Re: Substituting the main menu bar(s)

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"Victor" <nijegorodov.otpusk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Take a look at
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-
11,GGLD:en&q=How+to+Use+Multiple+Menus+in+MFC+App+That+Uses+GetDefaultMenu

Victor

Thanks Victor, that was very useful. I don't know how I missed it. It
mentions Ajay's method but indicates a "safer" one which settles my worries.

As a number of people have taken the trouble to help me, and in case any
lurkers are agog with anticipation, let me post the eventual solution
(semi-schematically) which seems to work for me.

1. Store an HMENU as a static member
CMyDocument::m_hMyMenu;
Initialise it to NULL
Return it with the virtual override CMyDocument::GetDefaultMenu()

2. When you want to replace the menus do the following:

// Load the new menus:

HMENU hMenuDoc = .....
// Load new menu for when document is active
HMENU hMenuNoDoc = ...
// Load new menu for when no document is active.

// Note the old menus:

HMENU hMenuDocOld = ...
// Menu stored as static member of CMyDocument

HMENU hMenuNoDocOld =
pFrameWnd->m_hMenuDefault;
// the current default for no active document.

// Make replacements:

CMyDocument::m_hMyMenu = hMenuDoc;
pFrameWnd->m_hMenuDefault = hMenuNoDoc;

// Tell the frame window to show the appropriate replacement:

pFrameWnd->OnUpdateFrameMenu( NULL );
pFrameWnd->DrawMenuBar();

// Tidy up:

if( hMenuDocOld ) DestroyMenu( hMenuDocOld );
if( hMenuNoDocOld ) DestroyMenu( hMenuNoDocOld );

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It's as easy as that when you know how, but finding out how is a different
matter. Thanks to everyone who has helped!

Dave
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