How to get string value from mfc popupmenu when clicked without making use of resource id

Question

I'm creating a dynamic popup menu without generating resource ids. How can I keep track of the clicked action without a resource id?

Is there any way I can get menu's string value?

CMenu m_subMenu;
m_subMenu.CreatePopupMenu();

utf16string actionName(L"");
int nCatgryId = 1000;

for( ; itr != itrEnd ; ++itr)
{
    actionName     = itr->first;
    CString csActionName = actionName.c_str();
    AppendMenu(MF_STRING,nId++, csActionName);
}

So how do I obtain the value from the menu when an action is clicked?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '11 at 13:07

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#define YOURMENU_ID  WM_APP+10
...
AppendMenu(.., YOURMENU_ID,...);

And handle it in WM_COMMAND

answered Jul 16 '11 at 13:07

Ajay

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thanks ajay for the reply but i need to get the menu name when right clicked without making use of id – Pinky Jul 16 '11 at 13:31
getmenustring needs id to be passed – Pinky Jul 16 '11 at 13:34
You don't want any id, but you want information for a menu item? How's that possible? I didn't ask you to use resource, but a locally defined macro. – Ajay Jul 16 '11 at 13:36
im creating a dynamic menu so my id cant be defined as a macro – Pinky Jul 16 '11 at 13:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '11 at 15:22

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Every menu item, when you create it, needs to have an ID. You need to reserve a list of ID's, use those to create the menu items, then use the normal menu functions to get information on them.

answered Jul 18 '11 at 15:22

Roel

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How to get string value from mfc popupmenu when clicked without making use of resource id

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