TaskPanelGroupItem.Control

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   I am trying to use the TaskPanel control and set a custom control.
I have followed the code from the search form in the sample project which works fine.
Using this example if I substitue my control (which is a usercontrol I have made) for the sample textboxes I get the following error :
"Method 'Control' of object 'ITaskPanelGroupItem' failed"
The code is exactly the same, it is just pointing to my control now instead of the VB one.
Set Item.Control = Me.txtDate
I assume it is because I have missed some public property or something on my control that TaskPanel is looking for. I added a .hWnd property but it didnt make a difference.
Can you please advise what characteristics or properties I need to include in my usercontrol so that it can be used in this way.
Thanks

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Maui Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 10 June 2004 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote Maui Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: TaskPanelGroupItem.Control Posted: 01 February 2005 at 5:52am
	I am trying to use the TaskPanel control and set a custom control. I have followed the code from the search form in the sample project which works fine. Using this example if I substitue my control (which is a usercontrol I have made) for the sample textboxes I get the following error : "Method 'Control' of object 'ITaskPanelGroupItem' failed" The code is exactly the same, it is just pointing to my control now instead of the VB one. Set Item.Control = Me.txtDate I assume it is because I have missed some public property or something on my control that TaskPanel is looking for. I added a .hWnd property but it didnt make a difference. Can you please advise what characteristics or properties I need to include in my usercontrol so that it can be used in this way. Thanks Edited by Maui

Maui Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 10 June 2004 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote Maui Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 February 2005 at 5:54am
	As an update I have just tried adding a completely blank usercontol and it has the same error (just in case you thought it might have been something wrong with my control) eg Set Item.Control = Me.UserControl11

Maui Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 10 June 2004 Status: Offline Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote Maui Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 February 2005 at 4:57am
	Have managed to find a work around (again) to this problem. I put the usercontol inside a picturebox and then linked the picturebox. Am posting this info in case it benifits anyone else in the future. Would still appreciate a reply from support.

TobiasWeltner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12 January 2005 Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote TobiasWeltner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 May 2005 at 3:51am
	I have a similar problem and also used a picture box control. However, now on some systems, the controls do not appear and instead an error message "method ~ of ~ failed" appears. I was unable to track down exactly on which systems this problem appears. I'd love to see support respond on this. It seems as if task panel does not work reliably with custom controls on all windows systems, and I'd like to find out why. Need to deliver a solution that runs on all XP systems.