How to change icon from bullet to check in CheckMenuRadioItem

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I am using CheckMenuRadioItem to control the selection of a menu item. The app I'm writing is a Win32 project. I'm trying not to use ATL or MFC. The reason for this is because I'm trying to keep my code as simple as possible.

Anyway, the problem I am having is that when I use this function, it turns my checkmark icons in the menu item into ugly square radio buttons. Why on Earth would Microsoft do this? How do I fix this?

Many thanks! This site is great!

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Posted 16-Sep-10 23:28pm

weylspinor

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-16T23:31:00

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You have to paint the control yourself. And why on earth would you want to NOT use the frameworks available to you?

Posted 16-Sep-10 23:31pm

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weylspinor 17-Sep-10 5:39am

I'm kind of a novice at Windows. So I was assuming that these kinds of problems had already been solved a long time ago without having to use ATL and MFC. That's the only reason, really. It's kind of intimidating, when you're just starting out, to see all these files that you have no idea what they are for. I'm a bit of a minimalist, as a habit.

Would you mind pointing me to a tutorial on how to paint the control myself?

Many thanks!

weylspinor 17-Sep-10 5:40am

Unless of course you recommend just using ATL or MFC. And, by the way... that's the confusing thing... which one should I use?