Patrick,

No, I have been tied up with several other projects and have not solved this problem yet. Sorry.

Kind Regards,

Mat

>Hi Matthew,
>
>Did you ever figure this out? I've started on a toolstrip and I'm geting nowhere.
>

>/// has a save button just to test things out
>public partial class myFormToolStrip : mmToolStrip, ImmNavigationToolBar
>{...}
>

>I try to merge this with the mmNavigationToolStrip, but the merge fails and I can't figure out why.
>

>/// <summary>
>/// Create the navigation toolbar (go around the factory method)
>// </summary>
>/// <returns>Navigation ToolbarStrip</returns>
>protected override void CreateNavToolBar()
>{
>   mmNavigationToolStrip nts = new mmNavigationToolStrip();
>   myFormToolStrip fts = new myFormToolStrip();
>
>   nts.AllowMerge = true;
>   fts.AllowMerge = true;
>   fts.Visible = false;   // suggested in online forum, doesn't work either way
>
>   int i = 0;
>   foreach (ToolStripItem item in fts.Items)
>   {
>      item.MergeAction = MergeAction.Append;
>      int coo = nts.Items.Count + i++;
>      item.MergeIndex = coo;
>   }
>
>   bool foo = ToolStripManager.Merge((ToolStrip)fts, (ToolStrip)nts);
>   //bool foo = ToolStripManager.Merge(fts, nts);
>   // in both the above lines, foo = false, the merge fails
>
>   this.NavToolBar = nts;
>   this.Controls.Add(this.NavToolBar);
>}
>