Q24600: AddMenu.exe Demonstrates Adding Menus Dynamically

Article: Q24600
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbsample kbMenu kbOSWin2000 kbResource kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin310 kbWndw kbOSWin300
Last Modified: 09-JUL-2000

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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
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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)"<menu name>");
     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
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  AddMenu.exe

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Keywords          : kbfile kbsample kbMenu kbOSWin2000 kbResource kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin310 kbWndw kbOSWin300 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1

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