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Is there a way to run a function in background in an outlook web add-in?

I am currently working on an outlook web add-in.

My add-in is a on message compose one. I'm closing de compose window and trying to run a function afterwards, but the function I want to execute is not executed:

Office.context.mailbox.item.close(); //Closing the compose window
executeInBack(); //This is not executed

The function is probobly not executed due to the add-in closing before the function could run.

I was wondering if there was an extention point where I cloud always execute a function?

Solution

  • Outlook web add-in work under the context of currently displayed item only. So, you need to run your action before the item is closed. Or just use a back-end service which can do the required work using Graph API after.