Hi,
Have an application where a form is sent to a sub where a text is assigned to all controls on that form. The header for that sub looks like this:
Public
Sub SetResource(ByVal Form As System.windows.forms.Form)We use a for each to loop through all controls in that form like this:
For
Each oControl In Form.ControlsWith the code
If
oControl.GetType.Equals(GetType(Label))...we check for different kind of controls. But when we check for MenuItems it does not work.
If
oControl.GetType.Equals(GetType(MenuItem)How can I check for menuitems
Best
/M
Looping through controls on a form but MenuItems are ignored
Ekta
Basically, you will need to know if the current control is a container or a parent widget then you will have to scan its children separately.
If oControl.GetType.Equals(GetType(ContextMenu)) Or If oControl.GetType.Equals(GetType(MainMenu))
// loop thru the menuitems
hadjici2
Sorry, that does not work. No MainMenu exist among the controls in the for each loop, only some buttons, labels and a MDIClient. I have set breakpoints to examine all controls in the loop and no mainMenu or MenuItems appear
The form in question has the MDIContainer property set to true and is calling the SetResource sub from its Load event to set all controls text to specified language.
Is MenuItems a control
Should the function be called from the Form_Load event
Best
/M
Ather.
Thank you for your answer... I have tried to loop through the MenuItems in the menu by using this recursive function. The oGui.getString function retrieves a value from a ini file based on the menu item's name. The problem is that I can't get the menuitems name from the code... Shouldn't that be possible
Public
Sub SetResourceOnMenu(ByVal oMenu As Menu)For Each oMenuItem As MenuItem In oMenu.MenuItems
oMenuItem.Text = oGUI.getString(oMenuItem. <name does not exist> )
SetResourceOnMenu(oMenuItem)
Next
End Sub
This problem regarding name, is it the same for ContextMenus
Any suggestions
Best
/M
Alex974
Unfortunately yes, You will have to really on the Text property of the menu-items. This is the same for Context-Menu.
mgee16
Thank you for your answers... You were very helpful
/M
I am Josha
PhilippCH
The main menu does not exist in the controls collection.
Try looking for a MainMenu object for the form. If there is one, loop through the menu items. Here's an example in c# - I'm not well versed in vb but I hope it helps.
MainMenu obj_Menu = this.Menu;
if(obj_Menu != null)
{
for(i = 0; i < obj_MainMenu.MenuItems.Count; i++)
{
//do something
}
//or foreach
foreach(MenuItem obj in obj_Menu.MenuItems)
{
//do something
}
}
Good luck!