How do I keep menu attributes that exist when the menu refreshes?

[jonesap5]

I am trying to disable some menu items in a menu. I am successful in getting the menu items disabled using the function SetMenuItemInfo; but when the menu refreshes the items are re-enabled and I don't want that. Is there anything that I can do to disable menu items from refresh or recreate of the menu? thanks,

[David Crow]

jonesap5 wrote:

...but when the menu refreshes the items are re-enabled...

During the refresh, are you calling SetMenuItemInfo() or EnableMenuItem()?

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[jonesap5]

What happens is I select submenu item from the 'Tool' Menu and it refreshes or recreates the main menu. At that point the sub menu items I disabled in the 'File' Menu are re-enabled. Does that make sense?

[Michael Dunn]

If you're using MFC, read this FAQ: 7.1 In my MFC program, I'm trying to disable a menu item with EnableMenuItem(), but it doesn't have any effect on the menu. Why?[^]

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[jonesap5]

I am not using MFC, I am actually using a Win32 project.