Custom MenuItem problem when used in ContextMenu

I want to add Icons to my ContextMenu so I created the following class:
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public class ImageMenuItem : MenuItem
{
private Font font;
private Icon icon;

public ImageMenuItem ( string text, Icon icon ) : base ( text )
{
// Set our icon
this.icon = icon;
// Set our text
base.Text = text;
// Set our font
this.font = SystemInformation.MenuFont;
// Owner draws
base.OwnerDraw = true;
} // End Constructor

protected new void OnMeasureItem ( MeasureItemEventArgs e )
{
// Call the base mesure item
base.OnMeasureItem ( e );
// Set our height
e.ItemHeight = ( int ) e.Graphics.MeasureString ( base.Text, this.font ).Height + 5;
// Set our width
e.ItemWidth = ( int ) e.Graphics.MeasureString ( base.Text, this.font ).Width + this.icon.Width + 5;
} // End OnMeasureItem override

protected new void OnDrawItem ( DrawItemEventArgs e )
{
// Draw the base
base.OnDrawItem ( e );

// If we have an image
if ( null != icon )
// Dtaw the image
e.Graphics.DrawIcon ( icon, e.Bounds.Left + 3, e.Bounds.Top + 2 );

// Draw the text with the supplied colors and in the set region.
e.Graphics.DrawString(this.Text, this.font, new SolidBrush ( SystemColors.WindowText ), e.Bounds.Left + icon.Width, e.Bounds.Top + 3);
} // End OnDrawItem function
} // End ImageMenuItem class
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I have been adding the a test item by doing:

[code]
contextMenu.MenuItems.Add ( new ImageMenuItem ( "test", new Icon ( Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly ( ).GetManifestResourceStream ( "TimeKeeper.Images.test.ico" ) )) );
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All I get is a blank menu item... Anyone have any ideas

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Custom MenuItem problem when used in ContextMenu

OBeckles

Hi!

First of all if you override OnDrawItem(), then you must not add "new" modifier. You must use "override". In your sample you create two new methods OnDrawItem()/OnMeasureItem(), but not overrides.

protected override void OnDrawItem(...)...

If you are using .NET 2.0 - use ToolstripMenuItem - it have Font and Image already.
RA-SJD
Sorry my bad.
New was just a test.
In the actualy code I am using override.
Custom MenuItem problem when used in ContextMenu

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