Unfortunatly it looks like menuItem objects do not have a "Name" property, so
I cannot help you with that.
With reflection you may be able to get this working, but I do not know
enough about it to be able to help you with that.
Joris
"raj_genius" wrote:
> well..thanx 14 ur reply..actually i am not using login form from the
> menu...the login form is a separate standalone form and when it is
> opened..no other forsm is active...i just mentioned it as an
> example.see..my problem is I HAVE TO ACCESS THE PARENT'S MENU ITEMS BY
> NAME..so..it wud be great if some1 can tell me how to do that
> Joris Zwaenepoel wrote:
> > Raj,
> >
> > About your first question.
> >
> > I don't think what you suggest is a good idea. Accessing these menu item by
> > name would be late bound, so that typing mistakes for example would only be
> > detected at runtime and not at compile time. Also, your login screen would
> > not be usable without your main screen, for exmpla if you want to reuse it in
> > your next project.
> >
> > I would suggest two possible solutions:
> > - show your login dialog as a modal dialog (frmLogin.ShowDialog). This
> > prevents accessing all other forms and their controls while your login form
> > is visible.
> > -or disable your menu item in its own click-event-handler, and then handle
> > the closed event of your login-form in your main-form. Something like this
> > (typed in the editor, so there could be some typing errors):
> >
> > Private Sub mnuLogin_Click(...)
> > dim f as new frmLogin
> > f.Owner = Me
> > f.Show
> > mnuLogin.Enabled = False
> > AddHandler f.Closed, AddressOf LoginFormClosed
> > End Sub
> >
> > Private Sub LoginFormClosed(sender as object, e as eventargs)
> > RemoveHandler directcast(sender, form).Closed, AddressOf LoginFormClosed
> > mnuLogin.Enabled = True
> > End Sub
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Joris
> > "raj_genius" wrote:
> >
> > > I hav two queries, whc are as follows:
> > > FIRSTLY:
> > > is it possible to access the controls(by name) of a parent form(MDI)
> > > from its child forms??if yes then how??plzz provide a coded example in
> > > VB if possible..
> > >
> > > for example..i hav a menu in the parent form named "Administrator" whic
> > > has an item "mnuLogIn"..now when i click on login..another child form
> > > named "frmLogIn" is displayed..what i want to happen is this:
> > > when login form(frmLogIn) is opened, the corresponding menu option in
> > > the parent form (i.e menu option "mnuLogIn") should get disabled..and
> > > when i close the "frmLogIn" child form..the menu item "mnuLogIn" in the
> > > parent form should again be enabled.
> > >
> > > so..what shud i write in the child form's(frmLogIn's) "closed" event
> > > and "load" event..so tht it enables and disbles the corresponding menu
> > > item(mnuLogIn) in the parent form's menu on these two events
> > > respectively??
> > >
> > > I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS USING THE INDEX OF THE PARENT MENU
> > > ITEM(i.e. by using Me.ParentForm.Menu.MenuItems(0).Enabled = False
> > > ...etc..)..but i want a way in whc i can access those menu items by
> > > name..for example if the parent form's menu item's name is "mnuLogIn" ,
> > > then i want to access it by the same name in the child form so that i
> > > can chage the properties of the item in the parent form.is it
> > > possible??if yes..i want the coded solution..if not,then why??
> > >
> > >
> > > SECONDLY:
> > > i hav an xml file whc has some database connectivity parameters, how
> > > can i access them in a VB windows form??i mean how can i access data in
> > > xml files in windows application?
> > > suppose i hav the <connection string> , <database name> etc..as xml
> > > values in an xml file..and i want tht evrytime i create a
> > > connection/make a transaction, my applications reads these connection
> > > parameters from this xml file instead of i specifying that in code and
> > > establishes the connection/executes the query...can any1 show in VB
> > > code how to do that??can any1 suggest a better way to store this
> > > information in any other file other than XML..say in a text file..and
> > > then the application can access and read necessary data by searching
> > > for it in the file?
> > >
> > > i hope some1 will take his time, interest and effort to answer my
> > > queries..whc might be very easy for many..thanx
> > > Raj
> > >
> > >
>
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