How can I get MainMenu to appear in my Toolbox

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Academia - 01 Oct 2007 15:16 GMT

In an old project I still use MainMenu and ContexMenu.

How can I get them to appear in my Toolbox?

Thanks

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 01 Oct 2007 21:39 GMT

"Academia" <academiaNOSPAM@a-znet.com> schrieb:

> In an old project I still use MainMenu and ContexMenu.
>
> How can I get them to appear in my Toolbox?

Righ-click the toolbox and choose the appropriate item to customize it.
MainMenu and ContextMenu are part of "System.Windows.Forms.dll".

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Academia - 02 Oct 2007 14:00 GMT

Thanks that fixed it.

What I had before was the ContextMenu in the toolbox but no MainMenu. So I
added a ContextMenu and then ignoring
"Do not modify it using the code editor."

I changed ContextMenu to MainMenu and got what I wanted.

HOWEVER

This is in a UserControl and it appears that UserControl doesn't support
MainMenu because in the designer it shows the mainMenu at the bottom but
will not let me edit it.

Why do I want a MainMenu?

Because the MainMenu has a MenuClone which I use to create the ContextMenu
and to support a property the returns a clone so the form containing the
usercontrol can merge that menu with its own.

This way if I have two usercontrols, for example, on a form the form can
support all those menu items without doing anything except merging the
menus.

Any suggestions?

> "Academia" <academiaNOSPAM@a-znet.com> schrieb:
>> In an old project I still use MainMenu and ContexMenu.
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> Righ-click the toolbox and choose the appropriate item to customize it.
> MainMenu and ContextMenu are part of "System.Windows.Forms.dll".

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