[RESOLVED] Probably obvious yet weird error with a ToolStripMenuItem

[.paul.]

the problem is, you're declaring ComponentItems at form level + at the time ComponentItems is initialized, those toolstripmenuitems don't exist. here's the solution:

Public Class Form1
 
    Private ComponentItems() As ToolStripMenuItem
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ComponentItems = New ToolStripMenuItem() { _
        ToolStripMenuItem3, ToolStripMenuItem4, ToolStripMenuItem5, ToolStripMenuItem6, _
        ToolStripMenuItem7, ToolStripMenuItem8, ToolStripMenuItem10, ToolStripMenuItem11, _
        ToolStripMenuItem12, ToolStripMenuItem13, ToolStripMenuItem14, ToolStripMenuItem15, _
        ToolStripMenuItem16, ToolStripMenuItem18, ToolStripMenuItem19, ToolStripMenuItem20, _
        ToolStripMenuItem21, ToolStripMenuItem23, ToolStripMenuItem24, ToolStripMenuItem26, _
        ToolStripMenuItem27, ToolStripMenuItem28, ToolStripMenuItem29, ToolStripMenuItem30, _
        ToolStripMenuItem31, ToolStripMenuItem33, ToolStripMenuItem34, ToolStripMenuItem36, _
        ToolStripMenuItem37, ToolStripMenuItem38, ToolStripMenuItem40, ToolStripMenuItem41, _
        ToolStripMenuItem43, ToolStripMenuItem44, ToolStripMenuItem46, ToolStripMenuItem47, _
        ToolStripMenuItem48, ToolStripMenuItem49, ToolStripMenuItem50, ToolStripMenuItem52, _
        ToolStripMenuItem53, ToolStripMenuItem55, ToolStripMenuItem56, ToolStripMenuItem57, _
        ToolStripMenuItem58, ToolStripMenuItem59}
    End Sub
 
End Class