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[pmaheshindia]

how do you put icons with the menu items

eg:just like the File -> Open Project menu of vb or File -> Save Project menu

[minnal]

Hi,

Try using this Api.

Add the following code to the declarations section of a module:
Declare Function GetMenu Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

Declare Function GetSubMenu Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPos As Long) As Long

Declare Function GetMenuItemID Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPos As Long) As Long

Declare Function SetMenuItemBitmaps Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPosition As Long, _
ByVal wFlags As Long, ByVal hBitmapUnchecked As Long, _
ByVal hBitmapChecked As Long) As Long

Public Const MF_BITMAP = &H4&

Type MENUITEMINFO
cbSize As Long
fMask As Long
fType As Long
fState As Long
wID As Long
hSubMenu As Long
hbmpChecked As Long
hbmpUnchecked As Long
dwItemData As Long
dwTypeData As String
cch As Long
End Type

Declare Function GetMenuItemCount Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hMenu As Long) As Long

Declare Function GetMenuItemInfo Lib "user32" _
Alias "GetMenuItemInfoA" (ByVal hMenu As Long, _
ByVal un As Long, ByVal b As Boolean, _
lpMenuItemInfo As MENUITEMINFO) As Boolean

Public Const MIIM_ID = &H2
Public Const MIIM_TYPE = &H10
Public Const MFT_STRING = &H0&

Code

 Add one form to the project.
 Add a picturebox (Autosize = True) with a bitmap (not an icon!!!), max. 13X13
 Add a commandbutton with following code:
Private Sub Command1_Click()

'Get the menuhandle of your app
hMenu& = GetMenu(Form1.hwnd)

'Get the handle of the first submenu (Hello)
hSubMenu& = GetSubMenu(hMenu&, 0)

'Get the menuId of the first entry (Bitmap)
hID& = GetMenuItemID(hSubMenu&, 0)

'Add the bitmap

SetMenuItemBitmaps hMenu&, hID&, MF_BITMAP, _
Picture1.Picture, _
Picture1.Picture
'You can add two bitmaps to a menuentry
'One for the checked and one for the unchecked
'state.

End Sub
 Run the Project and click the button.

I hope this would help.

bye....