Context Menu on MDI form control

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   Hi!! I've been trying to create a context menu using CommandBars ActiveX for the last 2 days but with no success. I've had a look through the samples and I can't see anything to help me. I am new to the product and fairly new to C++.

I would like to create a context menu on a control on an MDI client form. A right click would produce a menu list with the usual "Copy/Cut/Paste" plus a few others.

Can anyone paste a few lines of code to give me a start please? All help gratefully received. I'm coding in C++.Net  but could probably translate any snippets from C# or VB. 

Many thanks in advance.

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sanddevil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 August 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote sanddevil Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Context Menu on MDI form control Posted: 28 August 2007 at 5:49am
	Hi!! I've been trying to create a context menu using CommandBars ActiveX for the last 2 days but with no success. I've had a look through the samples and I can't see anything to help me. I am new to the product and fairly new to C++. I would like to create a context menu on a control on an MDI client form. A right click would produce a menu list with the usual "Copy/Cut/Paste" plus a few others. Can anyone paste a few lines of code to give me a start please? All help gratefully received. I'm coding in C++.Net but could probably translate any snippets from C# or VB. Many thanks in advance.

apuhjee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 130	Post Options Post Reply Quote apuhjee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 August 2007 at 11:42am
	Here is some code that is used to close tab workspace tabs. Other context menus will look similar. Cheers ~ jp private void tabWorkspace_RClick(XtremeCommandBars.TabControlItem Item) { if (Item != null) { tabCurrent = Item; CommandBar popup = CommandBars.Add("Context Menu", XtremeCommandBars.XTPBarPosition.xtpBarPopup); CommandBarControl control = popup.Controls.Add(XTPControlType.xtpControlButton, ID.ID_TAB_CLOSE, "Close", null, false); popup.ShowPopup(XtremeCommandBars.XTPTrackPopupFlags.TPM_RIGHTBUTTON, null, null); } }
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sanddevil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 August 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote sanddevil Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 August 2007 at 1:28pm
	Hi! Many thanks jp - much appreciated. My C++ code actually looks the same as yours but a problem persists. When I call CommandBars.Add, the returned CommandBar popup is a null pointer - which suggests to me the Add call is not working. A quick look at the debugger confirms this - the count is set to zero controls so Add definitely failed. I don't have a clue why. Any ideas? Cheers!