CLR Extender Reference

MenuStrip Sample

This sample shows you the powerful .NET ToolStrip class in action.

It shows you:

How to create a MenuStrip and place it in your form. It does this by using the netbasecontrol as base class and setting the property cControlClass = "system.windows.forms.MenuStrip".
How to add several kinds of items to the menustrip (see the Init Event), the following items are added using CLRCreateObject: ToolStripMenuItem (for the File and Edit menu), ToolStripDropDownButton and ToolStripSplitButton.
How to handle the ItemClicked event from these items with CLRBindEvent.
Using the feature Controls In Menu which lets you add Controls like TextBoxes, CheckBoxes, ComboBox and any .NET Control to your menus.
How to play with several variants of ToolStripLayoutStyle. It does so by using the ComboBox (VFP) and setting the oMenu.LayoutStyle property.
The sample allows you reorder the items by dragging them while pressing Alt+Click.
Using ToolStripSplitButton:
And this sample only scratches the surface of the power available to you through the .NET ToolStrip class and company.