Form::Menu Property
.NET Framework (current version)
Gets or sets the MainMenu that is displayed in the form.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
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.
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
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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