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Copying a ToolStripMenuIt em

Hi,

I'm implementing a plug-in interface and I want to allow plug-ins to
add menu items to the host application's menu bar. I've given them a
public method that is passed a ToolStripMenuIt em but it seems that you
can't /copy/ these things. You can only move them.

At present plug-in developers can add menu items by writing code but
that's a bit unpleasant. What I want is to allow them to implement
their menus using the IDE designer then just have a function to copy
them onto the parent menu. Oh and the copying needs to be on demand so
that the host menu changes as a plug-in gets focus.

Any thoughts?

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Oct 20 '06 #1
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Hah! I found it. Typical really after posting here :)

The answer is ToolStripManage r.RevertMerge() and
ToolStripManage r.Merge(). Slightly obscure but works a treat.

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Oct 20 '06 #2

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