This contains a module called coolmenus. It Draws The Menus Very Similar To The Ones found in Office Xp and VS.net For those ppl who dont like those boring Windows Menus
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// for :Xp Style Menus-- From CoolMenus--Owner Drawn Menus (updated)
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Original Version By Retana Padilla: "Adding icons to menus in VB.NET" at The Code Project
Updated Version by Derrick Blake: "Office Xp Style Menus -- From Coolmenus" at PlanetSourceCode
I would Like To Recieve a Tiny Bit Of Credit Pretty Please ... Haha ... I Need To Feed My EGO Just Kidding
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Of Course Not ...You may use it..I would appreciate maybe a tiny bit of credit but you dont have to but please feel free to use this as much as you want (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Ohh Thanks a lot man ive been looking for that everywhere
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10/25/2002 2:15:05 PM:
Very cool... I did modify it to use an imagelist and to show the underscores properly in the menubar, other than that I think it's great... (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
windows XP (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
1/17/2003 12:50:22 PM:
Anyone have any tutorials or updates on doing this very thing... I have combed the net over and over and can't find something a new person can understand...
If someone has updates this code or anything I would greatly appreciate you sending it to me to: racrow@attbi.com (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Seems to me like you could have used AddHandler to send the DrawItem and MeasureItem events to a pair of subs, rather than throw all those event handlers in there... But that's just me. ;)
Otherwise, not too shabby :) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
4/4/2004 9:06:30 AM:
Hello Derrick! Thanks for a very nice looking and easy to use menu. I however seems to have some problems when using the (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
4/4/2004 9:10:25 AM:
Hello Derrick!
Thanks for a very nice and easy to use menu. I am however having trouble when using the "checked" attribute of a menuitem. It seems that it is being drawn behind the background - unvissible to the user. I am having trouble solving this problem and was wondering if You could be of any help?
Please feel free to contact me directly if You should get the time to respond to this.
Best regards Torben Jensen, Denmark (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
6/16/2004 12:43:05 PM:
I like this better than the original one done by Retana Padilla: it's a lot easier to use. The colors were not exactly the same as those of Office XP, but I easily modified this. One last thing, I would also suggest writing an "Office XP" style toolbar as well. I could use both, but havn't had any luck in writing one myself.
Thanks! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
6/30/2004 5:31:23 PM:
it suck=s! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
I don't get it, why is this necessary when .NET lets you use XP menus with images and stuff already? Am I missing the point? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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