Need some help with vb StatusStrip Control

[Marc]

Hello,

I have a vb.net form that I've added a StatusStrip at the bottom. On that
StatusStrip I've added a DropDownButton on which I've added a Menu
containing 4 sub Items

What I am trying to do is cycle through the Menu's subitems one by one and
uncheck or check the items instead of setting them all individually.

So, here's what I want to avoid:

Private Sub SubToolStripMen uItem1_Click(By Val sender As System.Object, ByVal
e As System.EventArg s) Handles SubToolStripMen uItem1.Click

SubToolStripMen uItem.Checked = False
SubToolStripMen uItem1.Checked = False
SubToolStripMen uItem2.Checked = False
SubToolStripMen uItem3.Checked = True

End Sub

My DropDownButton is called: ToolStripDropDo wnButton1

My Menu that contains the 4 sub items is called: MyToolStripMenu Item

My sub items are: SubToolStripMen uItem, SubToolStripMen uItem1,
SubToolStripMen uItem2, SubToolStripMen uItem3

I've googled groups until my eyes have bled and I can't find an answer. I'd
like to use something like this:

Dim MI as MenuItem

For each MI in MyMenu.MenuItem s
MI.Checked = false
Next
CType(sender, MenuItem).Check ed = true

The problem is that I can't find a way to attach to the menu and get a hold
of each menu items .checked property.

Any ideas or pointers would be very helpful. I am trying to move from VB6
to .net and am having some headaches along the way.

Thanks,

Marc

[Homer J Simpson]

"Marc" <ma**@home.co m> wrote in message
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What I am trying to do is cycle through the Menu's subitems one by one and
uncheck or check the items instead of setting them all individually.

I was watching some of "Fahrenheit 451" on TV today. "Burn all the books,
they only make you unhappy". Hmmm, makes you think.

Here is some lousy code:

Dim thing
For Each thing In ToolStripDropDo wnButton1.DropD ownItems
thing.checked = False
Next

[Marc]

Hey,

Thank you for the code, I tried it and found out it is only affecting the
DropDownButton menu but not the Sub ToolStripMenuIt ems. Let me see if I can
ASCII art what's happening here:

DropDownButton1
|
-TestToolStripMe nuItem (Code below checks this menu when I set
thing.checked = true)
|
-- Test1ToolStripM enuItem
-- Test2ToolStripM enuItem
-- Test3ToolStripM enuItem
-- Test4ToolStripM enuItem
|
-TestTwoToolStri pMenuItem (Code below checks this menu when I set
thing.checked = true)

So, here I have two main menus off of DropDownButton1 . One menu called
"Test", the other called "Test two". The menu "Test" has sub items inside
it labeled "Test1", "Test2", "Test3" and "Test4". These Menu Items are the
ones I'm trying to check and uncheck. Your code below works perfectly to
check or uncheck the two "Top Level" menus on the button but not the
subitems.

The problem is trying to get to the subitme(s).chec ked property - I'm at a
loss here. and that's why in each subitems clicked event I've had to
hard-code this mess:

Private Sub Test1ToolStripM enuItem_Click(B yVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal
e As System.EventArg s) Handles Test1ToolStripM enuItem.Click

Test1ToolStripM enuItem.Checked = True
Test2ToolStripM enuItem.Checked = False
Test3ToolStripM enuItem.Checked = False
Test4ToolStripM enuItem.Checked = False

End Sub

"Homer J Simpson" <no****@nowhere .com> wrote in message
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"Marc" <ma**@home.co m> wrote in message
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What I am trying to do is cycle through the Menu's subitems one by one
and uncheck or check the items instead of setting them all individually.

I was watching some of "Fahrenheit 451" on TV today. "Burn all the books,
they only make you unhappy". Hmmm, makes you think.

Here is some lousy code:

Dim thing
For Each thing In ToolStripDropDo wnButton1.DropD ownItems
thing.checked = False
Next

[Homer J Simpson]

"Marc" <ma**@home.co m> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..

Thank you for the code, I tried it and found out it is only affecting the
DropDownButton menu but not the Sub ToolStripMenuIt ems. Let me see if I
can ASCII art what's happening here:

You will probably need to figure out which collection these items are in and
then access it via that collection and its members. That seems to be the way
things work now.

[Homer J Simpson]

"Marc" <ma**@home.co m> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..

Thank you for the code, I tried it and found out it is only affecting the
DropDownButton menu but not the Sub ToolStripMenuIt ems. Let me see if I
can ASCII art what's happening here:

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/ might be worth a browse too.

[gene kelley]

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:39:13 -0800, "Marc" <ma**@home.co m> wrote:

Hello,

I have a vb.net form that I've added a StatusStrip at the bottom. On that
StatusStrip I've added a DropDownButton on which I've added a Menu
containing 4 sub Items

What I am trying to do is cycle through the Menu's subitems one by one and
uncheck or check the items instead of setting them all individually.

So, here's what I want to avoid:

Private Sub SubToolStripMen uItem1_Click(By Val sender As System.Object, ByVal
e As System.EventArg s) Handles SubToolStripMen uItem1.Click

SubToolStripMen uItem.Checked = False
SubToolStripMen uItem1.Checked = False
SubToolStripMen uItem2.Checked = False
SubToolStripMen uItem3.Checked = True

End Sub

My DropDownButton is called: ToolStripDropDo wnButton1

My Menu that contains the 4 sub items is called: MyToolStripMenu Item

My sub items are: SubToolStripMen uItem, SubToolStripMen uItem1,
SubToolStripMe nuItem2, SubToolStripMen uItem3

I've googled groups until my eyes have bled and I can't find an answer. I'd
like to use something like this:

Dim MI as MenuItem

For each MI in MyMenu.MenuItem s
MI.Checked = false
Next
CType(sender , MenuItem).Check ed = true

The problem is that I can't find a way to attach to the menu and get a hold
of each menu items .checked property.

Any ideas or pointers would be very helpful. I am trying to move from VB6
to .net and am having some headaches along the way.

Thanks,

Marc
I'm not all that sure what you are trying to accomplish, but if you
are simply trying to ensure that only the currently selected menu item
is checked, you can do this:
(Uses default names, VB2005)

In each MenuItem_Click Event add these two lines:
ClearChecks()
CType(sender, ToolStripMenuIt em).Checked = True

Add this Sub:

Private Sub ClearChecks()
Dim MI As ToolStripMenuIt em
For Each MI In Me.ToolStripDro pDownButton1.Dr opDownItems
MI.Checked = False
Next
End Sub

Gene