WM INITMENU

This message occurs when a menu control is about to become active.

Syntax

param1
    SHORT smenuid; /* Menu-control identifier. */

param2
    HWND  hwnd;    /* Menu-window handle. */

Parameters

smenuid (SHORT) - input

Menu-control identifier.

hwnd (HWND) - input

Menu-window handle.

ulReserved (ULONG) - input

Reserved value, should be 0.

Returns

ulReserved (ULONG) - returns

Reserved value, should be 0.

Remarks

in Frame Controls

The identity of the top-level action-bar menu that generated this message is found. If the identity is FID_MENU, the message is passed to the window with identity FID_CLIENT. If the identity is FID_SYSMENU the system menu state is initialized according to the current state of the window.

in Menu Controls

This message offers the owner the opportunity to perform some initialization on the menu items before they are presented.

The menu control window procedure generates this message and sends it to its owner, informing the owner of the event.

Default Processing

The default window procedure takes no action on this message, other than to set ulReserved to 0.

Related Messages

• WM_INITMENU (in Frame Controls)
• WM_INITMENU (in Menu Controls)