I have written a small officeJS addin for excel which run perfectly on desktop excel client. Also office online gives an option of installing the addin from the ribbon menu. I want to do the same for microsoft sharepoint server 2016 which can be maintained centrally by an administrator. The addins options is available in office online, but not available through sharepoint, PFA image.
Try this. On a server in the farm, open the SharePoint Management Shell (PowerShell). Run this command:
Set-OfficeWebAppsFarm - OfficeAddinEnabled:$true
You probably have to be logged in as a farm administrator.
There is some documentation here: Set-OfficeWebAppsFarm
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I know it looks a superficial question, but I really would like to know how to start developing addins for excel on Ipads. What should I download and how to install my addins into an iPad? I didn't find this on google...
I would like to introduce you the office JS add-in,
You can use the Office Add-ins platform to build solutions that extend Office applications and interact with content in Office documents. Your solution can run in Office across multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPad, and in a browser.
I would recommend you to create an Office Add-in by using the Yeoman generator for Office Add-ins
You can refer to this document for sideloading your add-in solution in IPad
And debug your add-in on iPad can be found at here
Do you know if this is possible to create a VSTO add-in for excel in an office 365 suite (on desktop, of course)?
Officially, it says it is supported.
But, if I create an empty project on VisualStudio with the default "Office 2013 & 2016 VSTO add-in", it does not load.
But, it works on other machines, with excel 2016.
Can you help me with this?
I already tried many things. And, it seems that the add-in does not even show in the list of COM add-ins in the setup menu. It's not disabled; and, if I look at the registry, the load behavior is 3.
The only strange thing that I found is that when I try to link manually the .dll file using the "add-in" menu, it says that the dll is not a valid excel add-in.
But, if I do it another way and click to the .vsto file, the explorer says that the add-in has been installed correctly..
Thanks a lot
My Office Add-In (Word, Excel) is only loaded successfully when started the office desktop client (2013, 2016) as Administrator.
When not started as Admin we get this error:
"ADD-IN ERROR: This Add-In could not be loaded... Close and Click on Reload."
We face this error in the newest versions of Office 2013 and Office 2016.
What we have tried:
Enabled Protected Mode in Internet Explorer
Deleted Wef directory of Office
Updated Office versions
Any ideas why the Add-In could not be started?
The problem is starting as Administrator is no more possible since Visual Studio 16.6.2 - only IIS Express not as Administrator is supported.
Previously we used IIS which only worked when started as Administrator.
In the solution properties of a newly created Office AddIn there are now multiple startup projects:
I tried this in my solution - also switched to IIS Express and used localhost web adress.
We also had to use Action = Start to avoid this error:
This is not a solution - just a work around - starting as Administrator and using IIS does not work anymore :(
see my VS Developer Community post
I'm looking for some advice. I need to develop some custom workflow activities for a SharePoint 365 online solution. To that extent I do not have a local install of SharePoint 2013. I am using Visual Studio 2012, and have the office developer tools for VS 2012 installed.
When I try to create an empty project for SharePoint 2013, I get the error stating:
SharePoint not installed. The required version of SharePoint
foundation 2013 or SharePoint server 2013 is not installed on this
system. To develop SharePoint solutions or browse SharePoint
connections in server explorer, SharePoint must be installed on the
local system. Make sure that the local server referenced by the
SharePoint project exists
Now, I understand that for SharePoint projects in the past that a local install was required, but with this being online, I do not have that luxury.
Ideally I'd like to identify a way in which I can create an empty project without the need for said local install.
Further to this, I have been able to create an "Apps for SharePoint 2013" project, into which I can create a custom workflow activity. I'm working through some excellent blog posts on how to develop custom activities and it seems to be working file to a point.
What I am now struggling with is that VS2012 is supposed to create an .actions4 file which I can edit to reflect what the workflow activity requires etc. I do not have this file, nor do I understand how I get it.
I would also appreciate information on how I can deploy this custom workflow activity to SharePoint Online so that I can use it in SharePoint designer workflows.
Appreciate there is a lot of asks here, but appreciate any help that people can provide.
Many Thanks,
Grant
Hope this link will help you to create workflows in office 365 . you cannot degug but you can allow visual studio to think that SP is installed on your machine.
https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/59065/how-visual-studio-checkes-that-sharepoint-has-been-installed-on-my-local-pc
I have downloaded and installed the trial version of Sharepoint 2013. I have also setup Sharepoint Designer because I want to see what workflows can do. Unfortunately, when I create a workflow, I can only select "Sharepoint 2010 Workflow" in the "Platform Type" dropdown. I also get this message, telling me that I cannot create a Sharepoint 2013 Workflow:
"The option for the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform is not available because the workflow service is not configured oon the server."
Everything runs on a single server - both the Sharepoint installation, the SQL server, the IIS server and the Designer thing.
Can anybody shed some light on this problem?
Regards Leif
There is a separate installation and setup that needs to be done in order to make SharePoint 2013 workflow type show up in the dropdown. You need to install workflow manager and link it to your farm and you should be good to go.
When working with SharePoint 2013, you must make sure you also have installed the 2013 SharePoint Designer (workflows) and 2013 InfoPath (designing forms) tools. You can not use the 2010 tools with SharePoint 2013.