SAMPLE: AddMenu.exe Demonstrates Adding Menus Dynamically

ID: Q24600

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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)"<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

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: 

 ~ AddMenu.exe (size: 21015 bytes)
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

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Last Reviewed: December 18, 1998