akp@yahoo.com
Mar 15th, 2001, 04:40 AM
how to create menu with bitmaps through windows api
Ceri
Mar 15th, 2001, 06:28 AM
Well, here goes.
This bit of code show how to add bitmaps to current menus that where inserted using the VB Menu Editor
'This project needs a form with a menu with at least one submenu
'It also needs a picturebox, Picture1, that contains a small b/w bitmap
Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400&
Private Declare Function GetMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetSubMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPos As Long) As Long
Private 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
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim hMenu As Long, hSubMenu As Long
'get the handle of the menu
hMenu = GetMenu(Me.hwnd)
'check if there's a menu
If hMenu = 0 Then
MsgBox "This form doesn't have a menu!"
Exit Sub
End If
'get the first submenu
hSubMenu = GetSubMenu(hMenu, 0)
'check if there's a submenu
If hSubMenu = 0 Then
MsgBox "This form doesn't have a submenu!"
Exit Sub
End If
'set the menu bitmap
SetMenuItemBitmaps hSubMenu, 0,MF_BYPOSITION,
Picture1.Picture, Picture1.Picture
End Sub