Calling a MDI Parent Menu Item Click from Child Form

Kiran

I have a Menu Strip with Items created on a MDI Parent and have events defined. On click of a Menu Item, I open a Child Form.

Now From the Child Form, I need to access a different Menu Strip Item from the opened Child Form. Is there a method to do the same

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Sudhakar Chaudhary14y ago
Accepted answer
   private void form1ToolStripMenuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Form1 objForm1 = new Form1();
            mdi objMdi = new mdi();
            objForm1.MdiParent = this;        //change here
            objForm1.Show();
        }

        private void fom2ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Form2 OBJ = new Form2();
            OBJ.MdiParent = this;
            OBJ.Show();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //GET ALL CONTROLS FROM MDI FORM AND CAST THEM
            foreach (Control ctr in this.MdiParent.Controls)//change here
            {
                if (ctr is MenuStrip)
                {
                    MenuStrip strip = (MenuStrip)ctr;
                    ToolStripMenuItem item = (ToolStripMenuItem)strip.Items[0];

                    ToolStripDropDownItem objdrop = (ToolStripDropDownItem)item.DropDownItems[1];
                    objdrop.PerformClick();
                }
            }
        }
Kiran14y ago
Thanks working
Kiran14y ago
it work fine. but there is an issue. Form1 should be an MDI child and it should open within the MDI parent
Kiran14y ago
Thanks sudhakar. it works
Sudhakar Chaudhary14y ago
MDI FORM::

       private void form1ToolStripMenuItem1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Form1 objForm1 = new Form1();
            mdi objMdi = new mdi();
            objForm1.Owner = objMdi;
            objForm1.Show();
        }

        private void fom2ToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Form2 OBJ = new Form2();
            OBJ.Show();
        }

FORM 1:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //GET ALL CONTROLS FROM MDI FORM AND CAST THEM
            foreach (Control ctr in this.Owner.Controls)
            {
                if (ctr is MenuStrip)
                {
                    MenuStrip strip = (MenuStrip)ctr;
                    ToolStripMenuItem item = (ToolStripMenuItem)strip.Items[0];

                    ToolStripDropDownItem objdrop = (ToolStripDropDownItem)item.DropDownItems[1];
                    objdrop.PerformClick();
                }
            }
        }