MRU Menu Class

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Introduction

I am currently working on a couple of programs which need a Most Recently Used files list in the MainMenu. Instead of coding this into each application, I decided to create a reusable class to handle this task for me.

Now, after adding the class to my project, all I have to do is add new file paths as needed, and the MruList class adds the appropriate file paths to the MenuItem I specified.

Declarations

The following needs to be declared to initialize the MRU list:

Public WithEvents theList As CjsDen.MruList

We need to add the initialization of the list to the form's load event:

Private Sub Form_Load(ByVal sender As Object,_
         ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    'we need to initialize the mrulist in the forms load event
    theList = New CjsDen.MruList(mnuFileRecent)

End Sub

We also need to add code to handle the MruList's click event:

Public Sub MruFileOpen(ByVal mruPath As String)_
                      Handles theList.mru_click
        'Add code to handle here
        'mruPath returns the string of the clicked menuItem
        'no matter which one is clicked
End Sub

How to Use the MRU List

Now, all we have to do is add file paths to the MRU list:

theList.AddNewFile("c:\myDocument.txt")

If you want to save the list, you can access it with any of the following properties:

• MruListArray
• MruPath1
• MruPath2
• MruPath3
• MruPath4
• MurPath5

Conclusion

This is a very simple way to automate adding a MRU Menu into a number of projects quickly. I have looked this over several ways and have come across no side effects, but if you find anything buggy, let me know.