Codejock Developer Community : Help with dynamic menu items http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:55:26 +0000 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:13:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=24552 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[Help with dynamic menu items : Hi there,I&#039;m trying to manage...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=24552&PID=79149&title=help-with-dynamic-menu-items#79149 Author: thomasmfields
Subject: 24552
Posted: 20 February 2025 at 8:13am

Hi there,

I'm trying to manage my own recent files list as part of my File drop down menu.

In my .rc file I have:

IDR_MAINFRAME MENU
BEGIN
    POPUP "&File"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&New",     ID_FILE_NEW
        MENUITEM "&Open", ID_FILE_OPEN
        MENUITEM "Recent File",      ID_RECENT_FILE
        MENUITEM "&Exit",            ID_FILE_EXIT
    END
END

Then in my callback for ID_RECENT_FILE I have:

CXTPCommandBar* menuBar = MainFrame::GetInstance()->m_menuBar;
if (menuBar)
{
CXTPControls* pControls = menuBar->GetControls();
CXTPControl* pControl = pControls->GetAt(0); // File menu is 0
CXTPControls* pUtilCtrls = pControl->GetCommandBar()->GetControls();
CXTPControl* pSubMenuItemCtrl = pUtilCtrls->GetAt(2); // New (0), Open (1), Recent File (2)
CMenu *SubMenu = new CMenu;
SubMenu->CreatePopupMenu();

SubMenu->AppendMenu(MF_BYPOSITION | MF_STRING, kBaseEffectMenuOptionId2+1, _T("Item3-1"));
SubMenu->AppendMenu(MF_BYPOSITION | MF_STRING, kBaseEffectMenuOptionId2+2, _T("Item3-2"));
SubMenu->AppendMenu(MF_BYPOSITION | MF_STRING, kBaseEffectMenuOptionId2+3, _T("Item3-3"));
CMenu *SubSubMenu = new CMenu;
SubSubMenu->CreatePopupMenu();
SubSubMenu->InsertMenu(0, MF_BYPOSITION | MF_POPUP | MF_STRING, (UINT_PTR)SubMenu->m_hMenu, _T("Recent File"));

pUtilCtrls->AddMenuItem(SubSubMenu, 0);
}

The problem is that the AddMenuItem() seems to just put the new menu at the bottom of my File menu. So I get:

New
Open
Recent File
Exit
Recent File

How do I move it (and replace) the existing "Recent File" entry that appears 3rd in the list?

Many thanks
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