How to capture menu item to display dialogue box

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Hi,

I want to link dialogue box to menu bar item.

For Ex:I have menu item as Message when i click on that message menu item the concerned dialogue box has to be displayed.

How can I achieve this using VC++ 6.0 MFC Wizard SDI application.
Can any one help me to do this

Thanks u alot

Posted 15-Jun-11 2:24am

usha nelavalli

Updated 21-Jun-11 0:11am

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2011-06-15T02:51:00

You do not say whether you are using MFC or straight Win32, but in either case you add the code to run the dialog at the point where you capture the command value raised by the menu. For example in Win32 do it in your WndProc function like this:

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND		hWnd,
			 UINT		uMessage,
			 WPARAM		wParam,
			 LPARAM		lParam
			 )
{
    switch (uMessage)
    {
	case WM_COMMAND:
            if (wParam == IDM_MENUCOMMAND)
            {
                // show your dialog here
            }

	case WM_DESTROY:
	    PostQuitMessage(0);
            return 0;
	
    }
	
    return DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMessage, wParam, lParam);
}

Harmanjeet Singh · Answer 2 · 2011-06-21T00:30:00

Solution 2

in MFC on Menuitem MouseDown event, add code...

Dlg.DoModal(); //Dlg is object of your required DlgBox Class

Posted 21-Jun-11 0:30am

Harmanjeet Singh

ShilpiP · Answer 3 · 2011-06-21T00:54:00

Solution 3

Calling a Dialog from an SDI ->[^]

Posted 21-Jun-11 0:54am

ShilpiP