Enabling Menu Items

[AnkushChopra]

How to enable a menu item dynamically. I have tried EnableMenuItem but with no success.

[Lost User]

Use a flag, when you press a button on a dialog or something, set your flag to TRUE and in WM_INITMENU you check whether your flag is TRUE or FALSE and then use EnableMenuItem() to disable/enable/etc your item. Is everything clear? Rickard Andersson8 Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

[Phil Hamer]

You could use the ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI messages for your menu IDs if you're using MFC.

[Toni78]

An application must use the MF_BYPOSITION flag to specify the correct menu handle. If the menu handle to the menu bar is specified, the top-level menu item (an item in the menu bar) is affected. To set the state of an item in a drop-down menu or submenu by position, an application must specify the handle to the drop-down menu or submenu. When an application specifies the MF_BYCOMMAND flag, Windows checks all items that open submenus in the menu identified by the specified menu handle. Therefore, unless duplicate menu items are present, specifying the menu handle to the menu bar is sufficient. // Afterall I realized that even my comment lines have bugs

[Toni78]

Sorry but I forgot to mention that I got that from the API reference so you can refer to that for more information. I have used this function before, and I never had a problem with it. // Afterall I realized that even my comment lines have bugs

[Toni78]

I didn't realize that you were asking about MFC. My approach won't work with MFC. Sorry about that. // Afterall I realized that even my comment lines have bugs

[AnkushChopra]

Thanks for your help. I used EnableMenuItem(0with an if statement and it worked.

[AnkushChopra]

Thanks for the help!!