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WinForms C#: I need to get a MenuStripItem from a MenuStrip variable

I have the MenuStrip and filled it with items using the designer. Now, from the code, I need to get a refernce to a given menu item.

How do I do this?

Luis Pérez

Have you tried this.menuName?

For example:
this.mnuFile.Text = "File";

Hope that helps.

curiouswebster

ASKER

I need to get the item to enable/disable it. How do I do that?

Mike Tomlinson

The default name is the Text, with the first letter lower-case, followed by "ToolStripMenuItem".

So if the menu said "File" it would be:

fileToolStripMenuItem.Enabled = false;

curiouswebster

ASKER

That's neat. But let's say I wanted to disable File > Save...

and that I do indeed know the Name of the corresponding ToolStripMenuItem.

Mike Tomlinson

?

Have you tried?

saveToolStripMenuItem.Enabled = false;

curiouswebster

ASKER

Only the parent showed up with Intellisense.

ruleToolStripMenuItem

contains the "Add..." menu item

when I type "a", nothing shows up. Can I query ruleToolStripMenuItem to find a menu item with a given Name? That menu item belongs to ruleToolStripMenuItem.

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curiouswebster

ASKER

That works fine for me, too. But I do not want to disable the whole menu, just one menu item.

Mike Tomlinson

That will only disable the "Add" menu item. Everything else would remain available...

Can you explain in more detail about your setup and what is actually happening?

curiouswebster

ASKER

My bad. I see the items in Intellisense.

Thanks!