Peter -- Sorry, I don't know the answers to either of those questions, but I'd like to. We'll have to wait for someone else to respond.
Bill On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:38:24 -0700, Peter Stephens <peter- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Thank you for your response Bill. The sample you linked to follows (and >confirms) the same design pattern as my snippet. > >One other question: Is there a good way to enable/disable menu items in a >defered, but dynamic way? I would like to set the enabled status for the >menus when the Edit menu is activated and not when the textbox's edit status >changes. > >I noticed that the Selected event will not fire for parent MenuItems. That >leaves the Click or Popup event. From the documentation, Popup would seem to >be for used for this very purpose... > >-- >Peter > > > >> Bill Schmidt spake: >> >> Peter -- >> >> See http://discuss.develop.com/archives/wa.exe? >> A2=ind0110c&L=dotnet&F=&S=&P=8043 >> >> This will work in an MDI WinForm. >> >> Bill >> >> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:21:05 -0700, Peter Stephens <peter- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Unlike FoxPro or MFC there doesn't seem to be any automagic >> support for the >> >standard edit commands in a main menu. The textbox does have a context >> menu, >> >but there doesn't seem to be a way to associate that with a main >> menu or a >> >merge menu (in MDI). >> > >> >I have an idea for a method that might work: >> > >> >------> >> >bool AllowCut() >> >{ >> > TextBox textBox = GetCurrentControlAsTextBox(); >> > if(textBox == null) return false; >> > >> > // Do we have text to cut? >> > return textBox.SelectionLength > 0; >> >} >> > >> >void CutText() >> >{ >> > TextBox textBox = GetCurrentControlAsTextBox(); >> > if(textBox == null) return; >> > >> > // Cut the text >> > if(textBox.SelectionLength <= 0) return; >> > Clipboard.SetDataObject(textBox.SelectedText); >> > textBox.SelectedText = ""; >> >} >> > >> >// Return active control if it is a textbox, otherwise null >> >TextBox GetCurrentControlAsTextBox() >> >{ >> > Form activeWin = ActiveMdiChild; >> > if(activeWin == null) return null; >> > Control activeControl = activeWin.ActiveControl; >> > if(activeControl == null) return null; >> > return activeControl as TextBox; >> >} >> > >> ><------ >> > >> >These routines would be wired into a main MDI window. >> >This code has _NOT_ been tested and might not work, but it is >> where I will >> >start. Better ideas are welcome! >> > >> >-- >> >Peter >> > >> >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from >> DOTNET, or >> >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. >> >> You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >> subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. >> > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
