Function Reference


_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu

Retrieves a the submenu activated by a specified item

#include <GuiMenu.au3>
_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu ( $hMenu, $iItem )

Parameters

$hMenu Handle of the menu
$iItem 0-based position of the menu item

Return Value

Success: a handle to the drop down menu or submenu activated by the menu item.
Failure: 0.

Related

_GUICtrlMenu_RemoveMenu, _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemSubMenu

See Also

Search GetSubMenu in MSDN Library.

Example

#include "Extras\HelpFileInternals.au3"

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiMenu.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    Local $hGUI, $hFile, $hEdit, $hHelp, $hMain
    Local Enum $e_idNew = 1000, $e_idOpen, $e_idSave, $e_idExit, $e_idCut, $e_idCopy, $e_idPaste, $e_idAbout

    ; Create GUI
    $hGUI = GUICreate("Menu", 400, 300)

    ; Create File menu
    $hFile = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 0, "&New", $e_idNew)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 1, "&Open", $e_idOpen)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 2, "&Save", $e_idSave)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 3, "", 0)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hFile, 4, "E&xit", $e_idExit)

    ; Create Edit menu
    $hEdit = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hEdit, 0, "&Cut", $e_idCut)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hEdit, 1, "C&opy", $e_idCopy)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hEdit, 2, "&Paste", $e_idPaste)

    ; Create Help menu
    $hHelp = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hHelp, 0, "&About", $e_idAbout)

    ; Create Main menu
    $hMain = _GUICtrlMenu_CreateMenu()
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMain, 0, "&File", 0, $hFile)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMain, 1, "&Edit", 0, $hEdit)
    _GUICtrlMenu_InsertMenuItem($hMain, 2, "&Help", 0, 0)

    ; Set window menu
    _GUICtrlMenu_SetMenu($hGUI, $hMain)

    ; Create memo control
    _MemoCreate(2, 2, 396, 276, 0)
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

    ; Get/Set Help menu
    _MemoWrite("Help submenu handle: " & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu($hMain, 2))
    _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemSubMenu($hMain, 2, $hHelp)
    _MemoWrite("Help submenu handle: " & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu($hMain, 2))

    ; Loop until the user exits.
    Do
    Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
EndFunc   ;==>Example