SAMPLE: Code Demonstrates Using TrackPopupMenu

 Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q80225
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

Under Windows version 3.1, the TrackPopupMenu() function documents and uses its last parameter. This parameter is an LPRECT, which describes the rectangle in which the user can release the mouse button without dismissing the menu.

This newly documented parameter is useful for applications that display a pop-up menu in response to a WM_LBUTTONDOWN message. When using this parameter, it is not necessary to hold down the mouse button until a menu selection is made. The user can release the button and select an item from the menu with a second button click.

TRACKPOP is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that demonstrates using the TrackPopupMenu function.

Download TRACKPOP.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download TRACKPOP.EXE (size: 21899 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get TRACKPOP.EXE (size: 21899 bytes)

Additional reference words: 3.10 softlib TRACKPOP.EXE
KBCategory: kbprg kbfile
KBSubcategory: UsrMen

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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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