GetMenuItemInfo() - obtain caption without parenthandle

[Edwin Knoppert]

I am trying to get some info like caption from a popuphandle.
This function actually requires the parent menu handle and index or id.

I am trying to do this without this parent handle.

Idea?

[Michael Mattias]

Huh?

You say have a handle to the menu and you want info about an item on that menu. Is that correct?

If you want info about an item on that menu, you must know which item, which means you must know either which index or which command ID....meaning GetMenuItemInfo() should be perfect.

Or, If you don't know which item you want, you can enumerate all indices of the menu from zero to GetMenuItemCount(hMenu) - 1 and use GetMenuItemInfo() against each.

If you want to get info about a menu, you have to have a handle, period. Otherwise how can Windows know in which menu currently active on the system you are interested?

I must be missing something.

MCM

[Edwin Knoppert]

I said popuphandle.
Iow: hSubMenu = GetSubMenu( hMenu, 0 )

Now forget i knew hMenu and only have: hSubMenu

I have been busy with menu's today and it seems i always need to know the parent handle and index (thus hMenu in this example)

The menuitem info is obtained via the parentitem + index or id
This is the main difference to other collections where the item itself has an id/handle.
The menu functions are not prepared to do so, that is what i wanted confirmation about.
No big deal anymore anyway.

[Michael Mattias]

> said popuphandle.
>Iow: hSubMenu = GetSubMenu( hMenu, 0 )

Ok, so you follow that with

 
  X = GetMenuItemInfo  (hSubMenu....)

>Now forget i knew hMenu and only have: hSubMenu

That's a variable-management issue, not a menu issue. It happens to everyone once you accumulate enough candles on the birthday cake.

MCM

[Edwin Knoppert]

So enlightning.. again..