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Adding Icons to Menus in VB.NET

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A simple extension of the menu control that displays icons
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents MainMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem2 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem3 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem4 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    Friend WithEvents MenuItem5 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Dim resources As System.Resources.ResourceManager = New System.Resources.ResourceManager(GetType(Form1))
        Me.MainMenu1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu()
        Me.MenuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        Me.MenuItem2 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        Me.MenuItem3 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        Me.MenuItem4 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        Me.MenuItem5 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem()
        '
        'MainMenu1
        '
        Me.MainMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.MenuItem1})
        '
        'MenuItem1
        '
        Me.MenuItem1.Index = 0
        Me.MenuItem1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.MenuItem2, Me.MenuItem3, Me.MenuItem4, Me.MenuItem5})
        Me.MenuItem1.Text = "&Archivo"
        '
        'MenuItem2
        '
        Me.MenuItem2.Checked = True
        Me.MenuItem2.Enabled = False
        Me.MenuItem2.Index = 0
        Me.MenuItem2.OwnerDraw = True
        Me.MenuItem2.Shortcut = System.Windows.Forms.Shortcut.AltF10
        Me.MenuItem2.Text = "&Nuevo"
        '
        'MenuItem3
        '
        Me.MenuItem3.Checked = True
        Me.MenuItem3.Index = 1
        Me.MenuItem3.OwnerDraw = True
        Me.MenuItem3.Text = "&Guardar"
        '
        'MenuItem4
        '
        Me.MenuItem4.Index = 2
        Me.MenuItem4.Text = "-"
        '
        'MenuItem5
        '
        Me.MenuItem5.Index = 3
        Me.MenuItem5.OwnerDraw = True
        Me.MenuItem5.Text = "&Salir"
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
        Me.Icon = CType(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon"), System.Drawing.Icon)
        Me.IsMdiContainer = True
        Me.Menu = Me.MainMenu1
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Form1"

    End Sub

#End Region
    Private Sub MenuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem2.Click
        Text = MenuItem2.Text
    End Sub
    Private Sub MenuItem2_DrawItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs) Handles MenuItem2.DrawItem
        Dim Ic As New Icon("C:\Documents and Settings\Yo\Escritorio\iconmenu\Open.ico")
        DrawItems(e, MenuItem2, Ic)
    End Sub
    Private Sub MenuItem2_MeasureItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MeasureItemEventArgs) Handles MenuItem2.MeasureItem
        MeasureItems(e, MenuItem2)
    End Sub
    Private Sub MenuItem3_DrawItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs) Handles MenuItem3.DrawItem
        Dim Ic As New Icon("C:\Documents and Settings\Yo\Escritorio\iconmenu\Save.ico")
        DrawItems(e, MenuItem3, Nothing)
    End Sub
    Private Sub MenuItem3_MeasureItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MeasureItemEventArgs) Handles MenuItem3.MeasureItem
        MeasureItems(e, MenuItem3)
    End Sub
    Private Sub MenuItem5_DrawItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs) Handles MenuItem5.DrawItem
        e.Graphics.CompositingQuality = Drawing.Drawing2D.CompositingQuality.HighQuality
        Dim Ic As New Icon("C:\Documents and Settings\Yo\Escritorio\iconmenu\exit.ico")
        DrawItems(e, MenuItem5, Ic)
    End Sub
    Private Sub MenuItem5_MeasureItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MeasureItemEventArgs) Handles MenuItem5.MeasureItem
        MeasureItems(e, MenuItem5)
    End Sub
    Private Sub MenuItem5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem5.Click
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub MenuItem3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem3.Click
        MenuItem3.Checked = Not MenuItem3.Checked
        Text = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location
    End Sub
End Class

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