Show ContextMenuStrip at location of StatusBar item

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Published on 2009-07-23T02:45:28Z Indexed on 2010/06/15 4:02 UTC
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I want to show a ContextMenuStrip at the location of a ToolStripStatusLabel in a StatusStrip. Ordinary controls have PointToScreen / PointToClient / etc, but as ToolStripStatusLabel is derived from Component it does not.

Any help would be appreciated.

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