OpenEuphoria

RE: MAKEINTRESOURCE revisited

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Apr 28, 2001
• 591 views

Euman wrote:
> 
> > Euman wrote:
> > > I'll try this but, Im not sure this is what we should be doing.
> >
> > Im still not sure what it is you are trying to do.
> >
> > Are you:
> >
> >    1.  Trying to create a menu in your program and then display it
> >        and process commands?
> 
> NO, the menu exist already
> e.g:
> 
> -- time submenu
>  IDM_TIME = c_func(CreateMenu, {})
>     junk = c_func(AppendMenu, {IDM_TIME, MF_BYPOSITION + MF_STRING 
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Hi there again Euman,

Ok i think i understand what you are trying to do now 

I'd like to start by offering a hardy congratulations for
stumbling upon still yet another one of the many Windows
api idoisyncrasies regarding function names.  And dont
feel bad, ive done the same thing many times.
For an even better example, consider MoveFile(), which is
used for renaming files also!

LoadMenu() loads a menu resource from an .exe or .res file
(neither of which you are currently using) into memory.

The real point is, however, if you use CreateMenu() then
the menu is ALREADY in memory and doesnt need to be loaded.
You still have to AppendMenu(), SetMenu() and possibly
DrawMenuBar() though.  I think SetMenu() is what you are
looking for here.

Here is a list of  menu functions:

AppendMenu*
CheckMenuItem
CheckMenuRadioItem
CreateMenu*
CreatePopupMenu
DeleteMenu
DestroyMenu
DrawMenuBar*
EnableMenuItem
GetMenu
GetMenuCheckMarkDimensions
GetMenuDefaultItem
GetMenuItemCount
GetMenuItemID
GetMenuItemInfo
GetMenuItemRect
GetMenuState
GetMenuString
GetSubMenu
GetSystemMenu
HiliteMenuItem
InsertMenu
InsertMenuItem
IsMenu
LoadMenu
LoadMenuIndirect
MenuItemFromPoint
ModifyMenu
RemoveMenu
SetMenu*
SetMenuDefaultItem
SetMenuItemBitmaps
SetMenuItemInfo
TrackPopupMenu 
TrackPopupMenuEx 

I've marked essential functions with an asterisk*.

Hope this helps some.
--Al