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SoftTimur
SoftTimur

Reputation: 5510

Share a same popup window among different addin instances

I am making an Excel add-in by Excel JavaScript API. There is a button in this add-in, clicking on it launches popup = window.open("https://localhost:3000/#/new/", "popup", "width=1000, height=1100") and popups a browser window.

Closing the workbook or the add-in will NOT systematically close the popup. So at the moment, if I open a workbook and the add-in again, and click on the button, another browser window will popup.

I am thinking if it is possible to always use the same popup for all the excel/add-in instances. We could use localstorage to share information among different excel/add-in instances, but I am not sure if it is possible to save the popup/window there.

Does anyone have any good idea to achieve this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 68

Answers (1)

Marc LaFleur
Marc LaFleur

Reputation: 33094

For Office Add-ins, you should be using the built in Dialog API. This API ensures popups are properly handled regardless of platform (i.e. across browsers, mobile and desktop clients).

The Dialog object supports a close method, allowing you to close any open dialogs from the parent taskpane.

Upvotes: 1

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