MENU SET STATE statement

Purpose

Set the state of a specified menu item.

Syntax

MENU SET STATE hMenu, [BYCMD] pos&, state&

Remarks

Change the state of the menu item identified by pos&.

hMenu

Double-word or Long-integer variable containing the handle of the menu that contains the item to change.

pos&

Position within the menu, of the menu item to be changed. If the BYCMD option is specified, pos& refers to the unique menu item identifier of the item. Otherwise, pos& indicates the physical position of the menu item within the menu, where pos& = 1 for the first position, pos& = 2 for the second position, and so on.

state&

The new state of the menu item. This must be one or more of the following items, combined together with the OR operator to form a bitmask:

%MF_CHECKED	Place a checkmark next to the item.
%MF_DISABLED	Disable the menu item so that it cannot be selected.
%MF_ENABLED	Enable the menu item so that it can be selected.
%MF_GRAYED	Disable the menu item so that it cannot be selected and draw it in a "grayed" state to indicate this.
%MF_UNCHECKED	Remove any checkmark next to the item.