Thread: menus

is it better to include menus as a resource, hard code them, or create them on the fly?

I know it realy depends on what you are doing. If you want the user to be able to modify them you would creat them on the fly. But if you are going to have a specific type of menu that is static (will not change), depends on how you like to code (hard code or resource). That should be able to give you an idea.

I like to just put it in my code, and avoid resources wherever possible for some reason.

no, don't load it from a TEXT file, just do something like....

Code:

/*excpert from ASMEdit...*/

enum ID {ID_VIEW = 1, ID_FILE_EXIT = 9001, ID_FILE_OPEN = 9002, 
ID_FILE_SAVE = 9003, ID_HELP_ABOUT = 9004, ID_CMPL_A86 = 9005,
ID_CMPL_NASM = 9006, ID_FILE_NEW = 9007, ID_HELP_HELP = 9008};

void MenuInit(HWND hwnd, HMENU hMenu, HMENU hSubMenu)
{
	hMenu = CreateMenu();

	hSubMenu = CreatePopupMenu();
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_FILE_NEW, "&New");
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_FILE_OPEN, "&Open");
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_FILE_SAVE, "&Save");
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_SEPARATOR, NULL, NULL);
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_FILE_EXIT, "E&xit");
	AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)hSubMenu, "&File");

	hSubMenu = CreatePopupMenu();
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_CMPL_A86, "Compile With A&86");
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_CMPL_NASM, "Compile With &NASM");
	AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)hSubMenu, "&Compile With");

	hSubMenu = CreatePopupMenu();
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_HELP_HELP, "&Help");
	AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, ID_HELP_ABOUT, "&About ASMEdit...");
	AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)hSubMenu, "&Help");
	
	SetMenu(hwnd, hMenu);
}

mine's prettier.

why don't you try unblocking me, cuz I just got off IM :-P and now I'm going.


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is it better to include menus as a resource, hard code them, or create them on the fly?

In general, I prefer to build them as a resource because my applications have a fix menu and I don't want to bother to much with it.

If you need a more "dynamic" menu it's better to create it on the fly.

And you can always create a mixed menu, ie create a menu resource with some items and on the fly add/remove items depending on the application.