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One of these development environments:
VSTO 2005
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Visual Studio Team System
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2007 Microsoft Office system
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You can add a custom task pane to some applications in the 2007 Microsoft Office system by using an application-level add-in. For more information, see Custom Task Panes Overview.
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For a video demonstration, see Video: Adding Custom Task Panes to 2007 Office Applications Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office SE.
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Adding a Custom Task Pane to an Application
To add a custom task pane to an application
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Open or create an application-level project for an application in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. For more information, see How to: Create Visual Studio Tools for Office Projects.
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On the Project menu, click Add User Control.
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In the Add New Item dialog box, change the name of the new user control to MyUserControl, and click Add.
The user control opens in the designer.
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Drag one or more Windows Forms controls from the Toolbox to the user control.
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Open the ThisAddIn.cs or ThisAddIn.vb code file.
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Add the following code to the ThisAddIn class. This code declares an instance of MyUserControl as a member of ThisAddIn.
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Private myUserControl1 As MyUserControl
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private MyUserControl myUserControl1;
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Add the following code to the ThisAddIn_Startup event handler. This code adds the MyUserControl object to the CustomTaskPanes collection and displays the custom task pane.
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myUserControl1 = New MyUserControl
Dim myCustomTaskPane As Microsoft.Office.Tools.CustomTaskPane = _
Me.CustomTaskPanes.Add(myUserControl1, "My Task Pane")
myCustomTaskPane.Visible = True
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myUserControl1 = new MyUserControl();
Microsoft.Office.Tools.CustomTaskPane myCustomTaskPane =
this.CustomTaskPanes.Add(myUserControl1, "My Task Pane");
myCustomTaskPane.Visible = true;
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See Also