Function Reference


_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu

Retrieves a the submenu activated by a specified item

#include <GuiMenu.au3>
_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu ( $hMenu, $iItem )

Parameters

$hMenu Handle of the menu
$iItem 0-based position of the menu item

Return Value

Success: a handle to the drop down menu or submenu activated by the menu item.
Failure: 0.

Related

_GUICtrlMenu_RemoveMenu, _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemSubMenu

See Also

Search GetSubMenu in MSDN Library.

Example

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiMenu.au3>

Global $g_idMemo

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hGUI, $hFile, $hEdit, $hHelp, $hMain
        Local Enum $e_idNew = 1000, $e_idOpen, $e_idSave, $e_idExit, $e_idCut, $e_idCopy, $e_idPaste, $e_idAbout

        ; Create GUI
        $hGUI = GUICreate("Menu", 400, 300)

        ; Create File menu
        $hFile = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 0, "&New", $e_idNew)
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 1, "&Open", $e_idOpen)
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 2, "&Save", $e_idSave)
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 3, "", 0)
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 4, "E&xit", $e_idExit)

        ; Create Edit menu
        $hEdit = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hEdit, 0, "&Cut", $e_idCut)
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hEdit, 1, "C&opy", $e_idCopy)
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hEdit, 2, "&Paste", $e_idPaste)

        ; Create Help menu
        $hHelp = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hHelp, 0, "&About", $e_idAbout)

        ; Create Main menu
        $hMain = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMain, 0, "&File", 0, $hFile)
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMain, 1, "&Edit", 0, $hEdit)
        _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMain, 2, "&Help", 0, 0)

        ; Set window menu
        _GUICtrlMenu_SetMenu($hGUI, $hMain)

        ; Create memo control
        $g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 2, 396, 276, 0)
        GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        ; Get/Set Help menu
        MemoWrite("Help submenu handle: " & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu($hMain, 2))
        _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemSubMenu($hMain, 2, $hHelp)
        MemoWrite("Help submenu handle: " & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu($hMain, 2))

        ; Loop until the user exits.
        Do
        Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write message to memo
Func MemoWrite($sMessage)
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>MemoWrite