Exceljs App "is working on your function" message

Question

I modified an Excel ScriptLab function to remove duplicates and I run it as a button from the Ribbon.

async function RemoveDuplicates() {
  await Excel.run(async (context) => {    
    const sheet = context.workbook.worksheets.getActiveWorksheet();
    var selectedRange = context.workbook.getSelectedRange();
    var firstCell = selectedRange.getCell(0, 0);
    var surroundingRegion = selectedRange.getSurroundingRegion();

    firstCell.load('columnIndex');
    surroundingRegion.load('address');

    await context.sync();
    var columnIndex = firstCell.columnIndex;
    
    const deleteResult = surroundingRegion.removeDuplicates([columnIndex], true);
    deleteResult.load();
  });
}

It works well. It finished in a fraction of the second, but I noticed that this, and any other function I have, displays in the bottom-right corner a message that stays there until I run another function. And then the message from the next function stays there.

Is this normal, or should there be a code to end this function?

Thanks

Answer 1

You might need to pass an Office.AddinCommands.Event parameter to removeDuplicates and then call event.completed() at the end of the function. For an example, see Create add-in commands and FunctionFile.