Re: Menu item disabled though ONCOMMAND

From:
"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:23:02 -0700
Message-ID:
<CBF7C267-1B28-4823-9A18-594A788DC87F@microsoft.com>
Hi Guido,

If you are trying to enable a menu item from a dialog (or property sheet)
you will have to do that more manually. This article might help you get
started:

http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/dialogupdateui.html

Tom

"Guido Franzke" <guidof73@yahoo.de> wrote in message
news:eY$sTuLtHHA.4860@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Hello NG,

I have an MDI application under VC++ 7.1 in Windows XP. In my CFormView
child window, I use some property pages. Now I have defined a menu for
this
view:

File Edit PropView Help
 ... ... Preferences ...
                       Submenu -> Print contents
                                             Print page

I added the function "Print contents" using resource editors's "Add
handler"
to the source of my property page. When I open the page now in my app, the
menu item is disabled, although in my MyPropPage.cpp there is

ON_COMMAND(IDM_PROPVIEW_SUBMENU_PRINTCONTENS,
OnPropviewSubmenuPrintContents) .

The menu item "PropView"->"Preferences" is defined in the CFormView class.
There I can select the enabled menu item.

Why does my property page not support the menu item message? Do I always
have to step over my CView class to enable the menu items?

Thanks for help,
Guido

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