I had the pleasure this week of speaking at the Sydney SharePoint User Group on the topic of transitioning to the modern Office Add-in development model. We discussed: The existing COM/VSTO Office Add-in development model The reasons and drivers for needing a new development model What the modern Office Add-in development is and how it... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Ignite 2017 Highlights for the Office & SharePoint Developer
What a massive week in Orlando for Office developers. So many sessions, so much new information, it really was a case of drinking from the fire hose! Thankfully most sessions were recorded and are progressively being made available along with the relevant slide decks on https://myignite.microsoft.com/videos If you only have time to watch one session... Continue Reading →
How to Debug Modern Office Add-ins on Devices (iPhone/iPad) using Firebug
Debugging modern Office Add-ins with current tooling can be quite challenging. Although the technology of the add-ins you write is consistent and conforms to web standards (HTML, JavaScript, CSS), the way the add-in is hosted in the different Office clients makes it challenging to use debugging tools (as the add-in isn’t simply running in a... Continue Reading →
How to compare the MAPI property differences between Outlook emails
I was recently working on extracting mail from Outlook to an .msg file and later importing the .msg file back into Outlook. I was concerned that some of the non-obvious properties (there are a lot of non-visible MAPI properties stored on an email) would not be persisted or may change value in the process of... Continue Reading →
How to clear the Microsoft Outlook for Mac web browser cache and cookies
When working with Outlook for Mac the content of email messages are rendered in a web browser control that is specific to Outlook (it does not use Safari). So when you have a need to clear any cached data or cookies it is far from obvious how you should go about clearing this cache. I’m... Continue Reading →
Vote for our app in the Office 365 Hack Productivity competition!
Microsoft is currently running a Hack Productivity competition for creating apps that leverage Office 365 Add-ins and/or APIs to deliver an app that increases user productivity. I’ve been working with the awesome dev team at OnePlace Solutions to cook up a modern Outlook Add-in that will run on any device and allow a user... Continue Reading →
Bug in Outlook add-in commands showing command label instead of the add-in title on first use in a session
It seems there is a bug with the Outlook add-in commands when using the add-in from Outlook Web Access. When using the add-in command (ribbon button) to open a task pane to show your add-in the label of the command button is shown at the top of the add-in where the add-in title should be.... Continue Reading →
Issues launching Outlook add-ins directly to a SPA route using fragment URLs
Modern Single Page Applications (SPAs) run in the browser as a single HTML page and use JavaScript to dynamically load content and provide the functionality of the application without having to reload the entire browser window as the user is interacting with the application. To support navigating SPAs, a commonly used technique is to perform... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Ready, Set, Connect
OnePlace Solutions is proud to be an exhibitor and sponsor again this year at the Microsoft Ignite conference in Atlanta. Ignite is Microsoft's premier conference this year for Office 365, SharePoint, Exchange, Azure, Windows and related technologies. I'll be on the OnePlace Solution booth (#563) during the conference talking about our suite of products that... Continue Reading →
Light up your Outlook Mailboxes with advanced Email Tracking features
I'm preparing to head down to Melbourne for the The Digital Workplace Conference (the new Australian SharePoint Conference). This will be the first conference since the 7.3 release of OnePlaceMail and OnePlaceLive. I'm pretty excited about the new Email Tracking features which goes well beyond simply allowing users to transfer email and attachment from Outlook to SharePoint.... Continue Reading →