VB Snippet - Bitmap in Menus

[James Stanich]

Add a picturebox with a 16x16 bitmap

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
 
Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400&
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 
    Dim hMenu As Long, hSubMenu As Long
 
    ' GET HWND OF MENU
 
    hMenu = GetMenu(Me.hwnd)
 
    ' ENSURE EXISTANCE OF MENU
 
    If hMenu = 0 Then
 
        MsgBox "This form doesn't have a menu!"
 
        Exit Sub
 
    End If
 
    ' FIND 1ST SUB-MENU
 
    hSubMenu = GetSubMenu(hMenu, 0)
 
    ' ENSURE EXISTANCE OF SUB - MENU
 
    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

[csar]

The size is smaller than 16x16..(I guess it equal checkbox size?!?) Have another way to put picture into menu bar?

[Madboy]

You could use a XP Style Menu found at vbSmart