Function Reference


_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemStateEx

Retrieves the menu flags associated with the specified menu item

#include <GuiMenu.au3>
_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemStateEx ( $hMenu, $iItem [, $bByPos = True] )

Parameters

$hMenu Handle of the menu
$iItem Identifier or position of the menu item
$bByPos [optional] Menu identifier flag:
    True - $iItem is a 0-based item position
    False - $iItem is a menu item identifier

Return Value

Success: If the menu item opens a submenu the low-order byte of the return value contains the menu flags associated with the item, and the high-order byte contains the number of items in the submenu opened by the item. Otherwise, the return value is a mask of the menu flags.
Failure: -1

Related

_GUICtrlMenu_GetItemState, _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemState

Example

#include <GuiMenu.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hWnd, $hMain, $hFile

        ; Open Notepad
        Run("notepad.exe")
        WinWaitActive("[CLASS:Notepad]")
        $hWnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Notepad]")
        $hMain = _GUICtrlMenu_GetMenu($hWnd)
        $hFile = _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemSubMenu($hMain, 0)

        ; Get Open item state
        _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemState($hFile, 1, $MFS_CHECKED)
        Writeln("Open item state: " & _GUICtrlMenu_GetItemStateEx($hFile, 1))
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write a line of text to Notepad
Func Writeln($sText)
        ControlSend("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", "Edit1", $sText & @CRLF)
EndFunc   ;==>Writeln