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I noted that all toolbars are automaticall added to the "Show or Hide Panels" system menu. But I have not found out how I can influence the order of the menu items, I want to have them in a different order. And how are the separators added? I know that I can create the menu myself with the CExtControlBar::g_nMsgConstructPopupMenu message, but since I only want to change the order, I hope there is an easier alternative.

Aha, the constructors! Thanks, as i hoped that’s much simpler to change the order than implementing the said function! :-)

We would also like to add the following. By default, the order of control bars corresponds to the order in which the constructors of control bars are called. You can change this order by handling the CExtControlBar::g_nMsgConstructPopupMenu registered message, which allows you to construct any built-in menu displayed over control bars and floating mini frames. Fo r example, there is a CMainFrame::OnConstructPopupMenuCB() method in the ProfStudio sample that rebuilds most of the build-in menus and you can see toolbar commands put into a separate sub menu and control bar commands into a set of menu trees.

Snippets from same FAQ: "The CExtControlBar::g_nMsgConstructPopupMenu registered windows message is sent twice to the main frame window for each of built-in pop-up menus." ... "When it is sent for the second time, you can modify the pop-up menu created by default." From code:

if( p_pmed->m_bPostNotification )
   {
      // p_pmed->m_pPopupMenuWnd contains default items
      // you can change this menu here
   }