{"id":465,"date":"2010-12-21T21:19:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T21:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/visualcpp\/?p=465"},"modified":"2022-02-17T06:24:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T06:24:04","slug":"menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/visualcpp\/menu\/menu","title":{"rendered":"Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The main Menu is called the MenuStrip
\nMenu’s that pop up within the context of some control, for instance when you right click, use the ContextMenuStrip.<\/p>\n

Creating a MenuStrip<\/h4>\n

Drag the menu tool onto the top of the form<\/p>\n

You can edit the menu contents using the properties > collections (recomended for complex menu’s), or just by clicking on the bar and adding entries, then double clicking them to edit their action code<\/p>\n

Adding And Removing MenuStrip Items<\/h4>\n
\r\n\t\/\/REMOVE ANY EXISTING MENU ITEMS\r\n\tToolStripItem ^ExistingMenuItem;\r\n\twhile (recentFilesToolStripMenuItem->DropDownItems->Count)\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tExistingMenuItem = recentFilesToolStripMenuItem->DropDownItems[0];\r\n\t\trecentFilesToolStripMenuItem->DropDownItems->Remove(ExistingMenuItem);\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n\t\/\/ADD NEW MENU ITEMS\r\n\tToolStripMenuItem ^NewMnuItem;\r\n\tfor (Count = 0; Count < RecentFilenamesCount; Count++)\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tNewMnuItem = gcnew ToolStripMenuItem();\t\t\/\/(Need to create new each time)\r\n\r\n\t\tTempString = RecentFilenames[Count];\r\n\t\tNewMnuItem->Text = TempString;\r\n\t\tNewMnuItem->Size = System::Drawing::Size(160, 22);\r\n\t\tNewMnuItem->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &frmMain::someToolStripFileMenuRecentFile_Click);\r\n\r\n\t\trecentFilesToolStripMenuItem->DropDownItems->Add(NewMnuItem);\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n\/\/OR USE THIS FOR SINGLE ADDITION\r\n\tlaunchCCAsAdminToolStripMenuItem = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::ToolStripMenuItem();\r\n\tlaunchCCAsAdminToolStripMenuItem->Name = L\"launchCCAsAdminToolStripMenuItem\";\r\n\tlaunchCCAsAdminToolStripMenuItem->Size = System::Drawing::Size(200, 22);\r\n\tlaunchCCAsAdminToolStripMenuItem->Text = L\"Some Text\";\r\n\tlaunchCCAsAdminToolStripMenuItem->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &frmMain::launchCCAsAdminToolStripMenuItem_Click);\r\n\ttoolsToolStripMenuItem->DropDownItems->Add(someToolStripMenuItem);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Removing an individual item<\/h4>\n
\r\n\ttoolsToolStripMenuItem->DropDownItems->Remove(someToolStripMenuItem);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Adding An Array Of MenuStrip Items<\/h4>\n
Define global array<\/h5>\n
\r\nprivate: array<System::Windows::Forms::ToolStripMenuItem^> ^graphicStatusFormToolStripMenuItem;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
In Form Load<\/h5>\n
\r\n\t\/\/CREATE THE ARRAY\r\n\tgraphicStatusFormToolStripMenuItem = gcnew array<System::Windows::Forms::ToolStripMenuItem^>(NUMBER_OF_GRAPHIC_STATUS_FORMS);\r\n\r\n\t\/\/CREATE EACH MENU ITEM\r\n\tToolStripMenuItem ^NewMnuItem;\r\n\tfor (Count = 0; Count < NUMBER_OF_GRAPHIC_STATUS_FORMS; Count++)\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tNewMnuItem = gcnew ToolStripMenuItem();\t\t\/\/(Need to create new each time)\r\n\r\n\t\tNewMnuItem->Text = L\"Graphic Status \" + Convert::ToString(Count + 1);\r\n\t\tNewMnuItem->Size = System::Drawing::Size(165, 22);\r\n\t\tNewMnuItem->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &frmMain::graphicStatusToolStripMenuItem_Click);\r\n\r\n\t\t\/\/Add the item to the menu\r\n\t\tthis->graphicStatusToolStripMenuItem->DropDownItems->Add(NewMnuItem);\r\n\t}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
In the event handler<\/h5>\n
\r\n\tint Count;\r\n\tint FormId = 0xff;\r\n\r\n\tToolStripMenuItem ^ClickedItem = dynamic_cast<ToolStripMenuItem^>(sender);\r\n\tif (ClickedItem != nullptr)\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tfor (Count = 0; Count < NUMBER_OF_GRAPHIC_STATUS_FORMS; Count++)\r\n\t\t{\r\n\t\t\tif (ClickedItem->Text == L\"Graphic Status \" + Convert::ToString(Count + 1))\r\n\t\t\t{\r\n\t\t\t\tFormId = Count;\r\n\t\t\t\tbreak;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t}\r\n\t\/\/EXIT IF NOT VALID\r\n\tif (FormId >= NUMBER_OF_GRAPHIC_STATUS_FORMS)\r\n\t\treturn;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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