context

Office. context

The Office.context namespace provides shared interfaces that are used by add-ins in all of the Office apps. This listing documents only those interfaces that are used by Outlook add-ins. For a full listing of the Office.context namespace, see the Office.context reference in the Shared API.

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Namespaces

mailbox: Provides access to the Outlook Add-in object model for Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook on the web.

Members

displayLanguage :String

Gets the locale (language) in RFC 1766 Language tag format specified by the user for the UI of the Office host application.

The displayLanguage value reflects the current Display Language setting specified with File > Options > Language in the Office host application.

Type:

• String

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Example

function sayHelloWithDisplayLanguage() {
  var myDisplayLanguage = Office.context.displayLanguage;
  switch (myDisplayLanguage) {
    case 'en-US':
      write('Hello!');
      break;
    case 'en-NZ':
      write('G\'day mate!');
      break;
  }
}
// Function that writes to a div with id='message' on the page.
function write(message){
  document.getElementById('message').innerText += message;
}

roamingSettings :RoamingSettings

Gets an object that represents the custom settings or state of a mail add-in saved to a user's mailbox.

The RoamingSettings object lets you store and access data for a mail add-in that is stored in a user's mailbox, so that is available to that add-in when it is running from any host client application used to access that mailbox.

Type:

• RoamingSettings

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