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Woody
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CodeScript,
Thanks for the assistance!
What I am looking to do is to create a plugin for another app in short. I want to create a new menu on the app. So very similar to what you have given as an example but a standard menu w/ menu items instead of a pop-up menu. Will the setparent.zip work for this?
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CodeScript
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I think U need a dll for that.
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Woody
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:08 pm Post subject: API Reference |
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CodeScript,
Reviewing the API reference I believe what I would need to use is CreateMenu verses CreatePopupMenu both contained in the user32.lib.
Does this sound accurate to you? 
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Woody
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:18 pm Post subject: DLL Approach |
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I have also looked into the vdswnd.dll approach to this issue as well. However I am unable to get the vdswnd.dll to function in vds 5 or the wnd command to function (with the vdsdll.dll from vdsdll3) in vds 5. 
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Vic D'Elfant
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You could try the ssmenu.dll. If you use the window class of the main exe, you should propably be able to add a menu to that window and catch the events in your own program 
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I don't know if you're trying to create plugin for MSN, but if so, you can only add your menus to the 'conversation' windows, not to the main exe 
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CodeScript
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| Woody wrote: | | Reviewing the API reference I believe what I would need to use is CreateMenu |
Yes you can create and display a menu bar and menu but you should respond to it too.
VDS runtime recieves the menu events by WM_COMMAND messages.
Now if you change the parent these messages would be posted to your foreign window and that won't respond anyway. I have checked it. It's not possible as far as I believe though I may stand corrected.
So you need to setup a hook (using a dll) and get a copy of the WM_COMMAND messages and findout which menu item user has clicked.
Poupmenus events are tracked in a different way irrespectibe of where the menu is displayed the parent remains same.
IMHO you can imitate a menu somewhat by using bitbtns/aniicons in a row.
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