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Failed to run Office add-in on Excel for Mac due to lack of supported API
Hi,
We are developing an Office add-in and face some issues when testing it on Excel for Mac.
We've added the following requirements to the manifest:
<Requirements>
<Sets DefaultMinVersion="1.1">
<Set Name="File"/>
<Set Name="CompressedFile"/>
<Set Name="AddinCommands" />
</Sets>
</Requirements>
From what we see, all the above requirement sets exist (e.g. The add-in commands are visible in the Excel ribbon), but when trying to call Office.context.document.getFileAsync we get an 'undefined'.
According to this https://dev.office.com/reference/add-ins/shared/document.getfileasync the Document.getFileAsync method is part of the File requirement set, which is not supported in Excel for Mac.
4 Replies
This is now fixed and is working for Mac platform. Thanks for your patience.
- Thank you Sudhi!
We've tested the fix and it is working, thanks again.
- On a side note, please post technical questions/issues on StackOverflow with office-js tag. The community response will ensure you get quicker response there. Thanks.
Hello,
The root cause has been identified and a patch is scheduled to be applied to JS library on 9/14. I can update this thread once it is rolled out. Thanks
