Can I get to submenu of a submenu? ( MFC VC 6.0)

[Vaclav_]

I would like to dynamically create menu items attached to a submenu of a submenu. I can get access to the first level of submenu using GetSubMenu, but cannot get to the second level probably because this function returns CTempMenu. Both submenus are pop-up, but I must be must be missing something else here. Here is my test code snippet which asserts on pSubSubMenu CMenu *pSubMenu,*pSubSubMenu; int iCount = pMenu->GetMenuItemCount(); if (pMenu != NULL && pMenu->GetMenuItemCount() > 0) { pSubMenu = pMenu->GetSubMenu(2); ASSERT(pSubMenu); } pSubSubMenu = pSubMenu->GetSubMenu(0); ASSERT( pSubSubMenu); Any suggestions will be as always appreciated. Cheers Vaclav

Can I get submenu of a submenu? ( MFC VC 6.0)
I woul like to dynamically create menu items attached to a submenu of a submenu.
I can get access to first level of submenu using GetSubMenu, but cannot get to the second level probably because this function returns CTempMenu. Both submenus are pop-up, but I must be must be missing something else here.
Here is the code snippet which asserts on pSubSubMenu

CMenu \*pSubMenu,\*pSubSubMenu;
int iCount = pMenu->GetMenuItemCount();

if (pMenu != NULL && pMenu->GetMenuItemCount() > 0)
{
pSubMenu = pMenu->GetSubMenu(2);
ASSERT(pSubMenu);
}
pSubSubMenu = pSubMenu->GetSubMenu(0);
ASSERT( pSubSubMenu);
Any suggestions will be as always appreciated.
Cheers
Vaclav

[Lost User]

Hi, To avoid the temporary handle and CTempMenu you can use CMenu::GetSafeHmenu[^] to get a permanent handle. You would then call CMenu::Attach[^] to attach to a CMenu object and then manipulate the menu. Best Wishes, -David Delaune

[mistletoe_dean]

I think you can try use GetSubMenu() twice to get submenu of a submenu. :)

[Vaclav_]

Thanks guys, there is a minor "problem" with building / attaching permanent handle - it is already attached to window as m_hMenu data memeber of CMenu. I tryed to use it with same results - the second level always returns NULL. The strange part is that docs saiz if the popup submenu does not exist it will create it. But even than it returns NULL. I would like to use that handle to get to next submenu, but I feel I need to look into what message(s) are being posted when the mouse goes over the menu items and try to process those instead. I also forgot to say that I am using OnInitMenu in main frame which runs only once.

[Vaclav_]

Here is what works, still not sure why I could not use m_hMenu similar way. Basically a copy of MFC code. HMENU hMenu = pSubMenu->GetSafeHmenu(); pSubSubMenu = pSubMenu->FromHandle(hMenu)->GetSubMenu(2); ASSERT(pSubSubMenu); Thanks for all the help I got, you guys are great! Cheers Vaclav