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Prateek Chaudhary
Prateek Chaudhary

Reputation: 139

How to get outlook platform like it windows, mac or owa for add in

I want to get the platform of outlook whether it is the mac, windows 2016 or owa for my add-in. Is there any API of office which provides such details???

Upvotes: 1

Views: 135

Answers (2)

user7823505
user7823505

Reputation:

Office.context.platform may not be implemented in older versions of Office.js. Another way to get to the information you are looking for is Office.context.mailbox.diagnostics.hostName. This would return values like: Outlook, OutlookIOS, or OutlookWebApp. In combination with Office.context.mailbox.diagnostivs.hostVersion you can figure out if its Outlook desktop 2016 or not. The hostVerison for Outlook 2016 would look like 16.xx...

Upvotes: 1

Eugene Astafiev
Eugene Astafiev

Reputation: 49405

Take a look at the Office.context.platform property which provides the platform on which the add-in is running. Possible values are: PC, OfficeOnline, Mac, iOS, Android, Universal.

Upvotes: 2

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