CustomTaskPane.DockPosition Property

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Gets or sets a value that specifies where the custom task pane is located relative to the application window.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property DockPosition As MsoCTPDockPosition

MsoCTPDockPosition DockPosition { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: MsoCTPDockPosition
One of the Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoCTPDockPosition values. The default is Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoCTPDockPosition.msoCTPDockPositionRight.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
ObjectDisposedException

The Dispose method of the CustomTaskPane has already been called.
COMException

The value of the DockPositionRestrict property is Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoCTPDockPosition.msoCTPDockPositionRestrictNoChange when you try to change the value of the DockPosition property.

-or-

You try to set this property in the event handler for the DockPositionChanged or VisibleChanged event.

Remarks

The following table lists the values of the Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoCTPDockPosition enumeration.

Value

Description

msoCTPDockPositionLeft

Docks the custom task pane to the left side of the window.

msoCTPDockPositionTop

Docks the custom task pane to the top of the window.

msoCTPDockPositionRight

Docks the custom task pane to the right side of the window.

msoCTPDockPositionBottom

Docks the custom task pane to the bottom of the window.

msoCTPDockPositionFloating

Displays the custom task pane in front of the window. The user can drag the task pane to any location in the window.

Examples

The following code example creates a custom task pane and configures different default sizes for when the pane displays in front of the active application window, and when it is docked. This code example is part of a larger example provided for CustomTaskPane.

Private myUserControl1 As MyUserControl
Private WithEvents myCustomTaskPane As Microsoft.Office.Tools.CustomTaskPane

Private Sub ThisAddIn_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
    Handles Me.Startup

    myUserControl1 = New MyUserControl()
    myCustomTaskPane = Me.CustomTaskPanes.Add(myUserControl1, "New Task Pane")

    With myCustomTaskPane
        .DockPosition = Office.MsoCTPDockPosition.msoCTPDockPositionFloating
        .Height = 500
        .Width = 500
        .DockPosition = Office.MsoCTPDockPosition.msoCTPDockPositionRight
        .Width = 300
        .Visible = True 
    End With 
End Sub

private MyUserControl myUserControl1;
private Microsoft.Office.Tools.CustomTaskPane myCustomTaskPane;

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    myUserControl1 = new MyUserControl();
    myCustomTaskPane = this.CustomTaskPanes.Add(myUserControl1,
        "New Task Pane");

    myCustomTaskPane.DockPosition =
        Office.MsoCTPDockPosition.msoCTPDockPositionFloating;
    myCustomTaskPane.Height = 500;
    myCustomTaskPane.Width = 500;

    myCustomTaskPane.DockPosition =
        Office.MsoCTPDockPosition.msoCTPDockPositionRight;
    myCustomTaskPane.Width = 300;

    myCustomTaskPane.Visible = true;
    myCustomTaskPane.DockPositionChanged +=
        new EventHandler(myCustomTaskPane_DockPositionChanged);
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

CustomTaskPane Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools Namespace