Re: How to show underlined menu shortcut letters by default for a context menu ?

From:

"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:12:36 -0700

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"Timothy Madden" <terminatorul@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4c2095d3$0$285$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...

I want to ask if there is a way to change the settings for my application
only, or at least if I can convince my pop-up menu only to display the
damn underlines.

Like everyone here, I don't think it's a good idea to special case the
behavior for your app, but since you asked if there was a way, I believe
this will work for you. There's a good chance Windows calls
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETKEYBOARDCUES) or
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMENUUNDERLINES) to determine whether to show
your menus with underlines. So, the idea is to use API hooking of
SystemParametersInfo() so that your function is called. In your function,
if it is either SPI_GETMENUUNDERLINES or SPI_GETKEYBOARDCUES, set TRUE so
that the underlines will be present in your app regardless of the global
user setting.

I recommend MadCodeHook as the API hooking library. Others include MS
Detours and some free ones you can find by internet searching.

-- David