Question

I have on my form load to add items to a menu as a dropdown item.

from within the same sub I try to output the menustrip dropdown items in a msgbox but I get a blank response for all my items.

Private Sub PopulateLoadChildMenu()
    msItemLoad.DropDownItems.Clear()
    Dim fi As FileInfo
    If Directory.GetFiles(_playlistpath).Length > 1 Then
        msItemLoad.Enabled = True
    End If

    For Each fi In _files
        msItemLoad.DropDownItems.Add(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(_playlistpath & fi.Name))
    Next

    For Each MyMenuItem As ToolStripMenuItem In msItemLoad.DropDownItems
        txbList.Text = txbList.Text & ", " & MyMenuItem.Tag
    Next

End Sub

I use it in a Sub like this

Private Sub FormLoad(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim fi As FileInfo
    msItemLoad.Enabled = False

   If Directory.GetFiles(_playlistpath).Length = 1 Then
        For Each fi In _files
            LoadPlaylist(_playlistpath & fi.Name)
        Next
    End If

   PopulateLoadChildMenu()

End Sub

Answer 1

Looking at your code you are using the Tag Property(if your are not explicitly setting data there you will be adding nothing to your TextBox):

txbList.Text = txbList.Text & ", " & MyMenuItem.Tag

Are you meaning to be using the Text Property

txbList.Text = txbList.Text & ", " & MyMenuItem.Text