Masoud MilaniSchool of Computer ScienceFlorida International UniversityMiami, FL 33199 milani@fiu.edu

Windows Programming Using MFC and

Visual C++ .Net

Menus and Tool Bars

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Menus AppWizard creates two menu

resources IDR_MAINFRAME

The mainFrame menu is displayed when there is no childFrame

IDR_MAINFRAME

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Menus IDR_"DocType"Type

The mainFrame menu when there is at least one childFrame

IDR_IntroType

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Menus Menus are

created or modified using the Menu Editor

Menu

resources

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Menus To create a new menu

Type a name in a menu placeholder

Set the menu's properties

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Menus Decide which class must handle this

menu command Document ? View? Mainframe? App? ChildFrame?

Use the class wizard to write a handler for the menu's COMMAND message

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Menus

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Menus

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Menu Prompt Menu prompt is the message that

appears inside the status bar when the mouse is on the menu

Menu Prompt

Enter menu's prompt in its property box

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Short Cuts For Alt key short cut, put & in front

of a letter in the menu's captionNew Men&u

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Short Cuts Enter other short

cuts in the Accelerator Table

Place holder for anew accelerator

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Short Cut Properties

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Menu State A menu can be in one of the following

states: Enabled

Enabled(TRUE); Disabled

Enable(FALSE); Checked

SetCheck(TRUE); Unchecked

SetCheck(FALSE);

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Menu State The state of a menu is set in the

handler for the menu UPDATE_COMMAND_UI messagevoid CIntroView::OnUpdateEditNew(CCmdUI* pCmdUI) {

// TODO: Add your command update UI handler code herepCmdUI->SetCheck(TRUE);

}

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Command Routing Menus and Tools bars are a part of the

MainFrame. Who gets the menu commands?

Menu commands are routed to the following objects to a find a event handler View Document ChildFrame MainFrame Application

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ToolBars Similar to Menus Can have the same ID as a menu

item Can have Tool Tip

ToolTip

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ToolBars A Toolbar Button's Tool Tip is also

entered in its prompt property box Prompt and Tool Tip strings are

seperated by \n