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Rob J - 04 Aug 2006 16:46 GMT

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.

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Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP] - 04 Aug 2006 19:32 GMT

Check out my example form "Dynamic Help Task Pane":
http://www.infopathdev.com/howto/examples/default.aspx?i=7aa3b6fc605640d39b389f7
2eeaee4df

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Rob J - 04 Aug 2006 20:22 GMT

Thanks, Greg.

I ended up finding this on MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_ip2003_tr/h
tml/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.

> Check out my example form "Dynamic Help Task Pane":
> http://www.infopathdev.com/howto/examples/default.aspx?i=7aa3b6fc605640d39b389f7
2eeaee4df

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Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP] - 04 Aug 2006 20:25 GMT

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.

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