TaskPane Object

The TaskPane object represents the current task pane associated with the open window within an InfoPath form. The object provides properties for working with the built-in task pane, as shown in Table A.4.

Table A.4: Properties of The Taskpane Object.
Name	Security Level	Description
Type Property	1	Returns a value of the XDTaskPane enumeration
Visible Property	1	Returns a Boolean indicating that the current task pane is visible

The task pane is the base object that the HTML Task Pane is inherited from. The available properties and methods are determined based on the type of task pane. The Type property is based on the XDTaskPane enumeration, and these values may also be used as arguments to the item property of the TaskPanes collection for returning a reference to the specific task pane type. The XDTaskPane enumeration contains the values shown in Table A.5.

Table A.5: Values of The Xdtaskpane Enumeration.
Name	Value	Note
xdTaskPaneHTML		InfoPath custom task pane
xdTaskPaneFillOutAForm	1	Fill Out a Form task pane used to open a form in fill-in mode
xdTaskPaneDesignerNew	2	Design a Form task pane used for form design
xdTaskPaneSearchResults	3	Search Results task pane
xdTaskPaneHelp	4	Help task pane
xdTaskPaneClipArt	5	Clip Art task pane
xdTaskPaneFind	6	Find task pane
xdTaskPaneReplace	7	Replace task pane
xdTaskPaneFormatting	8	Font task pane
xdTaskPaneBulletsNumbering	9	Bullet and Numbering task pane
xdTaskPaneSpelling	10	Spelling task pane

The following example shows how to enable the Task Pane collection and make the Spelling Task Pane active and visible:

 objTaskPane = XDocument.View.Window.TaskPanes.Item(10); objTaskPane.Visible = true;