Windows Forms: Add a MenuStrip Extender to the Form

When localizing a Windows Forms application, in order to get menus to automatically localize when the application first starts up, you must add an instance of mmMenuStripExtender to any form that contains a menu. By default, there is only one form, MainForm, in your application that contains a menu.

1. Drag an instance of mmMenuStripExtender from the Visual Studio Toolbox and drop it on a form that contains a menu. The mmMenuStripExtender class is displayed in the component tray along with the menu:

   

2. With the mmMenuStripExtender1 object selected, go to the Properties Window and change the Name property to mmMenuStripExtender.