I have a base form with an Ultratoolbars manager having some basic tools. I would like to inherit this form and be able to add more tools related to its context.

If I set its modifiers to Protected Friend, I can add new toolbars but I can't add new tools to the existing ones. This because they are declared as local variables (with Dim in Private Sub InitializeComponent()) and their modifiers can not be changed at design time.

The base form is intended to be used as an MDI child. The main intention is to have 3-level menu and toolbars merging.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance for your help.