' Declare the MainMenu control.
Friend WithEvents MainMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu

' Declare MenuItem2 as With-Events because it will be user drawn.
Friend WithEvents MenuItem2 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem


Private Sub InitializeMenu()

    ' Create MenuItem1, which will be drawn by the operating system.
    Dim MenuItem1 As New MenuItem("Regular Menu Item")

    ' Create MenuItem2.
    MenuItem2 = New MenuItem("Custom Menu Item")

    ' Set OwnerDraw property to true. This requires handling the
    ' DrawItem event for this menu item.
    MenuItem2.OwnerDraw = True

    'Add the event-handler delegate to handle the DrawItem event.
    AddHandler MenuItem2.DrawItem, New DrawItemEventHandler(AddressOf DrawCustomMenuItem)

    ' Add the items to the menu.
    MainMenu1 = New MainMenu(New MenuItem() {MenuItem1, MenuItem2})

    ' Add the menu to the form.
    Me.Menu = Me.MainMenu1
End Sub

' Draw the custom menu item.
Private Sub DrawCustomMenuItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As _
        System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs)

    ' Cast the sender to MenuItem so you can access text property.
    Dim customItem As MenuItem = CType(sender, MenuItem)

    ' Create a Brush and a Font to draw the MenuItem.
    Dim aBrush As System.Drawing.Brush = System.Drawing.Brushes.DarkMagenta
    Dim aFont As New Font("Garamond", 10, FontStyle.Italic, _
        GraphicsUnit.Point)

    ' Get the size of the text to use later to draw an ellipse
    ' around the item.
    Dim stringSize As SizeF = e.Graphics.MeasureString( _
        customItem.Text, aFont)

    ' Draw the item and then draw the ellipse.
    e.Graphics.DrawString(customItem.Text, aFont, _
        aBrush, e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y)
    e.Graphics.DrawEllipse(New Pen(System.Drawing.Color.Black, 2), _
        New Rectangle(e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y, CInt(stringSize.Width), _
        CInt(stringSize.Height)))
End Sub

    // Declare the MainMenu control.
    internal System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu MainMenu1;

    // Declare MenuItem2 as With-Events because it will be user drawn.
    internal System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem MenuItem2;


    private void InitializeMenu()
    {

        // Create MenuItem1, which will be drawn by the operating system.
        MenuItem MenuItem1 = new MenuItem("Regular Menu Item");

        // Create MenuItem2.
        MenuItem2 = new MenuItem("Custom Menu Item");

        // Set OwnerDraw property to true. This requires handling the
        // DrawItem event for this menu item.
        MenuItem2.OwnerDraw = true;

        //Add the event-handler delegate to handle the DrawItem event.
        MenuItem2.DrawItem += new DrawItemEventHandler(DrawCustomMenuItem);
        
      // Add the items to the menu.
        MainMenu1 = new MainMenu(new MenuItem[]{MenuItem1, MenuItem2});                                                                                                                      

        // Add the menu to the form.
        this.Menu = this.MainMenu1;
    }

    // Draw the custom menu item.
    private void DrawCustomMenuItem(object sender, 
        DrawItemEventArgs e)
    {

        // Cast the sender to MenuItem so you can access text property.
        MenuItem customItem = (MenuItem) sender;

        // Create a Brush and a Font to draw the MenuItem.
        System.Drawing.Brush aBrush = System.Drawing.Brushes.DarkMagenta;
        Font aFont = new Font("Garamond", 10, 
            FontStyle.Italic, GraphicsUnit.Point);

        // Get the size of the text to use later to draw an ellipse
        // around the item.
        SizeF stringSize = e.Graphics.MeasureString(
            customItem.Text, aFont);

        // Draw the item and then draw the ellipse.
        e.Graphics.DrawString(customItem.Text, aFont, 
            aBrush, e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y);
        e.Graphics.DrawEllipse(new Pen(System.Drawing.Color.Black, 2),
            new Rectangle(e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y, 
            (System.Int32)stringSize.Width,
            (System.Int32)stringSize.Height));
    }

internal:
   // Declare the MainMenu control.
   System::Windows::Forms::MainMenu^ MainMenu1;

