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Form..::.Menu Property

Gets or sets the MainMenu that is displayed in the form.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
<TypeConverterAttribute(GetType(ReferenceConverter))> _
Public Property Menu As MainMenu
C#
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(ReferenceConverter))]
public MainMenu Menu { get; set; }
Visual C++
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(ReferenceConverter))]
public:
property MainMenu^ Menu {
    MainMenu^ get ();
    void set (MainMenu^ value);
}
F#
[<BrowsableAttribute(false)>]
[<TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(ReferenceConverter))>]
member Menu : MainMenu with get, set

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms..::.MainMenu
A MainMenu that represents the menu to display in the form.

You can use this property to switch between complete menu sets at run time. For example, you can define one MainMenu to be displayed when your multiple-document interface (MDI) form has no active MDI child forms and another MainMenu to display when a child window is displayed. You can also use a different MainMenu when specific conditions exist in your application that require displaying a different menu set.

The following code example creates a MainMenu, assigns two MenuItem objects to the MainMenu and binds it to a form. This example requires that you have a Form created that is named Form1.

Visual Basic
 Public Sub CreateMyMainMenu()
     ' Create an empty MainMenu.
     Dim mainMenu1 As New MainMenu()

     Dim menuItem1 As New MenuItem()
     Dim menuItem2 As New MenuItem()

     menuItem1.Text = "File"
     menuItem2.Text = "Edit"
     ' Add two MenuItem objects to the MainMenu.
     mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem1)
     mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem2)

     ' Bind the MainMenu to Form1.
     Menu = mainMenu1
 End Sub

C#
public void CreateMyMainMenu()
{
   // Create an empty MainMenu.
   MainMenu mainMenu1 = new MainMenu();

   MenuItem menuItem1 = new MenuItem();
   MenuItem menuItem2 = new MenuItem();

   menuItem1.Text = "File";
   menuItem2.Text = "Edit";
   // Add two MenuItem objects to the MainMenu.
   mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem1);
   mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(menuItem2);

   // Bind the MainMenu to Form1.
   Menu = mainMenu1;   
}

Visual C++
void CreateMyMainMenu()
{
   // Create an empty MainMenu.
   MainMenu^ mainMenu1 = gcnew MainMenu;
   MenuItem^ menuItem1 = gcnew MenuItem;
   MenuItem^ menuItem2 = gcnew MenuItem;
   menuItem1->Text = "File";
   menuItem2->Text = "Edit";

   // Add two MenuItem objects to the MainMenu.
   mainMenu1->MenuItems->Add( menuItem1 );
   mainMenu1->MenuItems->Add( menuItem2 );

   // Bind the MainMenu to Form1.
   Menu = mainMenu1;
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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