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hello sirs.
i have a request from you please
i've created a tray Menu tool that have multy items
and i want while the tool is runing if the user open the main exe again a context menu that have the same options that in the tray menu will Appear.

i search on the web about how to do that
i found the _GUICtrlMenu_TrackPopupMenu()
but i realy don't know how to use it
can any one help me to do that please.
here is the example from the help file

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiMenu.au3>
#include <WinAPIError.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
    Global Enum $e_idOpen = 1000, $e_idSave, $e_idInfo
    Example()
    Func Example()
    ; Create GUI
    GUICreate("Menu", 400, 300)
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
        ; Register message handlers
    GUIRegisterMsg($WM_COMMAND, "WM_COMMAND")
    GUIRegisterMsg($WM_CONTEXTMENU, "WM_CONTEXTMENU")
        ; Loop until the user exits.
    Do
    Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
EndFunc   ;==>Example
    ; Handle WM_COMMAND messages
Func WM_COMMAND($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam)
    #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $lParam
    Switch $wParam
        Case $e_idOpen
            _WinAPI_ShowMsg("Open")
        Case $e_idSave
            _WinAPI_ShowMsg("Save")
        Case $e_idInfo
            _WinAPI_ShowMsg("Info")
    EndSwitch
EndFunc   ;==>WM_COMMAND
    ; Handle WM_CONTEXTMENU messages
Func WM_CONTEXTMENU($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam)
    #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $lParam
    Local $hMenu
    $hMenu = _GUICtrlMenu_CreatePopup()
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 0, "Open", $e_idOpen)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 1, "Save", $e_idSave)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 3, "", 0)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 3, "Info", $e_idInfo)
    _GUICtrlMenu_TrackPopupMenu($hMenu, $wParam)
    _GUICtrlMenu_DestroyMenu($hMenu)
    Return True
EndFunc   ;==>WM_CONTEXTMENU


and here is what i tried

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiMenu.au3>
#include <WinAPIError.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
    Global Enum $e_idOpen = 1000, $e_idSave, $e_idInfo
    
    $hMenu = _GUICtrlMenu_CreatePopup()
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 0, "Open", $e_idOpen)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 1, "Save", $e_idSave)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 3, "", 0)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 3, "Info", $e_idInfo)
$hwnd = WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]", "")
    _GUICtrlMenu_TrackPopupMenu($hMenu, $hwnd)
    _GUICtrlMenu_DestroyMenu($hMenu)
sleep(10000)


but the problem is the menu did not Appeared

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What you tried won't work very well.  You need to run the TrackPopupMenu func inside of the WM_CONTEXTMENU handler. and you are also destroying the menu right after it is created.  I'm not sure why the example has it coded that way (create and destroy each time), but I was able to tweak the example (below) and it seems to work.

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiMenu.au3>
#include <WinAPIError.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Global Enum $e_idOpen = 1000, $e_idSave, $e_idInfo
Global $hMenu

$hMenu = _GUICtrlMenu_CreatePopup()
_GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 0, "Open", $e_idOpen)
_GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 1, "Save", $e_idSave)
_GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 3, "", 0)
_GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 3, "Info", $e_idInfo)

; Create GUI
GUICreate("Menu", 400, 300)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

; Register message handlers
GUIRegisterMsg($WM_COMMAND, "WM_COMMAND")
GUIRegisterMsg($WM_CONTEXTMENU, "WM_CONTEXTMENU")

; Loop until the user exits.
Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
_GUICtrlMenu_DestroyMenu($hMenu)

; Handle WM_COMMAND messages
Func WM_COMMAND($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam)
    #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $lParam
    Switch $wParam
        Case $e_idOpen
            _WinAPI_ShowMsg("Open")
        Case $e_idSave
            _WinAPI_ShowMsg("Save")
        Case $e_idInfo
            _WinAPI_ShowMsg("Info")
    EndSwitch
EndFunc   ;==>WM_COMMAND
    ; Handle WM_CONTEXTMENU messages
Func WM_CONTEXTMENU($hWnd, $iMsg, $wParam, $lParam)
    #forceref $hWnd, $iMsg, $lParam
    _GUICtrlMenu_TrackPopupMenu($hMenu, $wParam)
    Return True
EndFunc   ;==>WM_CONTEXTMENU

 

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On 6/3/2019 at 12:49 AM, spudw2k said:

I'm afraid I don't understand.  Can you explain what you mean more?

hello sir
So I'll try to explain exactly what I want
i've created an tool which work from the system tray
this tool has multi items for example

tool
opened windows
hidden windows
about
exit
and i want to create a pop-up menu  that containe the same items that in the system tray
i meen
tool
opened windows
hidden windows
about
exit

this context menu i want it to apear automaticaly if the user run the tool, and the tool is  already runing
i finished the tool and i want to add this function To facilitate the access to the tool options
because this tool is for the blind users
I hope my idea is clear
and i hope you can help me to do that.
thanks in advance

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I think I understand.  Upon executing the tool, you want to display the context menu.  Is that correct?

I couldn't find a way to do ti without a GUI Handle to "attach" the context menu to, but you don't need to show a gui.

Here is a small demo you might be able to adapt from.

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiMenu.au3>
#include <WinAPIError.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Global Enum $e_idOpen = 1000, $e_idSave, $e_idInfo
Global $hMenu, $hGUI

$hGUI = GUICreate("",0,0)

$hMenu = _GUICtrlMenu_CreatePopup()
_GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 0, "Open", $e_idOpen)
_GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 1, "Save", $e_idSave)
_GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 3, "", 0)
_GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMenu, 3, "Info", $e_idInfo)

; Register message handlers
;GUIRegisterMsg($WM_COMMAND, "WM_COMMAND")
;GUIRegisterMsg($WM_CONTEXTMENU, "WM_CONTEXTMENU")

$iContextMenuItem = _GUICtrlMenu_TrackPopupMenu($hMenu, $hGUI, @DesktopWidth/2, @DesktopHeight/2, 0, 0, 2)
msgbox(0,"Selected Context Menu Item Selected", $iContextMenuItem)

_GUICtrlMenu_DestroyMenu($hMenu)

Play around with it and let us know where you get stuck or what questions you have.

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