   // Declare MenuItem2 as With-Events because it will be user drawn.
   System::Windows::Forms::MenuItem^ MenuItem2;

private:
   void InitializeMenu()
   {

      // Create MenuItem1, which will be drawn by the operating system.
      MenuItem^ MenuItem1 = gcnew MenuItem( "Regular Menu Item" );

      // Create MenuItem2.
      MenuItem2 = gcnew MenuItem( "Custom Menu Item" );

      // Set OwnerDraw property to true. This requires handling the
      // DrawItem event for this menu item.
      MenuItem2->OwnerDraw = true;

      //Add the event-handler delegate to handle the DrawItem event.
      MenuItem2->DrawItem += gcnew DrawItemEventHandler( this, &Form1::DrawCustomMenuItem );

      // Add the items to the menu.
      array<MenuItem^>^temp0 = {MenuItem1,MenuItem2};
      MainMenu1 = gcnew MainMenu( temp0 );

      // Add the menu to the form.
      this->Menu = this->MainMenu1;
   }

   // Draw the custom menu item.
   void DrawCustomMenuItem( Object^ sender, DrawItemEventArgs^ e )
   {
      // Cast the sender to MenuItem so you can access text property.
      MenuItem^ customItem = dynamic_cast<MenuItem^>(sender);

      // Create a Brush and a Font to draw the MenuItem.
      System::Drawing::Brush^ aBrush = System::Drawing::Brushes::DarkMagenta;
      System::Drawing::Font^ aFont = gcnew System::Drawing::Font( "Garamond",10,FontStyle::Italic,GraphicsUnit::Point );

      // Get the size of the text to use later to draw an ellipse
      // around the item.
      SizeF stringSize = e->Graphics->MeasureString( customItem->Text, aFont );

      // Draw the item and then draw the ellipse.
      e->Graphics->DrawString( customItem->Text, aFont, aBrush, (float)e->Bounds.X, (float)e->Bounds.Y );
      e->Graphics->DrawEllipse( gcnew Pen( System::Drawing::Color::Black,2 ), Rectangle(e->Bounds.X,e->Bounds.Y,(System::Int32)stringSize.Width,(System::Int32)stringSize.Height) );
   }

// Declare the MainMenu control.
System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu mainMenu1;

// Declare MenuItem2 as With-Events because it will be user drawn.
System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem2;

private void InitializeMenu()
{
    // Create MenuItem1, which will be drawn by the operating system.
    MenuItem menuItem1 = new MenuItem("Regular Menu Item");
    // Create MenuItem2.
    menuItem2 = new MenuItem("Custom Menu Item");
    // Set OwnerDraw property to true. This requires handling the
    // DrawItem event for this menu item.
    menuItem2.set_OwnerDraw(true);
    //Add the event-handler delegate to handle the DrawItem event.
    menuItem2.add_DrawItem(new DrawItemEventHandler(DrawCustomMenuItem));
    // Add the items to the menu.
    mainMenu1 = new MainMenu(new MenuItem[] { menuItem1, menuItem2 });
    // Add the menu to the form.
    this.set_Menu(this.mainMenu1);
} //InitializeMenu

// Draw the custom menu item.
private void DrawCustomMenuItem(Object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
{
    // Cast the sender to MenuItem so you can access text property.
    MenuItem customItem = (MenuItem)sender;
    // Create a Brush and a Font to draw the MenuItem.
    System.Drawing.Brush aBrush = System.Drawing.Brushes.get_DarkMagenta();
    Font aFont =
        new Font("Garamond", 10, FontStyle.Italic, GraphicsUnit.Point);
    // Get the size of the text to use later to draw an ellipse
    // around the item.
    SizeF stringSize =
        e.get_Graphics().MeasureString(customItem.get_Text(), aFont);
    // Draw the item and then draw the ellipse.
    e.get_Graphics().
        DrawString(customItem.get_Text(), aFont, aBrush,
        e.get_Bounds().get_X(), e.get_Bounds().get_Y());
    e.get_Graphics().
        DrawEllipse(new Pen(System.Drawing.Color.get_Black(), 2),
        new Rectangle(e.get_Bounds().get_X(), e.get_Bounds().get_Y(),
        System.Convert.ToInt32((System.Int32)stringSize.get_Width()),
        System.Convert.ToInt32((System.Int32)stringSize.get_Height())));
} //DrawCustomMenuItem