How do I programmatically show/hide a menu bar?

You can programmatically show or hide a menu bar by creating an event handler for its associated menu pad's Popup event. For example, if you want to hide a File | Print menu bar, you would do the following:

In C#:

1. Select the File menu pad in the visual designer

2. Go to the Properties Window and click the Events button

3. Double-click the Popup event in the Properties Window. This creates a new event handler:

   private void FilePad_Popup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
   {
   	
   }

4. Put code in this method that checks a condition and sets the Visible property of the menu bar:

   private void FilePad_Popup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
   {
   	this.FilePrintBar.Visible = <Condition to be checked>;
   }

And in VB .NET:

1. Go to the code window and in the combo box at the top left of the code window, select the File pad

2. In the combo box at the top right of the code windodw, select the Popup event. This creates a new event handler:

   Private Sub FileLocalizeSetupBar_Popup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles FileLocalizeSetupBar.Popup
   
   End Sub

3. Put code in this method that checks a condition and sets the Visible property of the menu bar:

   Private Sub FileLocalizeSetupBar_Popup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles FileLocalizeSetupBar.Popup
   	Me.FilePrintBar.Visible = <Condition to be checked>
   End Sub