Add Menu, Menu Item and bind action at run time
Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Drawing.Text
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Public Class MainClass
Shared Sub Main()
Dim form1 As Form = New Form1()
Application.Run(form1)
End Sub
End Class
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
End Sub
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
Friend WithEvents MainMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu
Friend WithEvents mnuExit As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
Friend WithEvents mnuFile As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
Friend WithEvents mnuNew As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.MainMenu1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu()
Me.mnuFile = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
Me.mnuNew = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
Me.mnuExit = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
'
'MainMenu1
'
Me.MainMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.mnuFile})
'
'mnuFile
'
Me.mnuFile.Index = 0
Me.mnuFile.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.mnuNew, Me.mnuExit})
Me.mnuFile.Text = "File"
'
'mnuNew
'
Me.mnuNew.Index = 0
Me.mnuNew.Text = "New"
'
'mnuExit
'
Me.mnuExit.Index = 1
Me.mnuExit.Text = "Exit"
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(6, 15)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 272)
Me.Menu = Me.MainMenu1
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Text = "MDI Example 2"
End Sub
#End Region
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles MyBase.Load
Me.Text = "I'm an MDI Parent"
Me.IsMdiContainer = True
Dim MyChild As New System.Windows.Forms.Form()
MyChild.MdiParent = Me
MyChild.Show()
MyChild.Text = "First MDI Child"
InitializeMenu()
End Sub
Public Sub InitializeMenu()
Dim mnuWindow As New MenuItem("&Window")
MainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(mnuWindow)
mnuWindow.MenuItems.Add(New MenuItem("&Cascade", AddressOf WindowCascade_Clicked))
mnuWindow.MenuItems.Add(New MenuItem("Tile &Horizontal", AddressOf WindowTileHoriz_Clicked))
mnuWindow.MenuItems.Add(New MenuItem("Tile &Vertical", AddressOf WindowTileVert_Clicked))
mnuWindow.MdiList = True
End Sub
Protected Sub WindowCascade_Clicked(ByVal Sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Me.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.Cascade)
End Sub
Protected Sub WindowTileHoriz_Clicked(ByVal Sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Me.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.TileHorizontal)
End Sub
Protected Sub WindowTileVert_Clicked(ByVal Sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Me.LayoutMdi(MdiLayout.TileVertical)
End Sub
Private Sub mnuExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuExit.Click
System.Environment.Exit(0)
End Sub
Private Sub mnuNew_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuNew.Click
Static numOfChildren As Integer = 2
Dim MyChild As New System.Windows.Forms.Form()
MyChild.MdiParent = Me
MyChild.Show()
MyChild.Text = "MDI Child " & CStr(numOfChildren)
numOfChildren += 1
End Sub
End Class
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