Need help with making menus
i have the menu built and added into my windows and now im trying to make it do certain things when people click on the items. here are my errors:
Code:
--------------------Configuration: icons - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
source.cpp
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Comp Prog\C++\Windows
Programming\Chapter Three\icons\source.cpp(77) : error C2065: '_MENU_EXIT' : undeclared identifier
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Comp Prog\C++\Windows Programming\Chapter Three\icons\source.cpp(77) :
error C2051: case expression
not constant
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Comp Prog\C++\Windows Programming\Chapter Three\icons\source.cpp(81)
: warning C4060: switch statement contains no 'case' or 'default' labels
Error executing cl.exe.
icons.exe - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
my resource file:
Code:
#include "MENU.H"
_ICON ICON t3dx.ico
_CURSOR CURSOR blue.cur
_MUSIC WAVE loop.wav
_MENU MENU DISCARDABLE
{
POPUP "File"
{
MENUITEM "&New", _MENU_NEW
MENUITEM "&Open", _MENU_OPEN
MENUITEM "&Close", _MENU_CLOSE
MENUITEM "&Save",_MENU_SAVE
MENUITEM "E&xit",_MENU_EXIT
}
POPUP "Help"
{
MENUITEM "&Help",_MENU_HELP
MENUITEM "&About",_MENU_ABOUT
}
}
menu.h:
Code:
/*====================================================================
*
* "Tricks of the windows game programming gurus"
*
* Nathan Krygier 6/17/05
* Chapter 3 Example Two "MENU.H"
*
*///==================================================================
//File Menu
#ifndef _MENU_NEW
#define _MENU_NEW 1000
#endif
#ifndef _MENU_OPEN
#define _MENU_OPEN 1001
#endif
#ifndef _MENU_CLOSE
#define _MENU_CLOSE 1002
#endif
#ifndef _MENU_SAVE
#define _MENU_SAVE 1003
#endif
#ifndef _MENU_EXIT
#define _MENU_EXIT 1004
#endif
// Help menu
#ifndef _MENU_HELP
#define _MENU_HELP 2000
#endif
#ifndef _MENU_ABOUT
#define _MENU_ABOUT 2001
#endif
the winproc function:
Code:
// WINPROC ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hwnd,
UINT msg,
WPARAM wparam,
LPARAM lparam)
{
PAINTSTRUCT ps;
HDC hdc;
// check for message type
switch(msg)
{
// WM_CREATE //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
case WM_CREATE:
{
// do initialization stuff here
PlaySound("_MUSIC", hinstance_app, SND_RESOURCE | SND_ASYNC | SND_LOOP);
return(0);
} break;
// WM_COMMAND ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
case WM_COMMAND:
{
switch (LOWORD(wparam))
{
case _MENU_EXIT:
{
PostQuitMessage(0);
}break;
}
}break;
// WM_PAINT /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
case WM_PAINT:
{
hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd,&ps);
// you would do all your painting here
EndPaint(hwnd,&ps);
return(0);
} break;
// WM_DESTORY ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
case WM_DESTROY:
{
PlaySound(NULL, hinstance_app, SND_PURGE);
// kill the application, this sends a WM_QUIT message
PostQuitMessage(0);
return(0);
} break;
default:break;
}
// process any messages that we didn't take care of
return (DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wparam, lparam));
} // ENDWINPROC ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
