adding menus at runtime

i dont like making menus at design time, because i like to be able to modify anything about my program that i want, including menus. but i cant get the code exactly right. heres what im doing at the moment:

Code:

HMENU hMenu;
HMENU hPopUp;

hMenu=CreateMenu();
hPopUp=CreatePopupMenu();
AppendMenu(hPopUp,MF_STRING,ID_EXIT,"E&xit");
AppendMenu(hMenu,MF_POPUP,(int)hPopUp,NULL);

if (SetMenu(hwnd,hMenu))
	Notify(hwnd,"success"); //my own routine, its just a messagebox

unfortunately a menu doesn't appear, but there is a small buffer area at the top of the client area, about half the height of a menu bar. why wont the code work?

Appendmenu() is obslete. Try playing with this code

Code:

#define                 ID_PAGE_1       40001
	for(i=0;i<MaxPages;i++)
	{
		//set the text
		sprintf(sBuffer,"Page %d of %d.",i+1,MaxPages);
		//fill the structure
		MenuItemInfo.cbSize=sizeof(MENUITEMINFO);
		MenuItemInfo.fMask=MIIM_DATA| MIIM_ID| MIIM_TYPE| MIIM_ID| MIIM_CHECKMARKS |MIIM_STATE |MIIM_SUBMENU;
		MenuItemInfo.fType=MFT_STRING;
		MenuItemInfo.dwTypeData=sBuffer;
		MenuItemInfo.hbmpChecked=NULL;
		MenuItemInfo.hbmpUnchecked=NULL;
		MenuItemInfo.fState=MFS_ENABLED;
		MenuItemInfo.hSubMenu=NULL;
		MenuItemInfo.wID=ID_PAGE_1+i;

		InsertMenuItem(hPageMenu,i,TRUE,&MenuItemInfo);
	}

Try changing your last AppendMenu( ) to this...

Code:

AppendMenu( hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)hPopUp, "&File" );

thanks mr wizard, it works now. that was pretty silly of me, i mean, you cant have a menu without a caption.

sorry novacain, i didn't get to finish implementing your method, when i found that it was easier the way i was doing it. i understand though that using InsertMenuItem gives you more options and capabilities, so next time i need those things i'll use your method.