runtime menu & handler

im creating a runtime menu and im trying to add a click event to them, but i need help

Code:

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Dim WithEvents mnuSubItem As Menu

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Code:

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Me.Controls.Add(myMenu)

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Code:

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Dim MainMenufile1 As ToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem
MainMenufile1.Text = "File"

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now for a sub menu that i want to click on i have

Code:

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Dim MainMenufirstsub1 As ToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem
        MainMenufirstsub1.Text = "Clear"

myMenu.Items.Add(MainMenufile1)
MainMenufile1.DropDownItems.Add(MainMenufirstsub1)

AddHandler MainMenufirstsub1.Click, AddressOf MainMenufirstsub1.Click ?

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the menu works fine but, i cant seem to get the handler to work correcty
thx

vb Code:

AddHandler MainMenufirstsub1.Click, AddressOf MainMenufirstsub1_Click
 
Private Sub MainMenufirstsub1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
     'your menu code here
End Sub

you can use the sender argument to determine which menu was clicked

im a little confused by this runtime menu
i tried what you said

Code:

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AddHandler MainMenufirstsub1.Click, AddressOf MainMenufirstsub1_Click

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and i get name MainMenufirstsub1_Click is not declared

no matter what i put for adress of its not declared

so if my mainmenufirstsub is the one i want to click then this should be right?

im lost

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Originally Posted by .paul.

vb Code:

AddHandler MainMenufirstsub1.Click, AddressOf MainMenufirstsub1_Click
 
Private Sub MainMenufirstsub1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
     'your menu code here
End Sub

you can use the sender argument to determine which menu was clicked

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you need to add the sub as shown above. you can use the same handler for more than 1 menuitem, + you use the sender argument to determine which menu was clicked

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you can use the same handler for more than 1 menuitem, + you use the sender argument to determine which menu was clicked

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could ya give me an example of how i could do that, because thats what i want to be able to do

ya i should have known about the sub. for some reason i thought i could find it in the declarations.
thx

this adds 10 menuitems + displays a msgbox when you click on them

vb Code:

for x as integer = 1 to 10
     Dim MainMenufirstsub1 As ToolStripMenuItem = New ToolStripMenuItem
     MainMenufirstsub1.Text = "Menu" & x.tostring
     MainMenufirstsub1.tag = x
     MainMenufile1.DropDownItems.Add(MainMenufirstsub1)
     AddHandler MainMenufirstsub1.Click, AddressOf MainMenufirstsub1_Click
next
 
Private Sub MainMenufirstsub1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)     
     msgbox "you clicked menu" & directcast(sender, menuitem).tag
end Sub