The Prof-UIS menu bar provides many additional features not supported in MFC:
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Menu bar can be docked to any side of the main frame window or be floating anywhere on the screen
(see Figure 1)
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Rarely used menu items can be initially hidden and shown after clicking on the chevron button or after a short delay
(see Figure 2)
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Enhanced system menu, which is supported for the main frame window, MDI child windows, and dialogs
(see Figure 3, Figure 4,
and Figure 5)
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Full compatibility with the OLE client/server technology,
which means supporting OLE VERB menus for OLE objects
(see Figure 6)
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Pop-up menu is automatically scrolled when the menu height is greater than the screen size
(see Figure 7)
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Support for the most recently used (MRU) file list
(see Figure 8)
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Support for the list of the currently open windows
(see Figure 9)
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Windows 2000-like balloon tooltip that appears when the mouse pointer is hovering over menu items
(see Figure 10)
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Ten animations for pop-up menus
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Pop-up menu shadow, which is correctly displayed on all supported OSes including Windows 95 and Windows NT
Figure 1. Docked/floating states of the menu bar
Figure 2. Frequently/rarely used menu items
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Figure 3. System menu for the main frame
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Figure 4. System menu for the MDI child frame
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Figure 5. System menu for the dialog
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Figure 6. Support for OLE Verbs in menus
Figure 7. Scroll buttons
Figure 8. Most recently used file list
Figure 9. Currently open windows list
Figure 10. Windows 2000-like balloon tooltip