Ken,

>Is there any way (or what is best way) to create independant, sublassed menus and then have them get instantiated and displayed/removed on a form at runtime? Here is what I'm trying to accomplish. I would like to have my main app form's (mdi form) menu change depending on selections - i.e. the user picks something from one menu and a whole new menu appears -I'm not talking just a few item changes or additions, but a wholesale new menu appearing.

I haven't tried this before, but I recommend checking out the code generated for menus you create at design-time in your form's .designer.cs file and emulating that.

Also, here's an article containing some sample code demonstrating how to do this with the Visual Studio 2003 MainMenu...you could adapt it for the MenuStrip.

Best Regards,