Removing Context Menu Items

[WhiteWizard]

I have an Windows app that allows users to save "bookmarks" , on pages they
have been to, and then navigate back to them. That all works. In addition, we
have restricted them to 15 bookmarks, and if they select a 16th, the first
one in is popped out. I am attaching a Context Menu to a button on the
toolbar.

Now they would like to be able to delete an individual bookmark. I have the
code working to dynamically add the bookmarked pages, to a sub-menu item for
deletes. I even have the code working to delete the item from that MeunItems
collection. When I check the count of that collection, it is correct, and
when I click my code to add another bookmark, the old ones appear, and the
one I deleted is gone. HOWEVER, when I go through the delete code, and then
click on the button, none of the entries appear. The sub-menu for the deletes
is blank. Here's the code:

Load the Menu Items, both in the Main menu and the Delete Bookmarks

private void button1_Click(o bject sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
MenuItem myMenuItem =
mainToolBar.But tons[0].DropDownMenu.M enuItems.Add("A dded Item " + i);
this.mainToolBa r.Buttons[0].DropDownMenu.M enuItems[myMenuItem.Inde x].Click
+= new System.EventHan dler(AnotherMen uTestMethod);
deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms.Add(myMenuIt em.CloneMenu()) ;

deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms[deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms.Count
-1].Click -= new System.EventHan dler(AnotherMen uTestMethod);
deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms[deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms.Count
-1].Click += new System.EventHan dler(DeleteMenu TestMethod);
}
}

Here I'm trying to delete a specific one (just to see how to do it)

public void DeleteMenuTestM ethod(object sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
MenuItem myMenuItem = (MenuItem)sende r;
deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms.RemoveAt(3);

MessageBox.Show (deleteBookmark MenuItem.MenuIt ems.Count.ToStr ing());
}

As I mentioned the count is right, but when I click on the button, NOTHING
appears in the Delete Items.

By the way the 'deleteBookMark MenuItem' variable is a global one for the
form.

I'm obviously missing something, anyone spot it?

THANKS!

WhiteWizard (aka Gandalf)

[WhiteWizard]

As it turns out, it appears this is a "bug" in .NET 2003, and has been fixed
in 2005. I took the code as is into VS 2005 and it works fine. As we are
moving there in the next month or so, I guess I'll just wait to finish this
then.

WhiteWizard (aka Gandalf)
MCSD.NET, MCAD, MCT
"WhiteWizar d" wrote:

I have an Windows app that allows users to save "bookmarks" , on pages they
have been to, and then navigate back to them. That all works. In addition, we
have restricted them to 15 bookmarks, and if they select a 16th, the first
one in is popped out. I am attaching a Context Menu to a button on the
toolbar.

Now they would like to be able to delete an individual bookmark. I have the
code working to dynamically add the bookmarked pages, to a sub-menu item for
deletes. I even have the code working to delete the item from that MeunItems
collection. When I check the count of that collection, it is correct, and
when I click my code to add another bookmark, the old ones appear, and the
one I deleted is gone. HOWEVER, when I go through the delete code, and then
click on the button, none of the entries appear. The sub-menu for the deletes
is blank. Here's the code:

Load the Menu Items, both in the Main menu and the Delete Bookmarks

private void button1_Click(o bject sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
MenuItem myMenuItem =
mainToolBar.But tons[0].DropDownMenu.M enuItems.Add("A dded Item " + i);
this.mainToolBa r.Buttons[0].DropDownMenu.M enuItems[myMenuItem.Inde x].Click
+= new System.EventHan dler(AnotherMen uTestMethod);
deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms.Add(myMenuIt em.CloneMenu()) ;

deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms[deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms.Count
-1].Click -= new System.EventHan dler(AnotherMen uTestMethod);
deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms[deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms.Count
-1].Click += new System.EventHan dler(DeleteMenu TestMethod);
}
}

Here I'm trying to delete a specific one (just to see how to do it)

public void DeleteMenuTestM ethod(object sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
MenuItem myMenuItem = (MenuItem)sende r;
deleteBookmarkM enuItem.MenuIte ms.RemoveAt(3);

MessageBox.Show (deleteBookmark MenuItem.MenuIt ems.Count.ToStr ing());
}

As I mentioned the count is right, but when I click on the button, NOTHING
appears in the Delete Items.

By the way the 'deleteBookMark MenuItem' variable is a global one for the
form.

I'm obviously missing something, anyone spot it?

THANKS!

WhiteWizard (aka Gandalf)

[Larry Lard]

WhiteWizard wrote:

As it turns out, it appears this is a "bug" in .NET 2003, and has been fixed
in 2005. I took the code as is into VS 2005 and it works fine. As we are
moving there in the next month or so, I guess I'll just wait to finish this
then.

I thought it might be that. My investigation had got as far as noticing
that deleteBookmarkM enuItem's .Handle was changing, suggesting the
win32 menu was being recreated on a whim, but I couldn't pin it down
any further.

Is there an online reference to this bug?

--
Larry Lard
Replies to group please

[WhiteWizard]

I did not find an online reference to the bug. I had just decided to see if
I got the same reaction in 2005, and turns out it runs fine there.

Thanks for trying.

WhiteWizard (aka Gandalf)
MCSD.NET, MCAD, MCT
"Larry Lard" wrote:

WhiteWizard wrote:

As it turns out, it appears this is a "bug" in .NET 2003, and has been fixed
in 2005. I took the code as is into VS 2005 and it works fine. As we are
moving there in the next month or so, I guess I'll just wait to finish this
then.

I thought it might be that. My investigation had got as far as noticing
that deleteBookmarkM enuItem's .Handle was changing, suggesting the
win32 menu was being recreated on a whim, but I couldn't pin it down
any further.

Is there an online reference to this bug?

--
Larry Lard
Replies to group please