Win32 menu

i think the only problem is that you have to use the DISCARDABLE keyword, i.e.

menu MENU DISCARDABLE
{
// etc....


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Thanks for replying, but that still did not work!!!!!!

Alright this msg board is pissing me off. Im having to edit it like a million times. :|

RC FILE

#inlcude <windows.h> mymenu MENU DISCARDABLE { POPUP "File" { MENUITEM "Exit" 1000 } }

And put these next two lines in winmain after you create the window.
HMENU hmymenu = LoadMenu( hInstance, "mymenu" );
ShowMenu( hWnd, hmymenu );

Snyper


Edited by - Snyper on October 28, 2000 5:50:41 PM

Sorry, I included the windows.h file even though it is already included in my source code, it still did not work

Well you still need it in your rc file also. I found this out when i tried to do dialogs and it wouldnt compile. Turned out i needed the windows.h file in the rc file. I dont see why its not working. It works fine for me.

Snyper

What is this ShowMenu function? It is not part of the win32 api. You can specify a window''s menu in several ways. The two most common involve specifying it in a paramater in the call to CreateWindow(Ex)(), or when the window''s class is registered.

Its not part of the win32 api is it? Well thats where you're wrong. If its not then how come it works when i include windows.h? Huh? And why does every win98 book i see mention it?

Snyper

Edited by - Snyper on October 28, 2000 11:55:45 PM

Oh and i just looked in my windows 98 programming book and in the index it shows: ShowWindow() API function, 27, 132, 318, 470. Oh no this isn''t a win api funtion. heh.

Snyper

saisoft: Are you passing the menu identifier as a parameter to CreateWindowEx()? You need to do that...

Snyper: Take it easy, man. Geez.

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 Aeon Software

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The preceding sentence is false.

This is how it is done.

(1) In the ".rc" file:

#include //The name of the .h file

MAINMENU MENU
{
MENUITEM "&Exit", CM_EXIT
}


(2) In the ".h" file:

#define CM_EXIT 1001

//Don't define the menu handle in this file.
//Example: #define MAINMENU 2001


(3) In the window creation:

WNDCLASS wcl;

wcl.lpszMenuName = "MAINMENU";



So, DONT USE ANY FUNCTION TO LOADING THE MENU. Just give the ID code you define in the ".h" file.

This is how I do all of my apps. If it does not work for you, you are doing it incorrectly.

BTW: I use Borland C++ 5 Pro to compile this but it should work with Microsoft.



Edited by - The_C_Guy on October 29, 2000 1:52:09 PM

I figured it out. It was really stupid and simple. Being new to visual c++ probably caused this, but I just forgot to include the menu.rc in my project. But in my rc file, all I have is the definition of my menu. I do not have any header files. I just put this line in my class lpsz.MenuName = "menu"; and it came up fine. One other question though, if I create the menu by hand in notepad, how do u create the res file for your resources?

thanks alot

I''m not sure what you''re saying here. If I''m not mistaken the .res file is an output of the compiler. You don''t create it yourself. All your resource declarations, whether they be icons, string tables, menus, etc. go in the same .rc file. You can do this by hand in Notepad, but it''s easier to just use the commands within Visual C++. (Insert menu, "Resource...") Doing the .rc file in Notepad is probably good to do once or twice just so you''re familiar with the exact syntax of the resource file, but if you''re comfortable seeing it, just use the commands in Visual C++ to do it all for you.

-Ironblayde
 Aeon Software

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Original post by Snyper

Oh and i just looked in my windows 98 programming book and in the index it shows: ShowWindow() API function, 27, 132, 318, 470. Oh no this isn''t a win api funtion. heh.

Snyper

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Yes, ShowWindow is indeed a win32 function. I was referring to ShowMenu, which is not, and should not work by just including windows.h

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Include>grep "ShowMenu" *.h

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Include>

Opps my bad i looked at the wrong one. It did say ShowMenu but i wrote the wrong one down. Next time ill try not to think when im half way asleep.

Snyper

Well maybe its in windowsx.h (i dont remember) but i know it is an API funtion. Sorry if i sounded hostile. I didnt mean to sound like i was trying to bite your head off.

Snyper