pictures next to menu items???

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2 total messages Started by Brigitte Spatz Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:11

#229

Author: Brigitte Spatz
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:11

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Virtually all applications I have installed on my computer have icons next  
to menu items (e.g. the folder image in File->Open) but I can't find a way  
to do that with a  
System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu/System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem. Surely it's  
got to be doable??? If not, what component do I have to use instead?

TIA.

Brigitte

Re: pictures next to menu items???

#232

Author: Wayne Niddery [TeamB]
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:32

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Brigitte Spatz wrote:
> Virtually all applications I have installed on my computer have icons
> next to menu items (e.g. the folder image in File->Open) but I can't
> find a way to do that with a
> System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu/System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem. Surely
> it's got to be doable??? If not, what component do I have to use
> instead?

Use OwnerDraw.

Entering .Net mainmenu ownerdraw in google gets a wealth of hits, here's one 
from msdn:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.menuitem.ownerdraw.aspx

The Graphics property also has methods for drawing images.

-- 
Wayne Niddery - Winwright, Inc (www.winwright.ca)
"Bandwagons are like streetcars, there'll be another along in a few
minutes."

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