins/add-in-commands-for-outlook
As described in the article your add-in command can appear when composing an e-mail message. From there you could open a Task Pane rendering your Form and call the services you need.
- A very stupid question, I am sure - am I suppose dto use Visual Stduio? If so what project type do I choose?
As it happens I have an exstiging Angu;ar Js app which I just want to drop in. Do I just have to add a manifest to that?
And, how do I go about debugging it?- What I don't undesratnd about using Visual Studio to create my app is that I have to choose either VB or C# - why? Or should I be creating it this way? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/add-ins/addin-tutorial
And, after that, how woudl I debug it - whether from desktop Outlook, or from https://outlook.office.com ?You can use Visual Studio if that's what you prefer. There's also the Yeoman generator as described in the article you're pointing to which allows you to use basically any editor you'd like. Choosing C# or VB determines the language used in the Web Application which is created as part of the project (your solution will contain 2 projects, 1 holding the App Manifest and 1 for your Web Application).
When using Visual Studio, debugging is provided through the familiar F5 experience. Just pressing F5 builds and configures your project for debugging. I'm not sure what the best debugging experience would be when using the Yeoman Generator.