WinCheckMenuItem

This macro sets the check state of the specified menu item to the flag.

Syntax

WinCheckMenuItem(hwndMenu, usItemId, usChkstate)

Parameters

hwndMenu (HWND) - input

Menu window handle.

usId (USHORT) - input

Item identifier.

fCheck (BOOL) - input

Check flag.

Returns

rc (BOOL) - returns

Success indicator.

TRUE

Successful completion

FALSE

Error occurred.

Remarks

This macro expands to:

#define WinCheckMenuItem(hwndMenu, usId, fCheck)
  ((BOOL)WinSendMsg(hwndMenu,
                    MM_SETITEMATTR,
                    MPFROM2SHORT(usId, TRUE),
                    MPFROM2SHORT(MIA_CHECKED, (BOOL)(fCheck) ? MIA_CHECKED : 0)))

This function requires the existence of a message queue.

Example Code

This example responds to a select menu message (WM_MENUSELECT) by querying (via WinIsMenuItemChecked) the check attribute and then setting the check state of the menu item that was selected.

#define INCL_WINWINDOWMGR       /* Window Manager Functions     */
#include <os2.h>

USHORT  usItemId;       /* menu item id                         */
HWND    hwndMenu;       /* menu handle                          */
BOOL    usChkstate;     /* new checked state                    */
BOOL    fSuccess;       /* success indicator                    */
MPARAM  mp1;            /* Parameter 1 (menu item id)           */
MPARAM  mp2;            /* Parameter 2 (menu handle)            */

case WM_MENUSELECT:
     usItemId = SHORT1FROMMP(mp1);
     hwndMenu = HWNDFROMMP(mp2);

     /* query current check state */
     usChkstate = WinIsMenuItemChecked(hwndMenu, usItemId);

     /* set menu item check state */
     fSuccess = WinCheckMenuItem(hwndMenu, usItemId, ! usChkstate);

Related Functions

• WinSendMsg

Related Messages

• MM_SETITEMATTR