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WM_MENUCHAR

This message is sent when a menu is active and the user presses a key that does not correspond to any mnemonic or accelerator key. This message is sent to the window that owns the menu.

WM_MENUCHAR chUser = (char)LOWORD(wParam); 
fuFlag = (UINT)HIWORD(wParam); hmenu = (HMENU) lParam;

Parameters

  • chUser
    Value of the low-order word of wParam. Specifies the character code that corresponds to the key the user pressed.

  • fuFlag
    Value of the high-order word of wParam. Specifies the type of the active menu and must be:

    Value Description
    MF_POPUP Drop-down menu, submenu, or shortcut menu

  • hmenu
    Handle to the active menu.

Return Values

An application that processes this message should return one of the following values in the high-order word of the return value:

Value Description
MNC_IGNORE Informs the system that it should discard the character the user pressed and create a short beep on the system speaker.
MNC_CLOSE Informs the system that it should close the active menu.
MNC_EXECUTE Informs the system that it should choose the item specified in the low-order word of the return value. The owner window receives a WM_COMMAND message.
MNC_SELECT Informs the system that it should select the item specified in the low-order word of the return value.

Remarks

The low-order word is ignored if the high-order word contains 0 or 1. An application should process this message when an accelerator is used to select a menu item that displays a bitmap.

Requirements

Runs on Versions Defined in Include Link to
Windows CE OS 1.0 and later Winuser.h    

Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

WM_COMMAND

 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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