OpenEuphoria

2. Re: setCheck( ) into a System Menu?

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Aug 29, 2004
• 439 views
• Last edited Aug 30, 2004

Antonio Alessi wrote:
> 
> Hi, All!
> 
> I could append some items to the system menu of a window, 
> after the "Minimize", "Maximize", "X Close",
> }}}
<eucode>
> SysMenu = GetSystemMenu( getHandle( newWin), 0)
> AppendMenu( SysMenu, {MF_SEPARATOR,0, ""})
> AppendMenu( SysMenu, {MF_STRING, onTop, "Something to Do"})
> .. ..
> </eucode>
{{{

> They work, but I am not able to setCheck( ) one of these items (or set
> symbols to their side, as are visible for the existing items). 
> The commands that are valid for the normal and popup menu don't work here.
>  
> Somebody knows how to?

Currently there is no support for System Menus in win32lib (I assume that
is the library you are using). It seems like a reasonable addition to the
library, so I'll add it to the list.

In the meantime, you might have to investigate the CheckMenuItem API
call.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia