WinForms Menu Toolstrip Get Status

Answer 1

Consider a more top-down approach, rather than bottom-up. Instead of trying to have your settings class read a value from the GUI, instead have the GUI set the value in the settings class when the GUI value changes. I use a similar approach in an application of my own and my settings class has a public ReloadValues() method that can be invoked if I make changes to the backing data store.

Answer 2

Okay sort of I managed to do what I wanted however it does not looks good as any modification to the menu path will cause a non-functionality.

var alfa = ((((Application.OpenForms[0].Controls["_menustripMenu"] 
                                             as System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip).
                 Items["_settingsToolStripMenuItem"] 
                                      as System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem).
                 DropDownItems["_cameraToolStripMenuItem"] 
                                      as System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem).
                 DropDownItems["_useLocalImageForInitToolStripMenuItem"] 
                              as System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem).Checked;

Any cleaner solution ?