Re: Arghhh...strict, but not strict enough

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"Armin Zingler" <az.nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uvuMWtcuJHA.3848@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
John Whitworth wrote:
I'm sure it's probably glaringly obvious to someone, but I can't work
out what to do. I can see that a ToolStripItem isn't a
ToolStripMenuItem, but how do I get around this?

If you know that the reference will always reference a ToolStipMenuItem, use type casting:

SelectedReaderMenu = directcast(e.ClickedItem, toolstripmenuitem)



Armin


Thanks Armin - I got there from Patrice's message. But is there a difference between CType and directcast?

John

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