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Adding user-defined items to the Control Menu of VFP form (requires VFP9)
Attaching menu to a top-level form
Browsing Windows Known Folders (Special Folders)
Changing pitch and speed of a wave file
Class for sound recording
Compressing and decompressing files with Windows API Runtime Library routines
Converting command-line string to a set of Unicode argument strings (WinNT only)
Copying strings through the global memory block
Creating the Open dialog box to specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to open
Creating the Save dialog box to specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to save
Custom HttpRequest class (WinHTTP)
Deleting files into the Recycle Bin
Displaying dimmed window behind VFP top-level form
Displaying standard progress dialog box when copying files
Displaying system dialog that selects a folder
Dynamic strings implemented through VFP Custom class
Enhanced GetFont dialog
Enumerating forms supported by a specified printer
Enumerating network resources
Enumerating ports that are available for printing on a specified server
Enumerating print jobs and retrieving information for default printer (JOB_INFO_1 structures)
Enumerating printer drivers installed
Extensible Storage Engine class library
FindText -- the hopeless and useless Common Dialog
GDI+: reading and writing metadata in JPEG and TIFF files
How to assemble an array of strings and pass it to external function
How to browse and connect to printers on a network (WinNT)
How to convert a bitmap file to monochrome format (1 bpp)
How to delete IE cookies, clear IE history and delete files in Temporary Internet Files directory
How to display a user-defined icon in the MessageBox dialog
How to display advanced Task Dialog (Vista)
How to display the Print property sheet
How to display the Properties dialog box for a file (ShellExecuteEx)
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How to write and read Window Properties for the specified window
Loading a string resource from an executable file
MapiSendMail class for Visual FoxPro application
Mapping and disconnecting network drives
Obtaining addresses for the adapters on the local computer (Win XP/2003/Vista)
Obtaining list of tables stored in an ODBC Data Source
Passing data records between VFP applications via the Clipboard
Playing WAV sounds simultaneously
Printing Image File, programmatically set print page orientation to landscape
Quering Audio Mixer Device
Reading entries from Event logs
Reading the structure of VFP main menu
Sending email messages with Simple MAPI
Shortcut Menu Class
Simple printer queue monitor: deletes, pauses, resumes print jobs for local printer
Starting a dialog box for connecting to network resources and passing input parameters
Storing content of the Clipboard to a bitmap file
Storing screen shot of a form to bitmap file
Subclassing CommandButton control to create BackColor property
URL: splitting into its component parts
Using Change Notification Objects to monitor changes to the printer or print server
Using EnumPrinters function to enumerate locally installed printers
Using FillMemory
Using the ChooseColor function
Using WM_COPYDATA for interprocess communication (VFP9)
Verifying a file using the Authenticode policy provider
Vertical Label control
WAV file player
Windows Shell Icons displayed and exported to ICO files (Vista)
Winsock: connecting to a news server (NNTP, port 119)
Writing entries to custom Event Log
Attaching menu to a top-level form

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Before you begin:
In this example menu is created and attached to a top-level VFP form. The System popup and a user-defined popup are inserted in the menu.



See also:
  • Adding user-defined items to the Control Menu of VFP form (requires VFP9)
  • Transparent Menu Class (requires VFP9)
  • Reading structure of menu attached to the main VFP window
  • Accessing Adobe Reader 7.0 main menu from VFP application

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    PUBLIC frm
    frm = CreateObject("Tform")
    frm.Visible = .T.
     
    DEFINE CLASS Tform As Form
    PROTECTED hWindow, hMenu, hPopup, hSysPopup
        Autocenter=.T.
        ShowWindow=2  && this is important
     
    PROCEDURE Load
        THIS.declare
     
    PROCEDURE Init
        STORE 0 TO THIS.hWindow, THIS.hMenu,;
            THIS.hPopup, THIS.hSysPopup
     
    PROCEDURE Destroy
        * DestroyMenu is recursive, which means 
        * it destroys the menu including all submenus
        = DestroyMenu(THIS.hMenu)
     
    PROCEDURE Activate
        IF THIS.hWindow = 0
            THIS.InitMenu()
        ENDIF
     
    PROCEDURE InitMenu
    #DEFINE MF_STRING  0
        THIS.hWindow = GetFocus()
     
        THIS.hSysPopup = GetSystemMenu(THIS.hWindow, 0)
        THIS.hPopup = CreateMenu()
        = AppendMenu(THIS.hPopup, MF_STRING, 1, "Option &1")
        = AppendMenu(THIS.hPopup, MF_STRING, 1, "Option &2")
        = AppendMenu(THIS.hPopup, MF_STRING, 1, "Option &3")
     
        THIS.hMenu = CreateMenu()
        THIS.AddMenuItem(THIS.hMenu, 0, "&Form", THIS.hPopup)
        THIS.AddMenuItem(THIS.hMenu, 1, "&System", THIS.hSysPopup)
     
        = SetMenu(THIS.hWindow, THIS.hMenu)
     
    PROCEDURE AddMenuItem(hMenu, lnPosition, lcCaption, lnPopup)
    *| typedef struct tagMENUITEMINFO {
    *|   UINT    cbSize;         0:4
    *|   UINT    fMask;          4:4
    *|   UINT    fType;          8:4
    *|   UINT    fState;        12:4
    *|   UINT    wID;           16:4
    *|   HMENU   hSubMenu;      20:4
    *|   HBITMAP hbmpChecked;   24:4
    *|   HBITMAP hbmpUnchecked; 28:4
    *|   ULONG_PTR dwItemData;  32:4
    *|   LPTSTR  dwTypeData;    36:4
    *|   UINT    cch;           40:4
    *|   HBITMAP hbmpItem;      44:4
    *| } MENUITEMINFO, *LPMENUITEMINFO; total = 48 bytes
    #DEFINE MENUITEMINFO_SIZE  48
     
    #DEFINE MFT_STRING 0
    #DEFINE MIIM_STATE 1
    #DEFINE MIIM_ID 2
    #DEFINE MIIM_SUBMENU 4
    #DEFINE MIIM_TYPE 16
    #DEFINE MFS_ENABLED 0
     
        LOCAL lcMask, lcItemInfo, loCaption
        loCaption = CREATEOBJECT("PChar", lcCaption)
        lcMask = MIIM_STATE + MIIM_ID + MIIM_TYPE + MIIM_SUBMENU
     
        * fill MENUITEMINFO structure
        lcItemInfo =;
            num2dword(MENUITEMINFO_SIZE) +;
            num2dword(lcMask) +;
            num2dword(MFT_STRING) +;
            num2dword(MFS_ENABLED) +;
            num2dword(lnPosition) +;
            num2dword(lnPopup) +;
            num2dword(0) +;
            num2dword(0) +;
            num2dword(0) +;
            num2dword(loCaption.GetAddr()) +;
            num2dword(Len(lcCaption)) +;
            num2dword(0)
     
        = InsertMenuItem(hMenu, lnPosition, 1, @lcItemInfo)
    RETURN
     
    PROCEDURE declare
        DECLARE INTEGER GetFocus IN user32
        DECLARE INTEGER CreateMenu IN user32
        DECLARE INTEGER CreatePopupMenu IN user32
        DECLARE INTEGER DestroyMenu IN user32 INTEGER hMenu
     
        DECLARE INTEGER SetMenu IN user32;
            INTEGER hWindow, INTEGER hMenu
     
        DECLARE INTEGER GetSystemMenu IN user32;
            INTEGER hWindow, INTEGER bRevert
     
        DECLARE INTEGER AppendMenu IN user32;
            INTEGER hMenu, INTEGER uFlags,;
            INTEGER uIDNewItem, STRING @lpNewItem
     
        DECLARE INTEGER InsertMenuItem IN user32;
            INTEGER hMenu, INTEGER uItem,;
            INTEGER fByPosition, STRING @lpmii
    ENDDEFINE
     
    DEFINE CLASS PChar As Session
    PROTECTED hMem
     
    PROCEDURE Init(lcString)
        THIS.hMem = 0
        THIS.setValue(lcString)
     
    PROCEDURE Destroy
        THIS.ReleaseString
     
    FUNCTION GetAddr
    RETURN THIS.hMem
     
    FUNCTION GetValue
        LOCAL lnSize, lcBuffer
        lnSize = THIS.getAllocSize()
        lcBuffer = SPACE(lnSize)
     
        IF THIS.hMem <> 0
            DECLARE RtlMoveMemory IN kernel32 As MemToStr;
                STRING @, INTEGER, INTEGER
            = MemToStr(@lcBuffer, THIS.hMem, lnSize)
        ENDIF
    RETURN lcBuffer
     
    FUNCTION GetAllocSize
        DECLARE INTEGER GlobalSize IN kernel32 INTEGER hMem
    RETURN Iif(THIS.hMem=0, 0, GlobalSize(THIS.hMem))
     
    PROCEDURE SetValue(lcString)
    #DEFINE GMEM_FIXED 0 
        THIS.ReleaseString
     
        DECLARE INTEGER GlobalAlloc IN kernel32 INTEGER, INTEGER
        DECLARE RtlMoveMemory IN kernel32 As StrToMem;
            INTEGER, STRING @, INTEGER
     
        LOCAL lnSize
        lcString = lcString + Chr(0)
        lnSize = Len(lcString)
        THIS.hMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED, lnSize)
        IF THIS.hMem <> 0
            = StrToMem(THIS.hMem, @lcString, lnSize)
        ENDIF
     
    PROCEDURE ReleaseString
        IF THIS.hMem <> 0
            DECLARE INTEGER GlobalFree IN kernel32 INTEGER
            = GlobalFree (THIS.hMem)
            THIS.hMem = 0
        ENDIF
    ENDDEFINE
     
    FUNCTION num2dword(lnValue)
    #DEFINE m0 0x0000100
    #DEFINE m1 0x0010000
    #DEFINE m2 0x1000000
        IF lnValue < 0
            lnValue = 0x100000000 + lnValue
        ENDIF
        LOCAL b0, b1, b2, b3
        b3 = Int(lnValue/m2)
        b2 = Int((lnValue - b3*m2)/m1)
        b1 = Int((lnValue - b3*m2 - b2*m1)/m0)
        b0 = Mod(lnValue, m0)
    RETURN Chr(b0)+Chr(b1)+Chr(b2)+Chr(b3)
     
     
     

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    Created: 2001-12-09 11:26:57  
    Modified: 2006-05-18 08:46:40  
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    Listed functions:
    AppendMenu
    CreateMenu
    CreatePopupMenu
    DestroyMenu
    GetFocus
    GetSystemMenu
    GlobalAlloc
    GlobalFree
    GlobalSize
    InsertMenuItem
    SetMenu
    Printer friendly API declarations
    My comment:
    Take a note that the ShowWindow property for the form should be set to 2. That means "a top-level form in which child forms can be placed".

    See also:
  • BINDEVENT()
  • ShowWindow
  • Adding a Menu to a Top-Level Form.
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    User Contributed Notes:
    Carlos Alloatti | 2006-05-08 11:44:43
    Maybe with VFP 9 Bindevent to window messages this can be made to react to user selections?
    64.229.225.52 | 2006-05-08 13:45:00
    Carlos, this example is quite old. I should have it rewritten logn time ago.

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