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[visualtech]

Well, if we look at the components, Microsoft provides with VS/VB/VCS, we can see that they are not that good and make our apps look crappy. So today I will tell you about a secret.

Some of you might be knowing it!

So how do you get a System Menu Strip, the Vista Menu?

This is how it will look:



Well there is a simple way of doing that.

Go to your toolbox, right click, chose items and filter for Menu:




Now whats the difference,

MenuStrip: A Component Written Solely In C#
MainMenu: A Menu Strip Wrapper Around The Windows API

ContextMenuStrip: A Component Written Solely In C#
ContextMenu: A Context Menu Wrapper Written Around The Windows API

So +REP IF YOU LIKED THIS TUTORIAL!

[smashapps]

Thanks so much VisualTech, I've wanted this menu for ages. This helped heaps. I'll save the USB for another time! (Since you said you didn't want it)

[hungryhounduk]

Hey
What a nice looking Menu, much better than the standard one

cheers for the heads up

Chris