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menuitem name

how can you get the name of a menuitem programatically and return is as a
string, for example if
Friend WithEvents mnuExit As System.Windows. Forms.MenuItem

is defined how can you go get the mnuExit

TIA

Ed
Nov 20 '05 #1
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"Edwin Bach" <ed****@voyager .net> schrieb
how can you get the name of a menuitem programatically and return is
as a string, for example if
Friend WithEvents mnuExit As System.Windows. Forms.MenuItem

is defined how can you go get the mnuExit


Why do you need it? I ask because variables names are out of interest at run
time. You can identify the menu item by the reference. Or, you can add menu
items to a Hashtable and use an expressive name as the key.
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Nov 20 '05 #2
using a database to drive authorizations for users. want to use the name of
the menu item to look up then enable/disable or visible/not visible
Why do you need it? I ask because variables names are out of interest at run time. You can identify the menu item by the reference. Or, you can add menu items to a Hashtable and use an expressive name as the key.
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Armin

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Nov 20 '05 #3
* "Edwin Bach" <ed****@voyager .net> scripsit:
using a database to drive authorizations for users. want to use the name of
the menu item to look up then enable/disable or visible/not visible


As Armin mentioned, you can do this by storing (name, reference) pairs
in a 'Hashtable'.

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
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Nov 20 '05 #4

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