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Is this Outlook add-in possible?
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.
You can add alternative buttons in the ribbon bar with your own reply functionality but you won't be able to replace the existing buttons.
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 feedback
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.
- If that wll wor across all platforms, then it seems the best approach. It is my beliefe that 99%+ of my users will only use desktop, but, still ...
I am certain that your presentation and github project are going to be of tremendous help.
Btw, do you know if there is a good book available about developing Outlook Web Add-ins? I find lots of contradictory info on the web, some of it probably out of date & am looking for a canonical referecne source.- Not aware of any books. I mostly used the Microsoft Docs but they are thin in places around the different options in the manifest so trial and error was my best friend.
Of the Docs, the most useful was how to debug in the client app. It is frustrating as it restarts everytime but was only way to see why it failed there and not in web app - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/testing/debug-add-ins-using-f12-developer-tools-on-windows-10