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Is this Outlook add-in possible?
I am completely new to Office add-in development, and want to now if what I propose to develop is even possible.
I want to effectively replace message compose and send.
That is to say, there will be a button which, when clicked, will display an HTML form, which will accept user input.
When the for is submitted, it will communicate the user input to my server by an AJAX call.
That's it; no email is sent. I realize this somewhat mis-purposes Outlook. Is it even possible (and do you have any hints as to how to achieve it)?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Yes, it only allows access to the pane but that will work across the web app, desktop and Outlook on the phone. I did a little on this in a presentation at the Collab365 Global Conference which I linked to at https://www.mcd79.com/presentation-available-for-using-cognitive-services-to-build-an-intelligent-office-add-in/ and should have details on my github project from it at https://github.com/kevmcdonk/YouveGotSentiment.
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- Well, I finally found how to add a button to the "Compose" window, but not yet to the main bar.
When clicked, it opens a ... "pane" (is that correct"?), where I guess that I will be able to display my form & get input. I would have preferred to totally replace the Compose window with my form, but it doesn't look possible(?).
Right now, I am trying to discover how to debug my JS. Thanks for your feedbackYes, it only allows access to the pane but that will work across the web app, desktop and Outlook on the phone. I did a little on this in a presentation at the Collab365 Global Conference which I linked to at https://www.mcd79.com/presentation-available-for-using-cognitive-services-to-build-an-intelligent-office-add-in/ and should have details on my github project from it at https://github.com/kevmcdonk/YouveGotSentiment.
