I'm trying to add a menu to a form programaticaly. Spending alot of time on Google today.

I was able to get it working using:

MainMenu mnuMain = new MainMenu();

MenuItem padFile = new MenuItem("&File");

mnuMain.MenuItems.Add(padFile);

MenuItem barNew = new MenuItem("&New...");
padFile.MenuItems.Add(barNew);

barNew.Click += new EventHandler(OnMenuBarNewClick);

this.Menu = mnuMain;

This works just fine, except the menu bar comes out gray and the menu itself is white. The MenuStrip has a rendermode property but it doesn't exist on the MainMenu class. Also the Menu property of a form expects a MainMenu, not a MenuStrip.

1) What's the difference between the two.
2) How do I change the look of the MainMenu
3) How do you create a MenuStrip and add it to a form?

Thanks