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Hi,

I was wondering why I could not add a menuitem to the menu of the Designercontrol using StiMainMenuService.AddMenuItem.

I searched the forum a bit why is does not work (for me) and the code below that I found did not help me because I cannot find this.mainMenu.

Can somebody point me in the right direction?

Regards, Robin

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Please use the following code for adding a button under 'Edit' Menu Items:

Code:

foreach (MenuItem menuItem in this.mainMenu.MenuItems)
{
if (menuItem.Text == Stimulsoft.Base.Localization.StiLocalization.Get("MainMenu", "menuEdit"))
{
MenuItem mi = new MenuItem("About", mnuTest_Click, Shortcut.None);
menuItem.MenuItems.Add(mi);
Stimulsoft.Controls.StiMenuProvider.AddMenuProviderToMenuItem(mi, this.MenuProvider);
}
}



Thank you.

Hi Robin,

That code worked before we changed our custom controls in the designer with new componets for providing of the Ribbon interface.

Please use the following code now:

StiDesignerControl:

StiMainMenuService mainMenuservice = StiMainMenuService.GetService();
mainMenuservice.AddMenuItem("Help1", "Help2", "Help3", OnButtonClick, Stimulsoft.Controls.Win.DotNetBar.eShortcut.F1);
designer = new StiDesignerControl();
Stimulsoft.Controls.Win.DotNetBar.ButtonItem miHelp = new Stimulsoft.Controls.Win.DotNetBar.ButtonItem("miCustomHelp","Help");
miHelp.Click += delegate { System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Application.StartupPath + "\\DeveloperFAQ.chm"); };
designer.MainMenu.Items.Add(miHelp);

or for StiRibbonDesigneControlr:

Before creation of the designer you can add the following code:
StiRibbonGuiService serviceRibbonGui = StiRibbonGuiService.GetService();
serviceRibbonGui.AddApplicationMenuItem("Help", delegate { System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Application.StartupPath + "\\DeveloperFAQ.chm");});

Thank you.

Hi Edward,

Thnx for the response,

I tried:

StiMainMenuService mainMenuservice = StiMainMenuService.GetService();
mainMenuservice.AddMenuItem("Help1", "Help2", "Help3", OnButtonClick, Stimulsoft.Controls.Win.DotNetBar.eShortcut.F1);

but that does not work (tried several places including StiDesigner_LoadingDesigner), however:

>> Stimulsoft.Controls.Win.DotNetBar.ButtonItem miHelp = new Stimulsoft.Controls.Win.DotNetBar.ButtonItem("miCustomHelp","Help");
>> miHelp.Click += delegate { System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Application.StartupPath + "\\DeveloperFAQ.chm"); };
>> designer.MainMenu.Items.Add(miHelp);

workes, but can I use this to insert at a position in an existing rootmenu?

regards, Robin

never mind, I already found the answer:

Stimulsoft.Controls.Win.DotNetBar.ButtonItem miDataSets = new Stimulsoft.Controls.Win.DotNetBar.ButtonItem("miDatasets", "Datasets...");
miDataSets.Click += new EventHandler(miDataSets_Click);
var baseitem = DesignerControl.MainMenu.GetItem("miFile");
baseitem.SubItems.Insert(1, miDataSets);

Thanks again

Ok, please let us know if any help is required.

Thank you.