Context Menu

[Tomson]

Hey all,
Can anyone tell me how to retrieve the index of the selected context menu item once it is chosen? Note I have multiple items in the context menu. If so, would you be so kind as to tell me how?

As always, thanks for your help.
Tomson

[nemaroller]

Granting that all your menuitems are handled with one sub (which would be wise)....using addHandlers in your Form_Load or menu creation...

AddHandler MyMenuItem.Click, AddressOf MenuClick

You then code a function below that all clicks on the menu are directed to:

Protected Sub MenuClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Select Case CType(sender, MenuItem).Text
 
 Case "Copy"
    'do something or call some function
    
 
 Case "Paste"
   'do something else or call some other function
 
End Select
End Sub

[RichardAtherton]

another way of doing it and it only is worth while if you have the same context menu to appear on many in different screens, is to add the context menu

Type in the menu options.

Then double click the menu item and write the code you want to execute against that item.

From then on it is cut and paste the same code into every screen.



Not elegant, not great, but it works, if you need an example post again and I will supply.

Richard

[Tomson]

Both worked good. Now I have an additional question. How can I make the context menu act like a regular windows menu. That is when the item in the context menu is highlighted, I can fire an event to creat another context menu based on what has been highlighted? I am presuming this is possible.

Thanks again for all your help.

Tomson

[RichardAtherton]

why not have sub menu items so that when you click a context menu item, it simply reveals a set of sub menu options. Always remember that menu items can be built dynamically or in your program as well as through the designer.

Can't thinkl of a way of having 2 different context menus on the same form, but without knowing what you want to do, hard to advise further.

Actualy think about you are only allowed one main menu, so why should it be different for context menus.

[Tomson]

I don't see that context menus allows for submenu items. If it does could you direct me to how to do this?

Thanks for your help.
Tomson

[RichardAtherton]

at the bottom of your form there is a context menu control, click on it and context menu appears in the top left of the screen.

Click on the option, exposes a sub menu item, click on that and type in the menu option name

Double click that and enter your code

[Tomson]

I am trying to progrmatically add subitems to a context menu. I don't fully understand how the contextmenuMenuItems.AddRange() actually works. What I need is the Menu to display Jack and the subitem to be Rabbit. The second item needs to be Santa and its subitem to be Claus.
I have to do this in code and not on the contextmenu itself. The reason, I am hitting a database and populating the menu with items in it. Then based upon what is populated and chosen in the menu it will then have to populate the subitems from another table. It is ever changing. Names can be added and taken away at any given time.

If this can be done, I would appreciate you showing/directing me how.

Thanks for your help
Tomson.

[nemaroller]

What you are asking is possible and actually easy. I was able to populate a menu with its submenu's using the code below.

Instead of tring to figure out the code though, you should read up on MSDN and here's an article to help you:

http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/WinForms/FAQ_c49c.asp

Private Sub ContactFormMainInfo_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 
 
        Me.btn_AddContactType.ContextMenu = New ContextMenu
  'add the menuitems
        For i As Integer = 0 To Me._formDictionaryDataSet.Tables(2).Rows.Count - 1
            Me.btn_AddContactType.ContextMenu.MenuItems.Add _ (New MenuItem(CType(_formDictionaryDataSet.Tables(2).Rows(i).Item(1), String), New System.EventHandler(AddressOf addContactTypeHandler)))
        Next
 
   End Sub
Private Sub btn_AddContactType_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _  Handles btn_AddContactType.Click
 
  'show the menu
        Me.btn_AddContactType.ContextMenu.Show(btn_AddContactType, New Point(0, btn_AddContactType.Height))
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub addContactTypeHandler(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        'change form in panel based on form selected in menu
 
        Me.Panel1.Controls.Clear()
 
        Dim s As String = sender.text
 
        Select Case s
            Case "Add Person"
 
                _PanelForm = New PersonInfoForm
 
            Case "Add Business"
                _PanelForm = New BusinessInfoForm
           
        End Select
        
    End Sub

[RichardAtherton]

Nemaroller gave you the perfect answer, except here is a tip, create a new project just to experiment with context menus and adding sub menu items, that way you can learn the technique and then apply it to your application.

You know also explore the Treeview control, it might also suit you needs

Just a thought