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    Hey, I've become rather fond of the Office97+ Menus, that include icons by the text in the menu. I'm aware it takes quite a bit of API code, but if someone could explain how to add/modify/remove icons from menu items, I would appreciate it.

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    There isn't that much code to do it, here's an example:
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    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 GetMenuItemID 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 Const MF_BITMAP = &H4&
    
    Private Sub Command1_Click()
        Dim lMenu As Long
        Dim lID As Long
        'Add Menu Bitmap
        lMenu = GetMenu(hwnd)
        lMenu = GetSubMenu(lMenu, 0)
        lID = GetMenuItemID(lMenu, 0)
        Call SetMenuItemBitmaps(lMenu, lID, MF_BITMAP, Picture1.Picture, Picture1.Picture)    
    End Sub
    
    Private Sub Command2_Click()
        Dim lMenu As Long
        Dim lID As Long
        'Remove Menu Bitmap
        lMenu = GetMenu(hwnd)
        lMenu = GetSubMenu(lMenu, 0)
        lID = GetMenuItemID(lMenu, 0)
        Call SetMenuItemBitmaps(lMenu, lID, MF_BITMAP, 0, 0)
    End Sub

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    k, i got all of that but hwnd. what hwnd do I put in? the menu's hwnd?

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    The Forms Hwnd, GetMenu retrieves the Menu Handle associated with the Window Handle, (Form Hwnd).

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