Link to Task Pane

[Rob J]

Hello,

I've added a help.html file as a resource to be used as a custom task pane
with my form. I'd like to be able to link from the form to content in my
html file in the task pane. For example, ideally the form user can click a
field label within my form and the help file will jump to corresponding info
within my help.html. In the Hyperlink dialog, is there some way to point the
link to the html file loaded to the task pane?

Thanks,
Rob J.

 

[Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]]

Check out my example form "Dynamic Help Task Pane":
http://www.infopathdev.com/howto/examples/default.aspx?i=7aa3b6fc605640d39b389f72eeaee4df

 

[Rob J]

Thanks, Greg.

I ended up finding this on MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...us/odc_ip2003_tr/html/odc_INF_Lab_14.asp?_r=1

I'll go over your solution to compare them and see which offers the most
benefit to the user.

 

[Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]]

One thing about the MSDN article is that it only works with script. If you are using managed code, pushing data to the task pane requries a full trust form. Using a pulling method, like in my example, works in both script and managed code.