Using menus to change font colors and styles
Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim myform As Form = New FrmMenu() Application.Run(myform) End Sub ' Main End Class Public Class FrmMenu Inherits 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 ' display label Friend WithEvents lblDisplay As Label ' main menu (contains file and format menus) Friend WithEvents mnuMainMenu As MainMenu ' file menu Friend WithEvents mnuFile As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmAbout As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmExit As MenuItem ' format menu (contains format and font submenus) Friend WithEvents mnuFormat As MenuItem ' color submenu Friend WithEvents mnuitmColor As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmBlack As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmBlue As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmRed As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmGreen As MenuItem ' font submenu Friend WithEvents mnuitmFont As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmTimes As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmCourier As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmComic As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmDash As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmBold As MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuitmItalic As 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.mnuitmItalic = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmExit = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmCourier = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmBlue = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmGreen = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuMainMenu = New System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu() Me.mnuFile = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmAbout = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuFormat = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmColor = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmBlack = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmRed = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmFont = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmTimes = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmComic = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmDash = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuitmBold = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.lblDisplay = New System.Windows.Forms.Label() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'mnuitmItalic ' Me.mnuitmItalic.Index = 5 Me.mnuitmItalic.Text = "Italic" ' 'mnuitmExit ' Me.mnuitmExit.Index = 1 Me.mnuitmExit.Text = "Exit" ' 'mnuitmCourier ' Me.mnuitmCourier.Index = 1 Me.mnuitmCourier.Text = "Courier" ' 'mnuitmBlue ' Me.mnuitmBlue.Index = 1 Me.mnuitmBlue.RadioCheck = True Me.mnuitmBlue.Text = "Blue" ' 'mnuitmGreen ' Me.mnuitmGreen.Index = 3 Me.mnuitmGreen.RadioCheck = True Me.mnuitmGreen.Text = "Green" ' 'mnuMainMenu ' Me.mnuMainMenu.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.mnuFile, Me.mnuFormat}) ' 'mnuFile ' Me.mnuFile.Index = 0 Me.mnuFile.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.mnuitmAbout, Me.mnuitmExit}) Me.mnuFile.Text = "File " ' 'mnuitmAbout ' Me.mnuitmAbout.Index = 0 Me.mnuitmAbout.Text = "About" ' 'mnuFormat ' Me.mnuFormat.Index = 1 Me.mnuFormat.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.mnuitmColor, Me.mnuitmFont}) Me.mnuFormat.Text = "Format" ' 'mnuitmColor ' Me.mnuitmColor.Index = 0 Me.mnuitmColor.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.mnuitmBlack, Me.mnuitmBlue, Me.mnuitmRed, Me.mnuitmGreen}) Me.mnuitmColor.Text = "Color" ' 'mnuitmBlack ' Me.mnuitmBlack.Index = 0 Me.mnuitmBlack.RadioCheck = True Me.mnuitmBlack.Text = "Black" ' 'mnuitmRed ' Me.mnuitmRed.Index = 2 Me.mnuitmRed.RadioCheck = True Me.mnuitmRed.Text = "Red" ' 'mnuitmFont ' Me.mnuitmFont.Index = 1 Me.mnuitmFont.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.mnuitmTimes, Me.mnuitmCourier, Me.mnuitmComic, Me.mnuitmDash, Me.mnuitmBold, Me.mnuitmItalic}) Me.mnuitmFont.Text = "Font" ' 'mnuitmTimes ' Me.mnuitmTimes.Index = 0 Me.mnuitmTimes.Text = "Times New Roman" ' 'mnuitmComic ' Me.mnuitmComic.Index = 2 Me.mnuitmComic.Text = "Comic Sans" ' 'mnuitmDash ' Me.mnuitmDash.Index = 3 Me.mnuitmDash.Text = "-" ' 'mnuitmBold ' Me.mnuitmBold.Index = 4 Me.mnuitmBold.Text = "Bold" ' 'lblDisplay ' Me.lblDisplay.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Times New Roman", 26.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte)) Me.lblDisplay.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8) Me.lblDisplay.Name = "lblDisplay" Me.lblDisplay.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(290, 48) Me.lblDisplay.TabIndex = 0 Me.lblDisplay.Text = "www.java2s.com" ' 'FrmMenu ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(256, 121) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.lblDisplay}) Me.Menu = Me.mnuMainMenu Me.Name = "FrmMenu" Me.Text = "MenuTest" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub mnuitmAbout_Click _ (ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmAbout.Click MessageBox.Show("This is an example" & vbCrLf & _ "of using menus.", "About", MessageBoxButtons.OK, _ MessageBoxIcon.Information) End Sub ' exit program Private Sub mnuitmExit_Click _ (ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmExit.Click Application.Exit() End Sub ' mnuitmExit_Click Private Sub ClearColor() mnuitmBlack.Checked = False mnuitmBlue.Checked = False mnuitmRed.Checked = False mnuitmGreen.Checked = False End Sub ' ClearColor Private Sub mnuitmBlack_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmBlack.Click ClearColor() lblDisplay.ForeColor = Color.Black mnuitmBlack.Checked = True End Sub ' mnuitmBlack_Click Private Sub mnuitmBlue_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmBlue.Click ClearColor() lblDisplay.ForeColor = Color.Blue mnuitmBlue.Checked = True End Sub Private Sub mnuitmRed_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmRed.Click ClearColor() lblDisplay.ForeColor = Color.Red mnuitmRed.Checked = True End Sub ' mnuitmRed_Click Private Sub mnuitmGreen_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmGreen.Click ClearColor() lblDisplay.ForeColor = Color.Green mnuitmGreen.Checked = True End Sub ' mnuitmGreen_Click Private Sub ClearFont() mnuitmTimes.Checked = False mnuitmCourier.Checked = False mnuitmComic.Checked = False End Sub ' ClearFont Private Sub mnuitmTimes_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmTimes.Click ClearFont() mnuitmTimes.Checked = True lblDisplay.Font = New Font("Times New Roman", 30, _ lblDisplay.Font.Style) End Sub ' mnuitmTimes_Click Private Sub mnuitmCourier_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmCourier.Click ClearFont() mnuitmCourier.Checked = True lblDisplay.Font = New Font("Courier New", 30, _ lblDisplay.Font.Style) End Sub ' mnuitmCourier_Click Private Sub mnuitmComic_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmComic.Click ClearFont() mnuitmComic.Checked = True lblDisplay.Font = New Font("Comic Sans MS", 30, _ lblDisplay.Font.Style) End Sub ' mnuitmComic_Click Private Sub mnuitmBold_Click _ (ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmBold.Click mnuitmBold.Checked = Not mnuitmBold.Checked lblDisplay.Font = New Font _ (lblDisplay.Font.FontFamily, 30, _ lblDisplay.Font.Style Xor FontStyle.Bold) End Sub ' mnuitmBold_Click Private Sub mnuitmItalic_Click _ (ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuitmItalic.Click mnuitmItalic.Checked = Not mnuitmItalic.Checked lblDisplay.Font = New Font _ (lblDisplay.Font.FontFamily, 30, _ lblDisplay.Font.Style Xor FontStyle.Italic) End Sub End Class