adding to menu during runtime

[SwedishLover]

how can i make my program add something to a menu bar during runtime?

[SwedishLover]

CMON PLEASE

[vbgladiator]

You'll need to use API calls. VB creates your menu using those calls.

[SwedishLover]

do i do that?

[Everytime]

You don't need to use API calls to dynamically create menu items (or delete them) if you can wait a few hours when I get back from work I will post the code here

[SwedishLover]

idea now, i only have like an hour left

[vbgladiator]

Or try searching the followin sites:

http://www.allapi.net/

http://vb-world.net/api/

http://visualbasic.about.com/library...htm?once=true&

[Everytime]

This is the idea. The specifics might not be right. I am tryiong to check.....

Adding Menu Controls at Run Time

A menu can grow at run time. eg menu items are dynamically created to display the path names of the most recently opened files.

Use the menu editor to create a menu entry that has an index so is part of an array

You must use a control array to create a control at run time. Because the mnuRecentFile menu control is assigned a value for the Index property at design time, it automatically becomes an element of a control array — even though no other elements have yet been created.

add an extra menu by load(mnurecentfile)
delete it by unload(mnurecentfile)

you can set the mnurecentfile.caption and other properties

[Everytime]

Sorry about the delay...

mnuItem is the menu item name created with the menu editor
In the code i refers to a particular menu item

    'To create a menu item
    Load mnuItem (i)
    
    With mnuItem (i)
            .Caption = "open file a"
            .Visible = True
     End With       
    

    'unload a menu item to remove it
     Unload mnuItem (i)

[SwedishLover]

Here is my code i want to make an add to favorites for my webbrowser.

favoritename = InputBox("What Would you like to name your favorite?", "Add Favorite")
Load mnufavs(i)

With mnfavs(i)
.Caption = favoritename
.Visible = True
End With


'unload a menu item to remove it
Unload mnuitem(i)

[Everytime]

what error do you get?

Things to check
1. Have you used the menu editor to create a menu entry that has an index value of 0. Set it to invisible so it cannot be seen yet

2. When you first want to add a menu item do

with menuitem(0)
    .caption = "test"
    .visible = true
end with

when a new entry is required...
Note that i is a number of a menutiem in the array
i should be one higher than the number of the last loaded menuitemn

load menuitm(i) 

with menuitem(i)
    .caption = "test entry number " & i 
    .visible = true
end with

[SwedishLover]

changes the caption on one menu item, i want it to create a new menu item under mnufavs