TrackPopupMenuEx

I needed a context menu for my program and found the function TrackPopupMenuEx on MSDN. However this function doesn't return until the menu is closed, and I can't put all my other code on hold until it closes. So, does there exist some other function which returns immediately and just sends the result to the window's message loop?

I tried creating a new thread which just called TrackPopupMenuEx, but for some reason the menu never appeared even though no error was returned.

I also have another question; how can I get a handle to a child window with a specific identifier?

TrackPopupMenuEx can do both.
If you specify the TPM_RETURNCMD flag, it will return only when the user clicks something. If you do not, it sends a notification when a user clicks on something.

I tried not specifying TPM_RETURNCMD however it still didn't return before the menu was closed. The only difference I could see was that it now always returned 1, rather than the identifier of the selected option.

OK, perhaps I'm wrong (no experience with TrackPopupMenu with notifications).
However, you can still launch another thread and pop up the menu inside it to avoid blocking the rest of the application.

I tried the following code for creating the menu in a thread. However nothing appears. TrackPopupMenuEx returns 0, GetLastError returns 0.

Code:

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typedef struct popupMenuStruct
{
    HMENU *menu;
    HWND *wnd;
    int x, y;
};

DWORD WINAPI DisplayPopupMenu( void *v )
{
    popupMenuStruct *PMS = (popupMenuStruct*) v;
    int ret = TrackPopupMenuEx( *PMS->menu,
                                TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_TOPALIGN | TPM_RETURNCMD |
                                TPM_LEFTBUTTON | TPM_HORIZONTAL,
                                PMS->x,
                                PMS->y,
                                *PMS->wnd,
                                NULL );
   
    printf( "TrackPopupMenuEx: %d\n", ret );
    printf( "error: %d\n", GetLastError() );
    return 0;
}

...

popupMenuStruct *popupInfo = new popupMenuStruct;
popupInfo->menu = &userInfoMenu;
popupInfo->wnd = &WindowHandle;
popupInfo->x = 100;
popupInfo->y = 100;
CreateThread( NULL, 0, &DisplayPopupMenu, (void*)popupInfo, 0, NULL );

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For what kind of use the context menu is intended ?

Is it for a TrayIcon or just for the window ... ?
Hm, anyway ..., try this in your WinMain() instead of GetMessage() ...

Code:

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    while (TRUE) {
       
        if (PeekMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) {
            if (msg.message == WM_QUIT)
                break;
            TranslateMessage (&msg);
            DispatchMessage (&msg);
        } else {
            // Your code here ...
        }
    }
    return msg.wParam;

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...43(VS.85).aspx


Greetz

It's intended for the window. It will popup when an on screen button is clicked.

And I'm already using PeekMessage.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Waterbottle

So, does there exist some other function which returns immediately and just sends the result to the window's message loop?

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WM_INITMENU and WM_INITMENUPOPUP may be of interest.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Waterbottle

how can I get a handle to a child window with a specific identifier?

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GetDlgItem.