Looking for Microsoft Office Js experts
Posted by meaningincode@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 3 comments
Has anyone here worked within the Microsoft ecosystem building tools like Outlook Add-Ins, etc? What are the ways you have figured out integration issues, etc? My team builds tools with Office JS, and I think I have finally encountered one of the most confusing integrations ever. We get tons of unexplained errors that vary across OS, web vs desktop, and most times questions we have and others have aren't answered in the forums. What do you all do?
beyphy@reddit
You can try creating an issue on the official GitHub repo. You can also try asking on StackOverflow. I think members of the Outlook team used to be pretty active on it.
thesauceisoptional@reddit
Microsoft has been trying to run JavaScript where it doesn't fit for nearly 30 years now. Anyone remember Active Desktop? My God; imagine if you still had to put ActiveX controls into your JS, again?
RusticBucket2@reddit
Oddly enough, way back around 2002 or 2003, I actually built a “commercial” Outlook Add-in. It was for a very small company, but they needed me to do it, so I did.
I built the entire thing myself, and from no experience whatsoever building Add-Ins.
That was a long time ago. I’m sure the landscape has changed dramatically.