Lack of ImageList in MenuStrip and performance issues

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Published on 2010-05-23T18:47:38Z Indexed on 2010/05/23 18:50 UTC
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MenuStrip doesn't support using ImageList images.

What are performance issues of this? Are there chances of using too much GDI resources and slow-downs? How many items should be considered acceptable, after which one should implement custom control that draws images from ImageList?

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