Icons in Application Menus

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Hi,
I have just searched MSDN and Google and can't find a tutorial about how to
add icons to menus in a VB.NET or C#.NET Windows Forms application.
Does anyone know how it's done or can point me at a tutorial that is easy to
follow.

In anticipation, thanks.

Graham Sivill
Martley, Near Worcetser UK.
 
Siv said:
Hi,
I have just searched MSDN and Google and can't find a tutorial about how
to add icons to menus in a VB.NET or C#.NET Windows Forms application.
Does anyone know how it's done or can point me at a tutorial that is easy
to follow.

In anticipation, thanks.

Graham Sivill
Martley, Near Worcetser UK.
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You have to set the OwnerDraw property on the menu item. Then override the
onPaint method I believe. here is a link that shows an example of this.
Their menus are not that pretty but it should give you an idea of how to do
this. The sample is in C#, Sorry that is the first I found. Should be an
easy conversion though.
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/2002/April/OwnerDrawMenusSK.asp
 
James,
Thanks, all I could find was an old VB6 example that looked a bit Windows
API for me!

Graham Sivill
Martley, Near Worcester, UK
 
Siv said:
I have just searched MSDN and Google and can't find a tutorial about how
to add icons to menus in a VB.NET or C#.NET Windows Forms application.
Does anyone know how it's done or can point me at a tutorial that is easy
to follow.
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Which version of the .NET Framework are you using? If you are using .NET
Framework 2.0 (VS 2005), simply use the built-in MenuStrip control.
 
Herfried,
I am using VB.NET 2005 with the 2.0 Framework, could you explain how the
menustrip works, I thought they were for creating pop-up menus?
Siv
 
Siv said:
I am using VB.NET 2005 with the 2.0 Framework, could you explain how the
menustrip works, I thought they were for creating pop-up menus?
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Simply place a menustrip control on the form :-). You can use the new menu
control for popup menus too.
 
Herfried,

Once I figured out how to get it to dock to the top of the form I got it
working. I tried using some of the bitmaps from the "Command" section of
the VS2005 Image Library. At the moment they appear in the menu with a
magenta background, I haven't run the app yet as I have some code that needs
tidying up before running. I assume the magenta bit will appear
transparent? If not how do I get the icons to appear as normal?

As always, thanks for your help!

Siv
 
Siv said:
I tried using some of the bitmaps from the "Command" section of the
VS2005 Image Library. At the moment they appear in the menu with a magenta
background, I haven't run the app yet as I have some code that needs
tidying up before running. I assume the magenta bit will appear
transparent? If not how do I get the icons to appear as normal?
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Set the menu items' 'ImageTransparentColor' property to magenta.
 
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