Contect Menu Strip 1

[ChewDoggie]

Hello,

I have a context menu strip and the menu has "Items" in it, but it also has, what I call, "Sub Items". The "Items" are

"New ..." (ItemIndex 0)
Line Separator (ItemIndex 1)
"Edit >" (ItemIndex 2)

Beneath "Edit" there a another list of "Sub Items":
"Personal Info ..."
"Contact Info ..."
"Department ..."
"Status ..."

I can access the first layer of Items ("New" and "Edit") with:

cmsAssociates.Items[ItemIndex].Enabled = true;

I cannot, for the sake of me, figure out how to programmatically access the second layer of Items ("Personal", "Contact", etc).

Any help would be appreciated.

Chew


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[Foada]

Have you tried something like this

	foreach(MenuItem mi in contextMenu1.MenuItems)
	{
		Console.WriteLine(mi.Text);
		foreach(MenuItem si in mi.MenuItems)
		{
			Console.WriteLine(si.Text);
		}
	}

If you choose to battle wits with the witless be prepared to lose.

 

[ChewDoggie]

You got me started. I've modified your code slightly to look like this:

            foreach (ToolStripMenuItem mi in cmsAssociates.Items)
                {
                MessageBox.Show("Menu Item: " + mi.Name);
                foreach (ToolStripMenuItem si in mi.DropDownItems)
                    {
                    MessageBox.Show("Sub Menu: " + si.Name);
                    }
                }

but it blew up when it encountered a ToolStripSeparator, which I'll handle myself.

Thanks for the good pointer as to where to begin ! I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without it !

Chew




10% of your life is what happens to you. 90% of your life is how you deal with it.

 

[Foada]

Glad to help.

If you choose to battle wits with the witless be prepared to lose.