Adding custom EventArgs by inheriting class
Hello. I'm stuck. I'm trying to use the menustrip control as a psuedo start menu. I'm populating the menu by reading an xml file which works fine. Where I'm stuck is that the built-in "Click" handler for the ToolStripButton only passes the Text stored on the ToolStripButton in EventArgs. I need to also pass a string holding the path of the item.
I'm trying to inherit the ToolStripButton class into my own custom class that holds the path, and uses a custom handler and custom EventArgs. This is my first attempt at anything like this, so if it's wacky, please advise on the proper way to "handle" (no pun intended) it:
My Custom Button Class:
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class iLaunchMenuButton:ToolStripButton
{
private String appPath;
public delegate void ClickageHandler(object sender, iMenuArgs ma);
public event ClickageHandler Clickage;
public iLaunchMenuButton()
{
appPath = "c:\test\test.exe";
}
public void SetPath(string path)
{
this.appPath = path;
iMenuArgs ma = new iMenuArgs(appPath);
Clickage(this, ma);
}
public string GetPath()
{
return this.appPath;
}
}
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My MenuArgs Class:
class iMenuArgs:System.EventArgs
{
private string menuargs;
public iMenuArgs(string args)
{
this.menuargs = args;
}
public string Menuargs()
{
return menuargs;
}
}
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My use of the inherited class:
tempMenu = new iLaunchMenuButton();
tempMenu.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(Application.StartupPath + "\\icons\\" + "gears.ico");
tempMenu.Text = "Sample Button";
tempMenu.Clickage += new iLaunchMenuButton.ClickageHandler(iMenu_Click);
launchMenu.DropDownItems.Add(tempMenu);
My target function:
private void iMenu_Click(object sender, iMenuArgs ma)
{
MessageBox.Show(ma.Menuargs());
}
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However, I am getting this error:
Cannot implicitly convert type 'ininShell.iLaunchMenuButton.EventHandler' to 'System.EventHandler'
on this line:
tempMenu.Clickage += new iLaunchMenuButton.ClickageHandler(iMenu_Click);
Can anyone help me out with my pickle?
Thanks....
alanPosted Nov 28, 2006, 9:03 AM
Scott LyslePosted Nov 21, 2006, 11:14 AM
private
void name1ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e){
MessageBox.Show(name1ToolStripMenuItem.Tag.ToString());
}