RadContextMenu cannot be converted to RadDropDownMenu

[Mark]

Win 7 - 64bit,
Telerik WinForms Controls 2012.2.912.40
Using VB.net

Hello:

I placed a RadContextMenu on a Form
I then attempted to associate the RCM to a RadGridView in the ContextMenuOpening Event...

 

 

Private Sub RGV_ContextMenuOpening(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.ContextMenuOpeningEventArgs)

 

    e.ContextMenu =

 

Me.RadContextMenuForGrids

 

End

 

 

Sub

 

Why is the compiler seeing the 2 objects as being different.  Here is the error?

RadContextMenu cannot be converted to RadDropDownMenu?

Thanks,
Mark

[Mark]

Followup

The reference e.ContextMenu within the ContextMenuOpening event appears not to be a RadContextMenu but rather a RadDropDownMenu....this was causing my problem.  I've retyped by menu variable to a RadDropDownMenu and will see if this works. 

I'll leave the post open until I can resolve this and post my solution.
Mark

[Mark]

Yes....you need to create a variable as a RadDropDownMenu

[Stefan]

Hello Mark,

Thank you for writing.

You should assign the context menu as follows:

e.ContextMenu = contextMenu1.DropDown

More information about the context menus in the gird is available here: http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/gridview-context-menus-custom-context-menus.html.

I hope this helps.
 
All the best,
Stefan
the Telerik team