HELP: Getting menu items
Kevin O'Malley
is structured as follows:
title: Plots
item 1: Delete Current Plot (created in .rc file)
item 2: Seperater
item 3..n: plot names created by the user during program execution
I am adding menu items using the AppendMenu function, with the "idNewItem"
argument being the plot number. So, the 1st plot idNewItem is 1, 2nd plot
idNewItem is 2, and so on.
I would like a function that would return the menu item selected from
the "Plots" menu. So, if the user selects item n, I know what plot they
would like to display.
I have looked through the Petzold book but am unable to find any examples.
What is the best way to implement such a thing?
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Kevin O'Malley
Programmer/Analyst
Transportation Research Institute
University of Michigan (UMTRI)
oma...@umich.edu
John Grant
>I am writing a program where I keep a menu of user created plots. The menu
>is structured as follows:
>
> title: Plots
> item 1: Delete Current Plot (created in .rc file)
> item 2: Seperater
> item 3..n: plot names created by the user during program execution
>
>I am adding menu items using the AppendMenu function, with the "idNewItem"
>argument being the plot number. So, the 1st plot idNewItem is 1, 2nd plot
>idNewItem is 2, and so on.
>
>I would like a function that would return the menu item selected from
>the "Plots" menu. So, if the user selects item n, I know what plot they
>would like to display.
>
>I have looked through the Petzold book but am unable to find any examples.
>What is the best way to implement such a thing?
When you use AppendMenu(), you will give each one a number, i.e.
perhaps 1000+i (where i=0,1,2,3,4). When you get WM_COMMAND
message, it will tell you the menu id number. Simply subtract
1000 and you will get 'i'.
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John A. Grant jag...@emr1.emr.ca
Airborne Geophysics
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
Ed McCreary
is structured as follows:
title: Plots
item 1: Delete Current Plot created in .rc file)
item 2: Seperater
item 3..n: plot names created by the user during program execution
I am adding menu items using the AppendMenu function, with the "idNewItem"
argument being the plot number. So, the 1st plot idNewItem is 1, 2nd plot
idNewItem is 2, and so on.
I would like a function that would return the menu item selected from
the "Plots" menu. So, if the user selects item n, I know what plot they
would like to display.
When you create the menu's, you need to maintain a table that maps item
id to the plot function. When a user selects a menu item, a WM_COMMAND
is sent to the window which owns the menu. wParam is the menu
id. Just use the id to look up which function to call.
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