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Hi, I want to create a CExtPopupMenuWnd on the fly by building it from a set of strings. As in my previous post I don’t want messages handles by a parent window, and thus use: dwTrackFlags = TPMX_DO_MESSAGE_LOOP | TPMX_NO_WM_COMMAND | TPMX_NO_CMD_UI.

I tried using ItemInsert() without success. The only way I’ve found so far is to instantiate a CMenu, use AppendMenu() to add my items and then use UpdateFromMenu() with a dummy hWndCmdRecv param. This works but seems like quite a bit of extra work and overhead. Is there a better way? If not can we have functions like AppendMenu() added to CExtPopupMenuWnd - thanks.

PS. Is there a way to be notified by email when a reply is added to a forum post I’ve made? Various forum programs do this.

Dear Neville,

We will think about how to enhance the menu construction procedures. In our projects we use preliminary constructed HMENU handles, which are passed as a parameter to CExtPopupMenuWnd::UpdateFromMenu().

We have added the CExtPopupMenuWnd::ItemInsertCommand() method that should make creation of popup menus (with no reference to the command manager) much easier. You will receive an e-mail with library updates and a sample project. The project demonstrates how to use CExtPopupMenuWnd::ItemInsertCommand() and track a popup menu without mechanism of command updating.

As far as e-mail notifications are concerned, we are working on this now.

Hi Sergiy,
Thanks for your prompt response. It sounds great.

Neville