ICTPFactory.CreateCTP Method
Creates an instance of a custom task pane.
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Syntax
expression.CreateCTP(CTPAxID, CTPTitle, CTPParentWindow)
expression An expression that returns a ICTPFactory object.
Parameters
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| CTPAxID | Required | String | The CLSID or ProgID of a Microsoft ActiveX object. |
| CTPTitle | Required | String | The title for the task pane. |
| CTPParentWindow | Optional | Variant | The window that hosts the task pane. If not present, the parent of the task pane is the ActiveWindow of the host application. |
Return Value
CustomTaskPane
Example
The following example, written in C#, creates an instance of a CustomTaskPane object through the ICustomTaskPaneConsumer interface and implements its only method, CTPFactoryAvailable.CTPFactoryAvailable passes a CTPFactory object to the add-in, which you can use during the add-in's lifetime to create task panes by using the CreateCTP method. Note that the example assumes that the task pane is part of an COM add-in and thus implements Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2. The add-in also references an ActiveX control, SampleActiveX.myControl, that was created in a separate project.
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