To create a Microsoft Outlook Add-in that allows users to tag an email with a custom field Matter ID in JavaScript, follow these steps:
Create a new Outlook Add-in project in Visual Studio. Choose "Office Add-ins" -> "Outlook Web Add-in" template and select JavaScript language.
In the project, open the Manifest.xml
file and add a new Context Menu button with a unique id under the MessageComposeCommandSurface
section.
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In the project, open the Home.html
file and add a form to define the custom field control with input field for Matter ID.
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In the project, open the Home.js
file and add a function to execute when the custom menu button is clicked.
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Attach an event listener to the custom menu button to invoke onCustomTagClicked
function.
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In the project, open the App.js
file and call the addCustomTagClickListener()
function on startup.
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That's it! Now the add-in allows users to tag an email with a custom field Matter ID. The Matter ID value is saved as custom property in the email object and can be retrieved and used in other parts of the add-in or integrated with other systems.
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