DeleteMenu Function

The DeleteMenu function deletes an item from the specified menu. If the menu item opens a menu or submenu, this function destroys the handle to the menu or submenu and frees the memory used by the menu or submenu.

Syntax

    BOOL DeleteMenu(      
        HMENU hMenu,
        UINT uPosition,
        UINT uFlags
    );

CreatePopupMenu Function

The CreatePopupMenu function creates a drop-down menu, submenu, or shortcut menu. The menu is initially empty. You can insert or append menu items by using the InsertMenuItem function. You can also use the InsertMenu function to insert menu items and the AppendMenu function to append menu items.

Syntax

    HMENU CreatePopupMenu(VOID);

CreateMenu Context Menu Function

The CreateMenu function creates a Windows Explorer Shell context menu. The menu is initially empty, but it can be filled with menu items by using the InsertMenuItem, AppendMenu, and InsertMenu functions.

Syntax

    HMENU CreateMenu(VOID);

CheckMenuRadioItem Function

The CheckMenuRadioItem function checks a specified menu item and makes it a radio item. At the same time, the function clears all other menu items in the associated group and clears the radio-item type flag for those items.

Syntax

    BOOL CheckMenuRadioItem(      
        HMENU hmenu,
        UINT idFirst,
        UINT idLast,
        UINT idCheck,
        UINT uFlags
    );

CheckMenuItem Function

The CheckMenuItem function sets the state of the specified menu item's check-mark attribute to either selected or clear.

Syntax

    DWORD CheckMenuItem(      
        HMENU hmenu,
        UINT uIDCheckItem,
        UINT uCheck
    );

AppendMenu Function

The AppendMenu function appends a new item to the end of the specified menu bar, drop-down menu, submenu, or shortcut menu. You can use this function to specify the content, appearance, and behavior of the menu item.

Syntax

    BOOL AppendMenu(      
        HMENU hMenu,
        UINT uFlags,
        UINT_PTR uIDNewItem,
        LPCTSTR lpNewItem
    );