Changing the colors of a ToolStripMenuItem in VS2005 Beta 2

[Dave]

I'm trying to programmatically change the foreground and background
colors of a single ToolStripMenuItem on a ContextMenuStrip in VS2005
Beta 2.

menuMapper.BackColor = Color.Green;
menuMapper.ForeColor = Color.Purple;

The background color doesn't change and the foreground color only
changes when I hover over it. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Dave

 

[gaidar]

You are not doing wrong it's the way the menu strip works.
The solution is to create your own control that inherit ToolStripMenuItem
and override paint method.

 

[Dave]

Thanks gaidar, I'll do as you suggest. The help text obviously isn't
very good.

Dave