I decided to try this

I decided to update my (pathetic) HTML editor. I wanted to make a dialog box with a menu. In Petzold's book, it say that you can create a menu like this:

Code:

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MENU menu-name

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in the resource script, but as soon as I attempt to execute my program, it decides not to even come up! When I remove my menu, it works fine. IS PETZOLD WRONG...?? (GOD FORBID)

Thanks
-Chris

>MENU menu-name

You might try:
menu-name MENU

Although you may actually have to throw in some menu items for this to work.

what the...?

Are you sure that that will work? That doesn't really make sense to me...

Shouldnt this be in Windows Programming? Anyway I havent had any experience programming resources manually, but this is some code I ripped out of the program I'm working on at the moment. It's MSVC generated but it looks similar to what you're doing. IDR_TYKETYPE is a menu resource in VC++ but I think it's the same thing as the menu name (?).

Code:

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IDR_TYKETYPE MENU DISCARDABLE
BEGIN
    POPUP "&File"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&New\tCtrl+N",                ID_FILE_NEW
        MENUITEM "&Open...\tCtrl+O",            ID_FILE_OPEN
        MENUITEM SEPARATOR
        MENUITEM "P&rint Setup...",            ID_FILE_PRINT_SETUP
        MENUITEM SEPARATOR
        MENUITEM "Recent File",                ID_FILE_MRU_FILE1, GRAYED
        MENUITEM SEPARATOR
        MENUITEM "E&xit",                      ID_APP_EXIT
    END
    POPUP "&1 Booking In"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&1 Rollers",                  32772
        MENUITEM "&2 Production List",          32773
        MENUITEM "&3 Sub Contract",            32774
        MENUITEM "&4 Roller Count",            32775
        MENUITEM "&5 Job Status",              32776
        MENUITEM "&6 Print Outstanding Job Value", 32777
    END
END

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>>> MENUITEM "&1 Rollers", 32772

Unless you have a really good reason, it is a bad idea to use literals here, much better to use symbolic names and define all the symbols in a header. One day when you've got thousands of them, and you really can't figure out why your getting the action you are getting, you'll wish you had!

Robert602, what you have there (I think) is the resource script for a menu. What i'm trying to do is attactch a menu to a dialog box. MENU menu-name is supposed to go where you script the dialog where menu-name is the name of the menu that you have already created. This doesn't seem to work though, even though its in 'Programming Windows 5th Edition' by Charles Petzold...

You'll probbly have to put up more code.
But if its outside of the code then you'll probbly have to use HMENU instead of just MENU.

Would I be able to create my dialog using CreateWindow() in order to specify the menu, or isn't this possible?

Yes.
Try somthing like WS_POPUP.

so...would this work?

Code:

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hDlg = CreateWindow (szAppName, szCaption,
                          WS_POPUP,
                          CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
                          CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
                          NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL) ;

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Or should I include more style parameters?

is it possible to move this thread to the Windows Programming board?

You'll have to tinker with it a bit, but your heading in the right direction.
But you'll have to add the controls to the window yourself.

I understand, but this still doesn't explain why my book ('Programming Windows 5th Edition' by Charles Petzold) says that you can add a menu to your dialog box simply by placing Menu menu-name into your code...:confused:. By the way, its on page 494, for anyboy who has the book. C'mon you 'Pezold Patriots' (lol).

I don't know about other compilers but in MSVC you can insert a menu resource directly into a dialog.

Create the dialog and menu. In the dialog, get its properties. Bottom right, below caption is the spot for the menu ID.

Use DrawMenuBar() and / or GetMenu() with the dialogs HWND.

Sometimes need to paint it before it displays. Beware of dialogs / windows with the CHILD style as they are not ment to have menus. Will work under Win98 but is harder under Win2000 / XP

THANKS! That sounds right from what i've read. I'll give that a try. Thanks again.

Not a problem. Let me know if it does not work.

how about doing this:

Code:

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hMenu = LoadMenu(hInstance, "Menu");

SetMenu(hDlg, hMenu);

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The string is the menu ID. The name you gave it in the resource editor. Not its title.

Code:

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LoadMenu( hInstance , MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDM_MENU_ID_NAME) );

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