Re: multiple forms/common menu structure

Thank you for your helpful reply, Alan!

I have a request for a web look and feel like MS Money, but the app needs to
be in a winform rather than running from IIS services. Because I don't really
know any other way to do it, I've set up a menu structure based on inheritted
forms with a tree-view on the left and data on the right. In general I'm not
sure the best way to access the objects on the main form from the subforms.
The sub-form does not contain the tree-view. I'm not quite sure how to
run the tree-view from the inherited forms, etc.. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Jeffrey

"alantolan@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:

> What sort of challenges?
>
> If one has a set of forms that all use the same menu (same menu items
> invoking the same functionality) then a base form containing that menu
> from which all the others are inherited is a good way to go.
>
> As one tries to individualize the separate sub-forms' menu then things
> become messier.
>
> Adding menu items is easy enough using menu merge.
> Removing is more complicated but can be done using overridable methods
> but is fragile.
>
> If describe what you are trying to achieve then perhaps people can
> offer some concrete suggestions.
>
> hth,
> Alan.
>
>
.