Microsoft® Visual C#® 2005 Step by Step

Chapter 21. Working with Menus and Dialog Boxes

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Create and edit menus for Windows Forms applications.

• Use the MenuStrip and ContextMenuStrip controls.

• Respond to menu events for performing processing when a user clicks a menu command.

• Manipulate menus programmatically and create dynamic menus.

• Create context-sensitive pop-up menus.

• Use common dialog boxes in your applications to prompt the user for the names of files and printers.

• Send documents to a printer.

In Chapter 20, you saw how to create a simple Windows Forms application that used a selection of controls and events. Many professional Microsoft Windows applications also provide menus containing commands and options, giving the user the ability ...