Where could we put `Office.onReady()` to make sure Office.js could fully load every time

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I'm debugging an Excel add-in built in React. Previously, the developer coded the app as if it was a website rather than an Excel add-in, and did not pay attention to Office.js. As a result, when we run it in Excel, we have the famous error Error: Office.js has not fully loaded. Your app must call "Office.onReady()" as part of it's loading sequence (or set the "Office.initialize" function). If your app has this functionality, try reloading this page.

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I searched for Office.onReady and Office.initialize in the whole project, I did not find them.

Here is frontend/src/index.tsx, where dva is a "framework based on redux, redux-saga and react-router (Inspired by elm and choo)".

import 'react-app-polyfill/ie11';
import 'react-app-polyfill/stable';
import dva from 'dva';
import './index.css';
import router from './router';
import AuthModel from './models/auth';
import SubscribtionModel from './models/subscription';
import AppModel from './models/app';
import { initializeIcons } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/Icons';

//@ts-ignore
//import createLoading from 'dva-loading';

// 1. Initialize
const app = dva();
//app.use(createLoading());

// 2. Plugins
// app.use({});

// 3. Model
//@ts-ignore
app.model(AuthModel);
app.model(SubscribtionModel)
app.model(AppModel);
// 4. Router
//@ts-ignore
app.router(router);

// 5. Start
app.start('#root');

initializeIcons();

Does anyone know where I should put Office.onReady() such that we could make sure Office.js can fully load every time the add-in is launched?

Edit 1:

I tried to mimic this file and changed one of my index.tsx to

  render() {
    const { items, farItems } = this.props;

    console.log("Here is Office:");
    console.log(Office);

    return (
      <AwaitPromiseThenRender
        promise={Promise.resolve().then(async () => {
              await Office.onReady();
        })}
      >
        <CommonHeader
          items={items.map((item: IHeaderItem) => this.renderItem(item))}
          farItems={farItems.map((item: IHeaderItem) => this.renderItem(item))}
        />
      </AwaitPromiseThenRender>
    );
  } 

It returned a TypeScript error: Property 'onReady' does not exist on type 'typeof Office'. TS2339, whereas the object Office is well printed in the console. Does anyone have any idea of the problem?

Edit 2:

I tried to add the following code in my frontend/src/index.tsx above. It still returned Property 'onReady' does not exist on type 'typeof Office'. TS2339.

export function render(oldRender: () => void) {
    Office.onReady((reason: any) => {
      oldRender();
    });
}
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0
wellgone On

If you use class component,you can put it in componentWillMount.

If you use function component, you can put it in Effect hooks like this:

useEffect(()=>{
    Office.onReady(function(info) {
      console.log(info);
      if (info.host === Office.HostType.Word) {
        console.log("hhhhhhhhhhh")
      }
      if (info.platform === Office.PlatformType.PC) {
        // Make minor layout changes in the task pane.
        console.log("ooooooooooooo")
      }
      console.log(`Office.js is now ready in ${info.host} on ${info.platform}`);
    });
  })
0
Ketobomb On

You can put it in componentWillMount

async componentWillMount() {
 await hostApp.onReady();}