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

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Menus

To create a new menu Type a name in a menu place

holder

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 caption

New 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 message

void 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