That did it thanks.  I can't say that's very natural though.

But thanks for the help.

Paul

try:

pPopupcontrol->GetCommandBar()->GetControls()->Add

I guess what I'm asking is can you provide an example of creating nested menus on the fly using the CXTPPopupBar class. No resources can be used.

Thanks,

Paul 

I think there is a miscommunication here.  I already figured out how to create the sub menu by using the xtpControlPopup constant as the first argument.  This returns a CXTPControl type so that you can modify the caption and other things.  The problem is populating the sub menu.  Here's my code snippet:

map< int, CString >::const_iterator objMapIter = objDocTypeMap.begin();

int i=0;

for( objMapIter; objMapIter != objDocTypeMap.end(); objMapIter++ )

{

CString strMenuCaption = "";

objChildTypeIter = objDocumentTypeDetails.find(objMapIter->second);

if ( objChildTypeIter != objDocumentTypeDetails.end() )

{

strMenuCaption = (objChildTypeIter->second).m_strCaption;

}

else

// the document type map.

Hi,

I just copied it from your first sample. use -1 as Id for popups.

I'm sorry but I dont' understand this code.  All I'm trying to do is

place one CXTPPopupBar within another.  That Add api clearly doesn't provide for this so I'm confused with the code snippet you gave me.

Can you please provide an explanation of what should be placed in objMapiter->first when you don't have a resource id to use.

CXTPControlPopup* pControlPopup = (CXTPControlPopup)pObjPopupBar->GetControls()->Add(xtp ControlPopup, objMapIter->first);

Perhaps it because I'm new to the product but I'm not understanding how to do this.

Regards,

Paul

Ok I seemed to figure how to place one menu inside the other.  It's a mix of CMenu and codejock controls - definitely not an elegant.  I prefer just using  codejock controls so if you have an answer to my first reply it would be appreciated.  One thing I don't understand with  this solution is why the icons are being placed next to the caption of the sub menu since I'm no longer setting the icon id using the CXTPControl - I'm using a simple CMenu.  A further problem is my sub menu is all grayed out - not sure why either.  The code is below. 

int intMenuCmd = MENU_ID_CANCEL;

CMenu objMainMenu, objSubMenu;

BOOL bMenuCreated = FALSE;

CPoint objPoint;

BOOL bGetCursorPos = FALSE;

CXTPPopupBar* pObjPopupBar;

CXTPPopupBar* pObjParentPopupBar;

CXTPFrameWnd* pFrame = (CXTPFrameWnd*)AfxGetMainWnd();

// Create the popup bars

// Create the top level menu

bMenuCreated = objSubMenu.CreatePopupMenu();

// Obtain a list of supported document types. These types are specified

// Load the menu into a popup bar

for( int i=0; i< pControls->GetCount(); i++ )

{

CXTPControl* a = pControls->GetAt(i);

a->SetEnabled(TRUE);

}

// Determine if the Add menu item should appear - Note: this menu item

// contains a sub-menu

if( objSubMenu.GetMenuItemCount() )

{

objMainMenu.AppendMenu( MF_POPUP,

(UINT)objSubMenu.m_hMenu,

objResourceProvider.GetStringResource(IDS_SKSD_ADD));

CXTPControl* pControl = pObjParentPopupBar->GetControls()->AddMenuItem(&ob jMainMenu, objMainMenu.GetMenuItemCount()-1);

pControl->SetCaption(objResourceProvider.GetStringResourc e(IDS_SKSD_ADD));

pControl->SetFlags(xtpFlagManualUpdate);

}

// Determine if the Delete menu item should appear

if( pDocument->CanBeRemoved() )

{

objMainMenu.AppendMenu( MF_STRING,

IDS_SKSD_DELETE ,

objResourceProvider.GetStringResource(IDS_SKSD_DELETE));

CXTPControl* pControl = pObjParentPopupBar->GetControls()->AddMenuItem(&ob jMainMenu, objMainMenu.GetMenuItemCount()-1);

pControl->SetCaption(objResourceProvider.GetStringResourc e(IDS_SKSD_DELETE));

//pControl->SetFlags(xtpFlagManualUpdate);

// Determine if the Rename menu item should appear

if( pDocument->CanBeRenamed() )

{

objMainMenu.AppendMenu( MF_STRING,

IDS_SKSD_RENAME,

objResourceProvider.GetStringResource(IDS_SKSD_RENAME));

CXTPControl* pControl = pObjParentPopupBar->GetControls()->AddMenuItem(&ob jMainMenu, objMainMenu.GetMenuItemCount()-1);

pControl->SetCaption(objResourceProvider.GetStringResourc e(IDS_SKSD_RENAME));

pControl->SetFlags(xtpFlagManualUpdate);

}

UINT intCommand = CXTPCommandBars::TrackPopupMenu(pObjParentPopupBar, TPM_RETURNCMD, objPoint.x, objPoint.y, (CWnd*)m_pParentWnd);

thanks

Thanks for responding but I'm a little confused.  Wouldn't I need a another parent popup object to place the child popup into?  Also, I'm a little confused about the id as well.  I'm not creating any of the menus from resources - they are all created on the fly?  Is the id the first control in the child popup bar?

To be clear - I have my pObjPopupBar populated with a list of controls.  I then want to place this popup inside  another popup so that it has the following structure:  The Add menu item in the parent displays all the menu items of pObjPopuBar.  The parent popupbar will also have some non-nested menu items as well.  What's throwing me off is the id in the Add method when added to the parent.  What does this represent?  I mean, it does popup another blank menu but it needs to popup the child - how is this connection made?

I was thinking something like this - except I don't know what to put in for the id value:

CXTPControlPopup* pControlPopup = (CXTPControlPopup)pObjParentPopupBar->GetControls()->A dd(xtp ControlPopup, ?????);