1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/framework/tools/FrameworkHelper.cxx b/sd/source/ui/framework/tools/FrameworkHelper.cxx
index 078f86a88d86..8c325ff202af 100755
--- a/sd/source/ui/framework/tools/FrameworkHelper.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/framework/tools/FrameworkHelper.cxx
@@ -565,12 +565,27 @@ Reference<XResourceId> FrameworkHelper::RequestView (
 
 
 void FrameworkHelper::RequestTaskPanel (
-    const OUString& rsTaskPanelURL)
+    const OUString& rsTaskPanelURL,
+    const bool bEnsureTaskPaneIsVisible)
 {
     try
     {
         if (mxConfigurationController.is())
         {
+            // Check the existence of the task pane.
+            if ( ! bEnsureTaskPaneIsVisible)
+            {
+                Reference<XConfiguration> xConfiguration (
+                    mxConfigurationController->getCurrentConfiguration());
+            if (xConfiguration.is())
+                if ( ! xConfiguration->hasResource(
+                    CreateResourceId(msTaskPaneURL, msRightPaneURL)))
+                {
+                    // Task pane does is not active.  Do not force it.
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
             // Create the resource id from URLs for the pane, the task pane
             // view, and the task panel.
             mxConfigurationController->requestResourceActivation(