Custom VisualStudio2008 style MenuStrip and ToolStrip Renderer

[NickThissen]

Step 5
Put the following code in your Form_Load event. It sets the MenuStrip and ToolStrip renderer to the custom renderer:

        MenuStrip1.Renderer = New clsMenuRenderer
        ToolStrip1.Renderer = New clsToolstriprenderer

If you added these controls in a ToolStripContainer, use the following code to make the background of the ToolStripContainer the same as the MenuStrip background:

    Private Sub ToolStripContainer1_TopToolStripPanel_Paint(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Paint
        Dim g As Graphics = e.Graphics
        Dim rect As New Rectangle(0, 0, ToolStripContainer1.Width, Me.Height)
        Dim b As New Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(rect, clrHorBG_GrayBlue, clrHorBG_White, Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Horizontal)
        g.FillRectangle(b, rect)
    End Sub

    Private Sub ToolStripContainer1_TopToolStripPanel_SizeChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.SizeChanged
        ToolStripContainer1.Invalidate()
    End Sub

That's it!

If you have any questions / suggestions, feel free to let me know!