Adding bar items to a base form which aren''t showing in parent form

[Steve Bryant]

I have a base form that has a bar manager. This bar manager is set to either a childFrame or mainFrame bar manager at runtime so form can be opened mdi or not.

I''m adding new menu items to the base form which I would expect to be reflected in the subclassed form but they are not.

Is there a way of getting these changes to show through to the subclassed forms without removing all controls from each form, changing form to inherit from Form and then changing them all back to inherit from the base form again?

I was thinking AutoLoadToolbarPositions but I don''t think I can use this property as the barManager is not a MainFrameBarManager.

Any ideas?

[Administrator]

Hi Steve,

This sounds familiar to a known issue we have regarding inheritance in an MDI application, so I have a few questions for you.

1) Are you adding the new BarItems to the parent form in design time or runtime?

2) Are you deciding between the MainFrameBarManager and ChildFrameBarManager in the parent or the child?

3) What happens if you remove the XPMenu initialization code in the parent from InitializeComponent and put it in the constructor. Do the BarItems then show up during runtime?

Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we investigate this matter.

Regards,
Gregory Austin
Syncfusion, Inc.

[Steve Bryant]

Hi Gregory

1)My base form had several menu items on it (created in design time). I inherited from this form, and on this new form added more menu items (at desgin time). At this stage everything is fine, but then I want to go and add some additional menu items to the base form. I do this at design time, and the base form looks great but the new menu items added to the base form don''t show up in the inherited forms.

2)I''m deciding between the MainFrameBarManager and ChildFrameBarManager in the child. I set up the form using a ChildFrameBarManager, but then changed the declaration to a BarManager once I had everything set up (this is sort of as per your example to me posted after my initial question on 1/13 - XPMenus problem).

3)I''ve tried taking all the code from InitializeComponent and doing exactly the same thing in a constructor but I run into problems of not being able to add menu items at design time when I do this (the bars seem to become readonly).

Steve

[Steve Bryant]

any sugestions Gregory?

[Administrator]

Hi Steve,

Sorry for the delay. I''ve given this to the tech support engineer in charge of XPMenus and he''s taking a look at it.

Regards,
Gregory Austin
Syncfusion Inc.

[Administrator]

Hi Steve, I have created a test sample as per your specifications and it seems to be working fine. Note that the Modifiers for the controls/BarItems/Bars added to the base form should be Protected or Public. Also the application needs to be rebuilt before these changes are visible in the derived form in the designer. Please refer to test sample attached and let me know if I have understood your requirements correctly. If not, kindly modify the sample to show the problem and send it back to us so that we could investigate this issue here. We appreciate your patience and cooperation. Regards, Guru Patwal Syncfusion, Inc.

[Steve Bryant]

Guru,
I''ve sorted the issue out. The base class had 2 constructors, one default, the other took a parent form parameter and rebuilt the barManager as a MainFrameBarManager re-adding all items. The inheriting form must use this second base form constructor when opening the form in the designer.

Thanks for taking the time to look into this for me.
Rgds Steve

[Administrator]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the update. We are glad that this issue is resolved. Please feel free to contact us if you need any other information. We appreciate your continued interest in Syncfusion products.

Regards,
Guru Patwal
Syncfusion, Inc.