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How to: Create an MDI Window List with MenuStrip (Windows Forms) |
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How to: Create an MDI Window List with MenuStrip (Windows Forms)
Use the multiple-document interface (MDI) to create applications that can open several documents at the same time and copy and paste content from one document to the other.
This procedure shows you how to create a list of all the active child forms on the parent's Window menu.
To create an MDI Window list on a MenuStrip
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Create a form and set its xref:System.Windows.Forms.Form.IsMdiContainer%2A property to
true. -
Add a xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip to the form.
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Add two top-level menu items to the xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip and set their xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Text%2A properties to
&Fileand&Window. -
Add a submenu item to the
&Filemenu item and set its xref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.Text%2A property to&Open. -
Set the xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip.MdiWindowListItem%2A property of the xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip to the
&Windowxref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem. -
Add a form to the project and add the control you want to it, such as another xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip.
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Create an event handler for the xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.Click event of the
&Newxref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem. -
Within the event handler, insert code similar to the following to create and display new instances of
Form2as MDI children ofForm1.Private Sub openToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As _ System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles _ openToolStripMenuItem.Click Dim NewMDIChild As New Form2() 'Set the parent form of the child window. NewMDIChild.MdiParent = Me 'Display the new form. NewMDIChild.Show() End Sub
private void newToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Form2 newMDIChild = new Form2(); // Set the parent form of the child window. newMDIChild.MdiParent = this; // Display the new form. newMDIChild.Show(); }
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Place code like the following in the
&Newxref:System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem to register the event handler.Private Sub newToolStripMenuItem_Click(sender As Object, e As _ EventArgs) Handles newToolStripMenuItem.Click
this.newToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.newToolStripMenuItem_Click);
Compiling the Code
This example requires:
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Two xref:System.Windows.Forms.Form controls named
Form1andForm2. -
A xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip control on
Form1namedmenuStrip1, and a xref:System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip control onForm2namedmenuStrip2. -
References to the xref:System?displayProperty=nameWithType and xref:System.Windows.Forms?displayProperty=nameWithType assemblies.
See Also
How to: Create MDI Parent Forms
How to: Create MDI Child Forms
MenuStrip Control