ToolStripSeperator to a ToolStripMenuItem

[Gareth H]

Hi, I go through a collection of toolstripmenuitems and if its the correct item, i set it to be checked. foreach (ToolStripMenuItem sortItemDropDown in sortItem.DropDownItems) { if (sortItemDropDown.Name.Equals(tickSortBy)) { sortItemDropDown.Checked = true; } } The problem is that the sortedItem.DropDownItems has a Seperator in it, thus i get an exception telling me i cant convert a seperator to a menuitem. Is there a work-around ? Regards, Gareth.

[Stefan Troschuetz]

In the foreach loop use the common base type ToolStripItem and only cast to a ToolStripMenuItem if the current item is really a ToolStripMenuItem.

foreach (ToolStripItem sortItemDropDown in sortItem.DropDownItems)
{
if (sortItemDropDown.Name.Equals(tickSortBy) && (sortItemDropDown is ToolStripMenuItem))
{
((ToolStripMenuItem) sortItemDropDown).Checked = true;
}
}

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[Sven Cipido]

You can check on the type of the toolstripmenuitem. For the separator this is System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripSeparator.

[Gareth H]

Thanks. Regards, Gareth.