Excel add-in: How to detect whether the host platform is "office online"

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I am looking for an effective way to detect whether the host platform is "office online". I noticed the online supports CompressedFile api while others don't. Is it a good way to rely on this?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32840459/neat-ways-to-get-environment-i-e-office-version/32851938#32851938 — Michael Zlatkovsky - Microsoft, Dec 14 '16 at 18:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 21 '16 at 00:36

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I had the exact same question - I found this page that I think answers it completely:

Detecting Office Host in Add-Ins

answered Dec 21 '16 at 00:36

Nick Carruthers

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Excel add-in: How to detect whether the host platform is "office online"

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