"ctk_at" <ct***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I placed a menustrip on a form; is there any way to read the individual
> menustripitems from the form?
> I usually would have done this by using the forms controlcollection. There
> I
> can find the menustrip control, but I would have expected to find the
> menustripitems as children from the menustrip. However my
> menustrip.controls.count = 0, although when running the form the menu work
> properly.
> Also trying to add the menu to a panel and the panel to the form does not
> change the behaviour;
> What´s wrong with that approach??
>
> (Have read a number of articles of a recursive routine to run through the
> containers of the form, but the actual problem is that my menustrip items
> are
> not in the menustrip nor is the menustrip considered as a container which
> could contain menustripitems)
>
> Any comments are welcome.
>
> Thanks.

"Martin" wrote:

> Yes there is. I'll just copy the code I use to change the text of every menu
> item in my app. This will give you enough of an idea of how to do your
> thing.
>
> Looping through all controls:
> ----------------------------
>
> Private Sub LoopThroughControls(ByVal xControl As Control)
>     Dim FormControls As Integer
>     Dim Cntr As Integer = 0
>     Dim FormName As String = ""
>     FormName = Me.Name
>     If xControl.Controls.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
>     FormControls = xControl.Controls.Count
>     For Cntr = 0 To FormControls - 1
>         If TypeOf xControl.Controls.Item(Cntr) Is
> System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip Then
>             GetMenuTexts(xControl.Controls.Item(Cntr))
>         ElseIf TypeOf xControl.Controls.Item(Cntr) Is
> System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip Then
>             GetToolbarTexts(xControl.Controls.Item(Cntr))
>         Else
>             GetLabelForControlText(FormName, xControl.Controls.Item(Cntr))
>             LoopThroughControls(xControl.Controls.Item(Cntr))
>         End If
>     Next
> End Sub
>
> Looping through all menus:
> ---------------------------
>
> Friend Sub GetMenuTexts(ByVal MyMenu As System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip)
>     Dim Cntr, MenuCount As Integer
>     Dim LabelText As String
>     MenuCount = MyMenu.Items.Count
>     For Cntr = 0 To MenuCount - 1
>         LabelText = TextHandler.GetText(MyMenu.Name,
> MyMenu.Items(Cntr).Name)
>         If LabelText <> "" Then
>             MyMenu.Items(Cntr).Text = LabelText
>             GetMenuItemTexts(MyMenu.Name, MyMenu.Items(Cntr))
>         End If
>     Next
> End Sub
>
> Looping through every item of a menu:
> --------------------------------------
>
> Friend Sub GetMenuItemTexts(ByVal MenuName As String, ByVal MyItem As
> System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem)
>     Dim Cntr, ItemCount As Integer
>     Dim LabelText As String
>     ItemCount = MyItem.DropDownItems.Count
>     For Cntr = 0 To ItemCount - 1
>         LabelText = TextHandler.GetText(MenuName,
> MyItem.DropDownItems(Cntr).Name)
>         If LabelText <> "" Then
>             MyItem.DropDownItems(Cntr).Text = LabelText
>             GetMenuItemTexts(MenuName, MyItem.DropDownItems(Cntr))
>         End If
>     Next
> End Sub
>
>
>
>
> "ctk_at" <ct***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:808EFB90-6758-438C-A07A-09359422CA5A@microsoft.com...
> >I placed a menustrip on a form; is there any way to read the individual
> > menustripitems from the form?
> > I usually would have done this by using the forms controlcollection. There
> > I
> > can find the menustrip control, but I would have expected to find the
> > menustripitems as children from the menustrip. However my
> > menustrip.controls.count = 0, although when running the form the menu work
> > properly.
> > Also trying to add the menu to a panel and the panel to the form does not
> > change the behaviour;
> > What´s wrong with that approach??
> >
> > (Have read a number of articles of a recursive routine to run through the
> > containers of the form, but the actual problem is that my menustrip items
> > are
> > not in the menustrip nor is the menustrip considered as a container which
> > could contain menustripitems)
> >
> > Any comments are welcome.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>