Re: How to get Acceleration Key for specific MenuItem ?

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From: Randy Birch (rgb_removethis_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:20:39 -0400

If the accelerator you want is the underlined letter, you should be able to
do this with GetMenuItemInfo (assuming the menu's not in your app). Then
look in the string for a single & character, and the next character is the
accelerator key. If && is present skip it, as that's the code to print an
actual ampersand, as in "Open && Save" = "Open & Save". Although I don't
have a demo ready, the code at
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/menu/radiobutton.htm shows calling this API. 

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"[SolarAngel]" <not-for-mail> wrote in message 
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: I need to pass handle to menu item and retrieve Acceleration key for that 
menu item, is this possible?
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: Thanks!
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: [SolarAngel]
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