C#

void FindMatchingNode(string text, TreeNodeCollection nodes)
{
    foreach(TreeNode node in nodes)
    {
        if(node.Text.IndexOf(text) != -1)
        {
             node.EnsureVisible();
             break;
        }
        else FindMatchingNode(text, node.Nodes); // recursively search this node's children
    }
}

private class MyMenuItem : MenuItem 
{
   private string _version;

   public MyMenuItem(string version) : base() 
   {
      _version = version;
      string[] splitStr = Convert.ToString(_version).Split('~');
      base.Text = "Version: "+splitStr[0]+" --- "+splitStr[1];
   }

   public string Version 
   {
      get { return _version; }
   }
}

foreach (object i in versionsAnddates) {
SubMenu = new MyMenuItem (Convert.ToString(i));
this.projectsMenu.MenuItems.AddRange (new MenuItem[] {this.SubMenu});
this.projectsSubMenu.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.Version_Click);
}

private void Version_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   MyMenuItem mmi = sender as MyMenuItem;
   if (mmi != null) 
   {
      Console.WriteLine(mmi.Version);
   }
}