.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell

Name

MainMenu

Synopsis

A MainMenu is the Menu strip across the top of a Form. You can bind it to a particular form by using the Form.Menu property.

There is an additional typed CloneMenu() method, which allows you to copy the menu structure for reuse elsewhere.

See Menu for more information on menu functionality.

public class MainMenu : Menu {

// Public Constructors

   public MainMenu();

   public MainMenu(MenuItem[ ] items);

// Public Instance Properties

   public virtual RightToLeft RightToLeft{set; get; }

// Public Instance Methods

   public virtual MainMenu CloneMenu();

   public Form GetForm();

   public override string ToString();  // overrides Menu

                  // Protected Instance Methods

   protected override IntPtr CreateMenuHandle();  // overrides Menu

   protected override void Dispose(bool disposing);  // overrides Menu

}

Hierarchy

System.Object → System.MarshalByRefObject → System.ComponentModel.Component(System.ComponentModel.IComponen, System.IDisposable) → Menu → MainMenu

Returned By

Form.{Menu, MergedMenu}, Menu.GetMainMenu(), PrintPreviewDialog.Menu

Passed To

Form.Menu, PrintPreviewDialog.Menu