AppendMenu
The AppendMenu function appends a new item to the end of the specified menu bar, drop-down menu, submenu, or shortcut menu. You can use this function to specify the content, appearance, and behavior of the menu item.
CheckMenuItemThe CheckMenuItem function sets the state of the specified menu item's check-mark attribute to either selected or clear.
CheckMenuRadioItem
The CheckMenuRadioItem function checks a specified menu item and makes it a radio item. At the same time, the function clears all other menu items in the associated group and clears the radio-item type flag for those items.
CreateMenu
The CreateMenu function creates a menu. The menu is initially empty, but it can be filled with menu items by using the InsertMenuItem, AppendMenu, and InsertMenu functions.
CreatePopupMenu
The CreatePopupMenu function creates a drop-down menu, submenu, or shortcut menu. The menu is initially empty. You can insert or append menu items by using the InsertMenuItem function. You can also use the InsertMenu function to insert menu items and the AppendMenu function to append menu items.
DeleteMenu
The DeleteMenu function deletes an item from the specified menu. If the menu item opens a menu or submenu, this function destroys the handle to the menu or submenu and frees the memory used by the menu or submenu.
DestroyMenu
The DestroyMenu function destroys the specified menu and frees any memory that the menu occupies.
DrawMenuBar
The DrawMenuBar function redraws the menu bar of the specified window. If the menu bar changes after the system has created the window, this function must be called to draw the changed menu bar.
EnableMenuItem
The EnableMenuItem function enables, disables, or grays the specified menu item.
EndMenu
The EndMenu function ends the calling thread's active menu.
GetMenu
The GetMenu function retrieves a handle to the menu assigned to the specified window.
GetMenuBarInfo
The GetMenuBarInfo function retrieves information about the specified menu bar.
GetMenuCheckMarkDimensions
The GetMenuCheckMarkDimensions function returns the dimensions of the default check-mark bitmap. The system displays this bitmap next to selected menu items. Before calling the SetMenuItemBitmaps function to replace the default check-mark bitmap for a menu item, an application must determine the correct bitmap size by calling GetMenuCheckMarkDimensions.
GetMenuDefaultItem
The GetMenuDefaultItem function determines the default menu item on the specified menu.
GetMenuInfo
The GetMenuInfo function gets information about a specified menu.
GetMenuItemCount
The GetMenuItemCount function determines the number of items in the specified menu.
GetMenuItemID
The GetMenuItemID function retrieves the menu item identifier of a menu item located at the specified position in a menu.
GetMenuItemInfo
The GetMenuItemInfo function retrieves information about a menu item.
GetMenuItemRect
The GetMenuItemRect function retrieves the bounding rectangle
for the specified menu item.
GetMenuState
The GetMenuState function retrieves the menu flags associated with the specified menu item. If the menu item opens a submenu, this function also returns the number of items in the submenu.
GetMenuString
The GetMenuString function copies the text string of the specified menu item into the specified buffer.
GetSubMenu
The GetSubMenu function retrieves a handle to the drop-down menu or submenu activated by the specified menu item.
GetSystemMenu
The GetSystemMenu function allows the application to access the window menu (also known as the system menu or the control menu) for copying and modifying.
HiliteMenuItem
The HiliteMenuItem function highlights or removes the highlighting from an item in a menu bar.
InsertMenu
The InsertMenu function inserts a new menu item into a menu, moving other items down the menu.
Note The InsertMenu function has been superseded by the InsertMenuItem function. You can still use InsertMenu, however, if you do not need any of the extended features of InsertMenuItem.
InsertMenuItem
The InsertMenuItem function inserts a new menu item at the specified position in a menu.
IsMenu
The IsMenu function determines whether a handle is a menu handle.
LoadMenu
The LoadMenu function loads the specified menu resource from the executable (.exe) file associated with an application instance.
LoadMenuIndirect
The LoadMenuIndirect function loads the specified menu template in memory.
MenuItemFromPoint
The MenuItemFromPoint function determines which menu item, if any, is at the specified location.
ModifyMenu
The ModifyMenu function changes an existing menu item. This function is used to specify the content, appearance, and behavior of the menu item.
RemoveMenu
The RemoveMenu function deletes a menu item or detaches a submenu from the specified menu. If the menu item opens a drop-down menu or submenu, RemoveMenu does not destroy the menu or its handle, allowing the menu to be reused. Before this function is called, the GetSubMenu function should retrieve a handle to the drop-down menu or submenu.
SetMenu
The SetMenu function assigns a new menu to the specified window.
SetMenuDefaultItem
The SetMenuDefaultItem function sets the default menu item for the specified menu.
SetMenuInfo
The SetMenuInfo function sets information for a specified menu.
SetMenuItemBitmaps
The SetMenuItemBitmaps function associates the specified bitmap with a menu item. Whether the menu item is selected or clear, the system displays the appropriate bitmap next to the menu item.
SetMenuItemInfo
The SetMenuItemInfo function changes information about a menu item.
TrackPopupMenu
The TrackPopupMenu function displays a shortcut menu at the specified location and tracks the selection of items on the menu. The shortcut menu can appear anywhere on the screen.
TrackPopupMenuEx
The TrackPopupMenuEx function displays a shortcut menu at the specified location and tracks the selection of items on the shortcut menu. The shortcut menu can appear anywhere on the screen.