WPF: How can you add a new menuitem to a menu at runtime?

Question

I have a simple WPF application with a menu. I need to add menu items dynamically at runtime. When I simply create a new menu item, and add it onto its parent MenuItem, it

Answer 1

ASP.NET -> WEB Forms -> Create Menu

CREATE TABLE `webmenu` (
  `idmenu` smallint(5) NOT NULL,
  `submenu` smallint(5) DEFAULT NULL,
  `menu_title` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
  `menu_url` varchar(45) DEFAULT NULL,
  `status` enum('1','0') DEFAULT '1',
  PRIMARY KEY (`idmenu`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

SELECT 
idmenu,
(select menu_title from webmenu where idmenu=wm.submenu and status='1') as childmenu,
menu_title,
menu_url 
FROM tartyp.webmenu as wm
where
status='1'
order by idmenu, submenu;

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        cmd = new MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand(queryStr, conn);

        reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
        MainMenu.Items.Clear();
        while (reader.Read())
        {

            if (reader["childmenu"] == DBNull.Value)
            {
                MenuItem homeMenuItem = new MenuItem(reader["menu_title"].ToString(), reader["menu_url"].ToString());
                MainMenu.Items.Add(homeMenuItem);
            }
            else
            {
                String childmenu = reader["childmenu"].ToString();                    

                for (int i = 0; i < MainMenu.Items.Count; i++)
                {
                    if (MainMenu.Items[i].Text == childmenu)
                    {                                                       
                        MenuItem childMenuItem = new MenuItem(reader["menu_title"].ToString(), reader["menu_url"].ToString());
                        MenuItem findMenuItem = MainMenu.Items[i];
                        findMenuItem.ChildItems.Add(childMenuItem);
                        break;    
                    }
                }
            }

        }
        reader.Close();
        conn.Close();