disable/enable an item menu in win32 project

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Hy I am trying to disable/enable an item menu in win32 project .
my code :

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EnableMenuItem(GetMenu(hh), ID_FILE_SAVE,MF_ENABLED);

but it doesnt work . why ?
I dont understand . pleas help me

Posted 3-Oct-12 2:23am

khosro goudarzi

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Malli_S 3-Oct-12 8:38am

What error you're getting? What does GetLastError() returns ?

Richard MacCutchan 3-Oct-12 8:38am

Are you sure that ID_FILE_SAVE is on your main menu?

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Solution 1

See this link[^] and see the sample inside.

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Good luck!

Posted 3-Oct-12 7:48am

Joan M

Solution 2

It should be like this, otherwise the system does not know how to interpret the second parameter.

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EnableMenuItem(GetMenu(hh), ID_FILE_SAVE, MF_BYCOMMAND | MF_ENABLED);

Posted 4-Oct-12 0:38am

Marius Bancila

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Jochen Arndt 4-Oct-12 7:20am

You are basically right but this will not solve the problem because MF_BYCOMMAND is null.

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«_Superman_» · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-04T01:07:00

Solution 3

You probably are using the wrong menu handle as the first parameter to the EnableMenuItem function.
Maybe you need to use the GetSubMenu function also.

Try this -

EnableMenuItem(GetSubMenu(GetMenu(hh), 0), ID_FILE_SAVE, MF_DISABLED | MF_GRAYED);

Here 0 is the position of the required sub-menu.

Posted 4-Oct-12 1:07am

«_Superman_»

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Jochen Arndt 4-Oct-12 7:17am

Good catch: +5.

disable/enable an item menu in win32 project

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