The NuGet package Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook v15 tried to
load Office v15 PIA which fails on Office 2016/2019/2024 (v16).
Switch to dynamic COM (late binding) which works with ANY Outlook
Classic version without needing a specific Interop DLL. All Outlook
properties and methods are accessed via dynamic dispatch.
Also use 1-based COM collection indexing instead of foreach to
avoid COM enumerator issues.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Target net8.0-windows instead of net4.8
- EnableWindowsTargeting for Linux build
- Replace Marshal.GetActiveObject with P/Invoke (not in .NET 8)
- Use NuGet package for Outlook Interop instead of local DLL ref
- Update Inno Setup script for .NET 8 runtime check
- Builds successfully on Linux, runs on Windows
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace the Office Web Add-in with a native Windows application.
The web add-in required Exchange/M365 for registration which is
not available in all customer environments (standalone Office,
POP/IMAP only).
The new app:
- Uses COM Interop to access Outlook contacts directly
- Communicates with Starface REST API (accepts self-signed certs)
- Runs as System Tray app with optional auto-sync
- Profile-based config stored in %AppData%
- No webserver, no certificates, no Exchange, no M365 needed
- Inno Setup installer for clean MSI-style deployment
- Works with any Outlook version (Classic and New)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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