Need help: how to get the handle of a context-menu?

[CatchFish]

I need the handle of a context-menu created by GuiCtrlCreateContextMenu() for use in an API function (that is, TrackPopupMenu() of user32.dll). however, ControlGetHandle() returns null for the menu created. Is there any tricky way to do that?

EDITED: implemented in v3.1.1.93 with GuiCtrlGetHandle()

Edited December 11, 2005 by CatchFish

[GaryFrost]

I need the handle of a context-menu created by GuiCtrlCreateContextMenu() for use in an API function (that is, TrackPopupMenu() of user32.dll). however, ControlGetHandle() returns null for the menu created. Is there any tricky way to do that?

Not sure why you would need that, and why you would want to do the TrackPopMenu.

Context Menu is handled the same as Menu's, buttons etc...

for example

$lv_services_contextmenu = GUICtrlCreateContextMenu($lv_services)

$lv_service_stop = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("Stop Service", $lv_services_contextmenu)

$lv_service_start = GUICtrlCreateMenuItem("Start Service", $lv_services_contextmenu)

and in the same select section as any buttons on the form

Case $msg = $lv_service_stop

_SetServiceState($lv_pcs, $lv_services, "Stop", $Status)

Case $msg = $lv_service_start

_SetServiceState($lv_pcs, $lv_services, "Start", $Status)

[Holger]

At the moment there is no possibility.

There is a developer discussion at the moment about this...

Edited November 29, 2005 by Holger

[CatchFish]

Thanks, gafrost & Holger. I wanted to simulate a toolbar button with a pop-up menu. Maybe I shall just keep waiting?

[Holger]

I completed it so far (GUICtrlGetHandle).

Maybe it will be buildin in one of the next beta updates (let's hope the best)

So you could create a contextmenu for a dummy control and then use this menu later for 'Trackking' it up.

So long...

Holger

Edited December 3, 2005 by Holger

[Zedna]

I completed it so far (GUICtrlGetHandle).

Maybe it will be buildin in one of the next beta updates (let's hope the best)

So you could create a contextmenu for a dummy control and then use this menu later for 'Trackking' it up.

So long...

Holger

@Holger

Hi Holger, please explain to me, what is diference between

ControlGetHandle() and your new GUICtrlGetHandle()

EDIT: I mean ControlGetHandle("","",control_id)

In my example I have this code and it works fine:

$treeview = GUICtrlCreateTreeView (6,6,200,160,...)
$h_tree = ControlGetHandle("", "", $treeview)

It's from my post about UDF _TreeViewGetItemState.au3

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18409

EDIT2: I think it will be enough to mention explicitly in Hepfile at ControlGetHandle() posibility of getting handle also with GUI controls by ControlGetHandle("","",control_id) instead of adding new GUICtrlGetHandle(control_id)

If I'm wrong please tell me the diference...

Thank you

@CatchFish

Try ControlGetHandle() as in my example if it will work also with your popupmenu control...

Edited December 3, 2005 by Zedna

[CatchFish]

It's already implemented in v3.1.1.93 with GuiCtrlGetHandle(). Thanks a lot, Holger!