Merging toolbars

[Steve Barnett]

I developed an app using VC# Express Beta that included an mdi parent and an
mdi child form. Both forms contain a ToolStrip and, while using the Beta,
these ToolStrips merged together as I expected them to.

Now, I've updated to the final release of VC# Express and my ToolStrips no
longer merge. What happens now is that the ToolStrip on the mdiparent
displays and the ToolStrip from the mdichild never gets displayed at all.
Does anyone know why this might be?

The MDI parent form ToolStrip is called "toolEdit" and has allowmerge set to
true. It contains four items with their MergeAction/Merge Index set to
Append/1
Append/2
Append/98
Append/99.

The child ToolStriup is also called toolEdit and has 6 items defined as:
Insert/2
Insert/3
Insert/4
Insert/5
Insert/6
Insert/7

As I say, in the Beta version, the child ToolStrip appeared on the MDI
parent ToolStrip after the second item.

 

[Steve Barnett]

Is no one else using ToolStrips or does no one else have the problem? If
you've used toolstrips and have merged them successfully, can you let me
know how you set-up the merge actions for a couple of items that merged
properly please.

Thanks
Steve

 

[Steve Barnett]

Ok, found a very useful post at:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=50009&SiteID=1

which covers using the ToolStripManager to merge tool strips and menu
strips. It seems I wasn't the only person in the universe to have this
problem.

Steve

 

[Guest]

Dear Steve,

I have experienced a similar problem but using Visual Basic. In the Beta 2
environment the Toolstrip of the child Form does merge with that of the
MDIParent form, however in the release Visual Studio 2005 Professional
edition, The child Toolstrip does not merge with the MDIParent strip.

Please be kind enough to let me know when you come across a solution.

Regards

Nassim