Question

I have a menu item File -> Export. When I select that menu item, an export dialog box comes up.

I want to implement a button in different views (eg. Home, Summary, etc.) that essentially has the same behavior as File -> Export. The file menu item is accessible under any view.

I notice the functions have the following: function_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

I would prefer to not to rehash code. I thought about creating a new instance, then passing the arguments, but sender and e would not be the same through the button as it would be through the file menu.

Is there a way for the current view to access the file menu item (File -> Export) via a button? Just having a function to implicitly access the file menu item alone would be ideal…parameter passing would get messy for something as simple as the end result.

Answer 1

Typically, the sender and event arguments for a button or menu click aren’t something you’re going to use. As such, you can often just have a method that ALL of the event handlers reference, ie: ExportFile(), and call it from each of them.

This way, there isn’t duplicated (real) code, since the event handlers each just call a method that is shared.