Accessing Command Bar Menu on iPaq Pocket PC

All,

I am going to pull my last hair out. This is a very simply problem
and I can't seem to solve it.. any help appreciated.

I am using Embedded Visual C++ 4 (ev4) to write a simple program of a
new iPaq (5500) running Pocket PC 2003. UI is standard
menu-on-the-bottom type.

I have a simple menu defined in the sources -- diplays 2 main items:
Fruits Veggies. "Fruits" contains "Apple" and "Veggies" contains
"Celery."

Now PROGRAMATICALLY (believe it or not), I want to add the string
"Orange" to the menu item "Fruits."

For the love of God I can't do it. I've tried the whole
SHGetMenu/SHGetSubMenu thing, the CommandBar_ stuff, etc. to no avail.
Is there some sort of Voodoo Pack I need to make this work?

Any help appreicated (sincerely). Thx.

John

r_z_aret
Fri Dec 12 08:49:47 CST 2003

On 11 Dec 2003 23:12:45 -0800, jpuopolo@mvisiontechnology.com (John
Puopolo) wrote:

>All,
>
>I am going to pull my last hair out. This is a very simply problem
>and I can't seem to solve it.. any help appreciated.
>
>I am using Embedded Visual C++ 4 (ev4) to write a simple program of a
>new iPaq (5500) running Pocket PC 2003. UI is standard
>menu-on-the-bottom type.
>
>I have a simple menu defined in the sources -- diplays 2 main items:
>Fruits Veggies. "Fruits" contains "Apple" and "Veggies" contains
>"Celery."
>
>Now PROGRAMATICALLY (believe it or not), I want to add the string
>"Orange" to the menu item "Fruits."

If you are trying to change the caption of an item, then you can use
SetMenuItemInfo

If "Fruits" is in the main menu, and you are trying to insert a new
item, then I think you need to use toolbar functions.

Otherwise, I think you want to:

a) get and store the menu bar HWND from the SHMENUBAR structure used
in SHCreateMenuBar (I save it as a member variable called m_hWnd)

b) get and store the menu bar HMENU, using an SHCMBM_GETMENU message
send to the menu bar window (I save it as a member variable called
m_hMenu)

c) use InsertMenu to insert the new item; you will need something like
the GetSubMenu function below to get the submenu for "Fruits"


// ---------------------------------
HMENU GetSubMenu
(
int nPosMenu // (In) Position in menu of
desired submenu
) const
{
HMENU hMenu = nPosMenu < 0 ? m_hMenu : ::GetSubMenu( m_hMenu,
nPosMenu );
return hMenu;
}

>
>For the love of God I can't do it. I've tried the whole
>SHGetMenu/SHGetSubMenu thing, the CommandBar_ stuff, etc. to no avail.
> Is there some sort of Voodoo Pack I need to make this work?
>
>Any help appreicated (sincerely). Thx.
>
>John

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Almon
Fri Dec 12 13:06:59 CST 2003


Hi,

Yeah, the documentation has some problems. I bet the only real
problem you have is getting a handle for your FruitsAndVeggies
menu. Here's how you do it after calling SHCreateMenuBar().
Assuming that "mbi" is your SHMENUBARINFO struct and that
ID_MENU_FRUITNVEG is the resource id of the menu.:

HMENU hm = (HMENU)SendMessage( mbi.hwndMB,
SHCMBM_GETSUBMENU, 0,
(LPARAM)ID_MENU_FRUITNVEG );

Hope this helps...
Almon B. Strowger
KOOK Pocket Software


"John Puopolo" <jpuopolo@mvisiontechnology.com> wrote in message
news:6f7343d6.0312112312.5e13cb13@posting.google.com...
> All,
>
> I am going to pull my last hair out. This is a very simply problem
> and I can't seem to solve it.. any help appreciated.
>
> I am using Embedded Visual C++ 4 (ev4) to write a simple program of a
> new iPaq (5500) running Pocket PC 2003. UI is standard
> menu-on-the-bottom type.
>
> I have a simple menu defined in the sources -- diplays 2 main items:
> Fruits Veggies. "Fruits" contains "Apple" and "Veggies" contains
> "Celery."
>
> Now PROGRAMATICALLY (believe it or not), I want to add the string
> "Orange" to the menu item "Fruits."
>
> For the love of God I can't do it. I've tried the whole
> SHGetMenu/SHGetSubMenu thing, the CommandBar_ stuff, etc. to no avail.
> Is there some sort of Voodoo Pack I need to make this work?
>
> Any help appreicated (sincerely). Thx.
>
> John

jpuopolo
Wed Dec 17 17:31:40 CST 2003

Almon:

THANK YOU. Very helpful! Works like a charm.

John


"Almon B. Strowger" <strowger@NOSPAM.kook.com> wrote in message news:<uO4joLOwDHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> Hi,
>
> Yeah, the documentation has some problems. I bet the only real
> problem you have is getting a handle for your FruitsAndVeggies
> menu. Here's how you do it after calling SHCreateMenuBar().
> Assuming that "mbi" is your SHMENUBARINFO struct and that
> ID_MENU_FRUITNVEG is the resource id of the menu.:
>
> HMENU hm = (HMENU)SendMessage( mbi.hwndMB,
> SHCMBM_GETSUBMENU, 0,
> (LPARAM)ID_MENU_FRUITNVEG );
>
> Hope this helps...
> Almon B. Strowger
> KOOK Pocket Software
>
>
> "John Puopolo" <jpuopolo@mvisiontechnology.com> wrote in message
> news:6f7343d6.0312112312.5e13cb13@posting.google.com...
> > All,
> >
> > I am going to pull my last hair out. This is a very simply problem
> > and I can't seem to solve it.. any help appreciated.
> >
> > I am using Embedded Visual C++ 4 (ev4) to write a simple program of a
> > new iPaq (5500) running Pocket PC 2003. UI is standard
> > menu-on-the-bottom type.
> >
> > I have a simple menu defined in the sources -- diplays 2 main items:
> > Fruits Veggies. "Fruits" contains "Apple" and "Veggies" contains
> > "Celery."
> >
> > Now PROGRAMATICALLY (believe it or not), I want to add the string
> > "Orange" to the menu item "Fruits."
> >
> > For the love of God I can't do it. I've tried the whole
> > SHGetMenu/SHGetSubMenu thing, the CommandBar_ stuff, etc. to no avail.
> > Is there some sort of Voodoo Pack I need to make this work?
> >
> > Any help appreicated (sincerely). Thx.
> >
> > John