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Menu.MenuItemCollection.Add Method (MenuItem)

.NET Framework 1.1

Adds a previously created MenuItem to the end of the current menu.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Overridable Function Add( _
   ByVal item As MenuItem _
) As Integer
[C#]
public virtual int Add(
 MenuItem item
);
[C++]
public: virtual int Add(
 MenuItem* item
);
[JScript]
public function Add(
   item : MenuItem
) : int;

Parameters

item: The MenuItem to add.

Return Value

The zero-based index where the item is stored in the collection.

Remarks

A MenuItem can only be contained in one menu at a time, and cannot be added more than once to the same menu. To reuse a MenuItem in more than one menu, use the CloneMenu method of the MenuItem class. To remove a MenuItem that you have previously added, use the Remove method.

This version of the Add method allows you to add previously created MenuItem objects to the end of the menu item collection.

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example creates an instance of the derived class, MainMenu, and adds a MenuItem to its collection of MenuItem objects. This example assumes that the method defined in this example is located within the class for a form and called by a method in that form class.

[Visual Basic] 
Private Sub InitializeMyMainMenu()
    ' Create the MainMenu and the MenuItem to add.
    Dim mainMenu1 As New MainMenu()
    Dim menuItem1 As New MenuItem("&File")
       
    ' Use the MenuItems property to call the Add method
    ' to add the MenuItem to the MainMenu menu item collection. 
    mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem1)
       
    ' Assign mainMenu1 to the form.
    Me.Menu = mainMenu1
End Sub


[C#] 
private void InitializeMyMainMenu()
{
   // Create the MainMenu and the MenuItem to add.
   MainMenu mainMenu1 = new MainMenu();
   MenuItem menuItem1 = new MenuItem("&File");
   
   /* Use the MenuItems property to call the Add method
      to add the MenuItem to the MainMenu menu item collection. */
   mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add (menuItem1);

   // Assign mainMenu1 to the form.
   this.Menu = mainMenu1;
}


[C++] 
private:
 void InitializeMyMainMenu()
 {
    // Create the MainMenu and the MenuItem to add.
    MainMenu* mainMenu1 = new MainMenu();
    MenuItem* menuItem1 = new MenuItem(S"&File");
    
    /* Use the MenuItems property to call the Add method
       to add the MenuItem to the MainMenu menu item collection. */
    mainMenu1->MenuItems->Add (menuItem1);
 
    // Assign mainMenu1 to the form.
    this->Menu = mainMenu1;
 }

[JScript] No example is available for JScript. To view a Visual Basic, C#, or C++ example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

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