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The Designer control has built-in methods to add its menus and toolbars to a Visual Studio ToolStripContainer in your end user designer project.

To add Designer ToolStrips

Prior to following these steps, add an ActiveReports Designer control and a Visual Studio ToolStripContainer to your form.

1. Double-click the designer control on the form to create the Designer Load event.
2. Add code like the following to the event:

   To write the code in Visual Basic.NET

   Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the Load event.

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   Dim menuStrip As ToolStrip = Me.Designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Menu)(0) Dim editStrip As ToolStrip = Me.Designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Edit)(0) Dim formatStrip As ToolStrip = Me.Designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Format)(0) Dim layoutStrip As ToolStrip = Me.Designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Layout)(0) Dim reportStrip As ToolStrip = Me.Designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Report)(0) Dim undoStrip As ToolStrip = Me.Designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Undo)(0) Dim zoomStrip As ToolStrip = Me.Designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Zoom)(0) Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(menuStrip, 0) Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(editStrip, 1) Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(formatStrip, 2) Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(layoutStrip, 3) Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(reportStrip, 4) Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(undoStrip, 5) Me.ToolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(zoomStrip, 6)

   To write the code in C#

   C# code. Paste INSIDE the Load event.

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   ToolStrip menuStrip = this.designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Menu)[0]; ToolStrip editStrip = this.designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Edit)[0]; ToolStrip formatStrip = this.designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Format)[0]; ToolStrip layoutStrip = this.designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Layout)[0]; ToolStrip reportStrip = this.designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Report)[0]; ToolStrip undoStrip = this.designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Undo)[0]; ToolStrip zoomStrip = this.designer1.CreateToolStrips(DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerToolStrips.Zoom)[0]; this.toolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(menuStrip, 0); this.toolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(editStrip, 1); this.toolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(formatStrip, 2); this.toolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(layoutStrip, 3); this.toolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(reportStrip, 4); this.toolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(undoStrip, 5); this.toolStripContainer1.TopToolStripPanel.Join(zoomStrip, 6);

3. See the table below for the run-time results of adding each tool strip.

ToolStrips at Run Time