Function Reference


GUICtrlGetHandle

Returns the handle for a control and some special (item) handles (Menu, ContextMenu, TreeViewItem).

GUICtrlGetHandle ( controlID )

Parameters

controlID Control identifier as returned by a GUICtrlCreate...() function.

Return Value

Success: the handle of the given control ID.
Failure: 0.

Remarks

The following controls will not return a handle: GUICtrlCreateDummy(), GUICtrlCreateGraphic(), GUICtrlCreateObj(), GUICtrlCreateListViewItem() and GUICtrlCreateTabItem().

ListViewItems and TabItems are managed through indexes. To get the index of these items use DllCall() and DllStructCreate().

Related

IsHWnd

Example

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    GUICreate("My GUI", 300, 200)

    Local $idMnu_File = GUICtrlCreateMenu("&File")
    GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("&Open", $idMnu_File)
    GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("&Save", $idMnu_File)
    GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("", $idMnu_File)

    Local $idMnu_Options = GUICtrlCreateMenu("O&ptions", $idMnu_File)
    GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("View", $idMnu_Options)
    GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("", $idMnu_Options)
    GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("Tools", $idMnu_Options)

    GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("", $idMnu_File)
    Local $idMni_Exit = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("&Exit", $idMnu_File)

    Local $idMnu_Help = GUICtrlCreateMenu("&?")
    Local $idMni_About = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("&About", $idMnu_Help)

    Local $idBtn_End = GUICtrlCreateButton("End", 110, 140, 70, 20)

    SetMenuColor($idMnu_File, 0xEEBB99) ; BGR color value
    SetMenuColor($idMnu_Options, 0x66BB99) ; BGR color value
    SetMenuColor($idMnu_Help, 0x99BBEE) ; BGR color value

    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    Local $idMsg
    ; Loop until the user exits.
    While 1
        $idMsg = GUIGetMsg()

        Switch $idMsg
            Case $idMni_Exit, $idBtn_End, $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                ExitLoop

            Case $idMni_About
                MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "About...", "Colored menu sample")
        EndSwitch
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Apply the color to the menu
Func SetMenuColor($nMenuID, $nColor)
    Local Const $MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS = 0x80000000
    Local Const $MIM_BACKGROUND = 0x00000002

    Local $hMenu = GUICtrlGetHandle($nMenuID)

    Local $hBrush = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "hwnd", "CreateSolidBrush", "int", $nColor)
    $hBrush = $hBrush[0]

    Local $tMenuInfo = DllStructCreate("dword;dword;dword;uint;dword;dword;ptr")
    DllStructSetData($tMenuInfo, 1, DllStructGetSize($tMenuInfo))
    DllStructSetData($tMenuInfo, 2, BitOR($MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS, $MIM_BACKGROUND))
    DllStructSetData($tMenuInfo, 5, $hBrush)

    DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SetMenuInfo", "hwnd", $hMenu, "struct*", $tMenuInfo)

    ; release Struct not really needed as it is a local
    $tMenuInfo = 0
EndFunc   ;==>SetMenuColor