Re: popupmenu pops up without content

From:
".rhavin grobert" <clqrq@yahoo.de>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
19 Apr 2007 09:59:57 -0700
Message-ID:
<1177001997.843381.14280@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>
Scott McPhillips [MVP] wrote:

Here's a little example that works.


No, it got access violation;-)
here is what happens (i added UINT B to see the results in debug....)

CMenu menu;
UINT B = 2;
ClientToScreen(&point);
B = menu.CreateMenu(); // B is 1
B = menu.InsertMenu(-1,MF_BYCOMMAND,1,"test1"); // B is 1
B = menu.InsertMenu(-1,MF_SEPARATOR,2,""); // B is 1
B = menu.InsertMenu(-1,MF_BYCOMMAND,3,"test2"); // B is 1
B = menu.TrackPopupMenu(TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_TOPALIGN, point.x,
point.y, this);
// B is 1, menu is displayed with width ~ 0;

CMenu Menu;
B = Menu.CreatePopupMenu(); // B is 1
B = Menu.AppendMenu(0, 3, "Zoom"); // B is 1
B = Menu.AppendMenu(MF_SEPARATOR, 0, ""); // B is 1
B = Menu.AppendMenu(0, 4, "Cancel"); // B is 1

CFrameWnd* pFW = GetParentFrame(); // pFW is 0!;
if (pFW != 0) {pFW->ActivateFrame();}

ClientToScreen(&point);
B = Menu.TrackPopupMenu(TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_LEFTBUTTON, point.x-8,
point.y-8, AfxGetMainWnd());

// menu is displayed correctly "somewhere"

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