Microsoft KB Archive/24600

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AddMenu.exe Demonstrates Adding Menus Dynamically

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Q24600

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
There are two different methods that you can use to add a pop-up menu to the menu bar at run time.

The first method is to define a version of the application's main menu that includes the pop-up. This is done in the resource (RC) file with any other menus that the application uses. To add the menu to the menu bar, use the following sequence of code:

  hMenu = LoadMenu(hInst, (LPSTR)" "); SetMenu(hWnd, hMenu); DrawMenuBar(hWnd); The second method creates the pop-up menu dynamically at run time. To use this method, place the following code in the application:

  hPopup = CreateMenu; AppendMenu(hPopup, MF_ENABLED, ID1, (LPSTR)"text 1"); AppendMenu(hPopup, MF_ENABLED, ID2, (LPSTR)"text 2"); hMenu = GetMenu(hWnd); AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_POPUP, hPopup, (LPSTR)"new pop-up"); DrawMenuBar(hWnd); AddMenu.exe is a sample of this dynamic-creation method.

MORE INFORMATION
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

"AddMenu.exe" For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Additional query words:

Keywords : kbfile kbsample kbMenu kbOSWin2000 kbResource kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin310 kbWndw kbOSWin300

Issue type :

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310