MENU Resource

  • Article

This resource-definition statement specifies the contents of a menu resource, which is a collection of information that defines the appearance and function of an application menu. A menu is a special input tool that enables a user to select commands and open submenus from a list of menu items.

menuID MENU [[optional-statements]] { item-definitions  . . . }

Parameters

  • menuID
    Specifies a number that identifies the menu. This value is either a unique string or a unique 16-bit unsigned integer value in the range of 1 to 65,535.
  • optional-statements
    This parameter can be zero of more of the following statements.
    Value Description
    CHARACTERISTICS dword User-defined information about a resource that can be used by tools that read and write resource files. For more information, see CHARACTERISTICS Statement.
    LANGUAGE language, sublanguage Specifies the language for the resource. For more information, see LANGUAGE Statement.
    VERSION dword User-defined version number for the resource that can be used by tools that read and write resource files. For more information, see VERSION Statement.

Example

The following code example shows a complete MENU statement.

sample MENU
{
  MENUITEM "&Soup", 100
  MENUITEM "S&alad", 101
  POPUP "&Entree"
  {
    MENUITEM "&Fish", 200
    MENUITEM "&Chicken", 201, CHECKED
    POPUP "&Beef"
    {
      MENUITEM "&Steak", 301
      MENUITEM "&Prime Rib", 302
    }
  }
  MENUITEM "&Dessert", 103
}

See Also

MENUEX Resource | MENUITEM Statement | POPUP Resource | ACCELERATORS Resource | CHARACTERISTICS Statement | DIALOG Resource | LANGUAGE Statement | RCDATA Resource | STRINGTABLE Resource | VERSION Statement

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

© 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.