I have a form that it is used both stand alone and within an MDI from. When used in an MDI form I wanted to move the menu’s and toolbars to the shared placed on the MDI form whereas using it on a standalone case I had no option than having it on the owner form.<\/p>\n
To establish this behavior I had to implement the activate and deactivate methods to make the toolstrip and menu strip, which hold the toolbar items and menu items, invisible and move the items to the new container. This is a stait forward solution as illustrated below:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
private<\/span> <\/span>void<\/span> OnFormActivate(<\/span>object<\/span> sender, EventArgs e)
{
<\/span>try<\/span>
{
<\/span>\/\/<\/span> Get the parent<\/span>
<\/span> Form parent <\/span>=<\/span> <\/span>this<\/span>.MdiParent;
<\/span>if<\/span> (parent <\/span>==<\/span> <\/span>null<\/span>)
<\/span>return<\/span>;
<\/span>\/\/<\/span> Get the toolbar on the parent by name<\/span>
<\/span> <\/span>string<\/span> targetToolbar <\/span>=<\/span> <\/span>\"<\/span>toolStrip<\/span>\"<\/span>; <\/span>\/\/<\/span> using the name of the control<\/span>
<\/span> <\/span>if<\/span> (<\/span>!<\/span>parent.Controls.ContainsKey(targetToolbar))
<\/span>return<\/span>;
ToolStrip target <\/span>=<\/span> parent.Controls[targetToolbar] <\/span>as<\/span> ToolStrip;
<\/span>if<\/span> (target <\/span>==<\/span> <\/span>null<\/span>)
<\/span>return<\/span>;
ToolStripManager.Merge(<\/span>this<\/span>.toolStrip1, target);
<\/span>\/\/<\/span> Hide the original container<\/span>
<\/span> <\/span>this<\/span>.toolStrip1.Visible <\/span>=<\/span> <\/span>false<\/span>;
<\/span>this<\/span>.menuStrip1.Visible <\/span>=<\/span> <\/span>false<\/span>;
SetToolbarCaption();
}
<\/span>catch<\/span> { } <\/span>\/\/<\/span> Any exception will cause the toolbar to remain on its oroginal parent<\/span>
<\/span>}
<\/span>private<\/span> <\/span>void<\/span> OnFormDeactivate(<\/span>object<\/span> sender, EventArgs e)
{
<\/span>try<\/span>
{
<\/span>\/\/<\/span> Get the parent<\/span>
<\/span> Form parent <\/span>=<\/span> <\/span>this<\/span>.MdiParent;
<\/span>if<\/span> (parent <\/span>==<\/span> <\/span>null<\/span>)
<\/span>return<\/span>;
<\/span>\/\/<\/span> Get the toolbar on the parent by name<\/span>
<\/span> <\/span>string<\/span> targetToolbar <\/span>=<\/span> <\/span>\"<\/span>toolStrip<\/span>\"<\/span>;
<\/span>if<\/span> (<\/span>!<\/span>parent.Controls.ContainsKey(targetToolbar))
<\/span>return<\/span>;
<\/span>\/\/<\/span> Double check<\/span>
<\/span> ToolStrip target <\/span>=<\/span> parent.Controls[targetToolbar] <\/span>as<\/span> ToolStrip;
<\/span>if<\/span> (target <\/span>==<\/span> <\/span>null<\/span>)
<\/span>return<\/span>;
<\/span>\/\/<\/span> Actual Merge Revert of the contents of the toolStrip<\/span>
<\/span> ToolStripManager.RevertMerge(target, <\/span>this<\/span>.toolStrip1);
<\/span>\/\/<\/span> Keep hiding the original container<\/span>
<\/span> <\/span>this<\/span>.toolStrip1.Visible <\/span>=<\/span> <\/span>false<\/span>;
}
<\/span>catch<\/span> { }
}<\/span><\/pre>\nAll I need to do next is to wire these events to the propper events: FormActivate and Deactivate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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