Icons in Application Menus

[Siv]

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.

 

[James Jardine]

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.

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

 

[Siv]

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

 

[James Jardine]

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

Here is another link http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/menuimage.asp that
has better looking menus.. I hope this helps get you started. Good Luck

jjardine

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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.

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.

 

[Siv]

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

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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?

Simply place a menustrip control on the form . You can use the new menu
control for popup menus too.

 

[Siv]

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

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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?

Set the menu items' 'ImageTransparentColor' property to magenta.

 

[Siv]

Herfried,
Thanks, this fixes the problem.
Siv

Set the menu items' 'ImageTransparentColor' property to magenta.