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Question

Hello...
What I want is to get the "New" context menu along with its submenus, so that I can use it in an application.

Example:

have searched the internet and there are no good references about this, so I turn to you.
I have tried to do, but could not solve.

Dim CLSID_NewMenu As New Guid("{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}")  
   Dim iContextMenuPtr As IntPtr = IntPtr.Zero  
        Dim pContextMenu As IContextMenu = Nothing  
  
        If CoCreateInstance(CLSID_NewMenu, IntPtr.Zero, CLSCTX.INPROC_SERVER, IID_IContextMenu, iContextMenuPtr) = 0 Then  
            Dim hMenu As IntPtr  
            pContextMenu = DirectCast(Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(iContextMenuPtr), IContextMenu)  
            
                 hMenu = CreatePopupMenu()  
                pContextMenu.QueryContextMenu(hMenu, 0, 1, &H7FFF, CMF.NORMAL)  
  
                Dim sbMenuItem As StringBuilder = New StringBuilder(260)  
                GetMenuString(hMenu, 0, sbMenuItem, sbMenuItem.Capacity, MF_BYPOSITION)  
                MsgBox(sbMenuItem.ToString)  
  
              
  
        End If

I hope you can help me thanks.

Accepted Answer

I just tested on Windows 7 and it worked with an older method, more complicated

The whole test (with a Button for the click) =>
(I let the first method and skipped it with "If False Then...")

I cannot paste it, then a link : VB_IContextMenu_New

Answer

This works for me (test in C:\Temp folder) =>

        Dim sPath As String = "C:\Temp"  
        Dim pItemIDL As IntPtr = ILCreateFromPath(sPath)  

        Dim pContextMenu As IContextMenu = Nothing  
        Dim CLSID_NewMenu As New Guid("D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719")  
        Dim NewMenuType As Type = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(CLSID_NewMenu, True)  
        Dim NewMenu As Object = Activator.CreateInstance(NewMenuType)  
        pContextMenu = DirectCast(NewMenu, IContextMenu)  
        If pContextMenu IsNot Nothing Then  
            pContextMenu2 = CType(pContextMenu, IContextMenu2)  
            Dim hMenu As IntPtr = CreatePopupMenu()  
            Dim hr As HRESULT = pContextMenu.QueryContextMenu(hMenu, 0, 1, 256, 0)  
            If (hr = HRESULT.S_OK) Then  
                Dim psei As IShellExtInit = Nothing  
                psei = DirectCast(pContextMenu, IShellExtInit)  
                hr = psei.Initialize(pItemIDL, Nothing, IntPtr.Zero)  
                If (hr = HRESULT.S_OK) Then                          
                    Dim nX As Integer = Cursor.Position.X, nY = Cursor.Position.Y  
                    Dim hPopupMenu As IntPtr = GetSubMenu(hMenu, 0)  
                    Dim nCmd As UInteger = TrackPopupMenu(hPopupMenu, TPM_LEFTALIGN Or TPM_LEFTBUTTON Or TPM_RIGHTBUTTON Or TPM_RETURNCMD, nX, nY, 0, Me.Handle, IntPtr.Zero)  
                    If (nCmd <> 0) Then  
                        Dim cmi As CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO = New CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO()  
                        cmi.cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf(GetType(CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO))  
                        cmi.fMask = 0  
                        cmi.hwnd = Me.Handle  
                        cmi.lpVerb = CType((nCmd - 1), IntPtr)  
                        cmi.lpParameters = IntPtr.Zero  
                        cmi.lpDirectory = IntPtr.Zero  
                        cmi.nShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL  
                        cmi.dwHotKey = 0  
                        cmi.hIcon = IntPtr.Zero  
                        hr = pContextMenu.InvokeCommand(cmi)  
                    End If  
                    pContextMenu2 = Nothing  
                End If  
            End If  
            Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pContextMenu)  
            DestroyMenu(hMenu)  
        End If  
        If (pItemIDL <> IntPtr.Zero) Then ILFree(pItemIDL)

HandleMenuMsg to build the context menu :

    Public pContextMenu2 As IContextMenu2 = Nothing  
    Public Const WM_INITMENUPOPUP As Integer = &H117  
  
    Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message)  
        If m.Msg = WM_INITMENUPOPUP Then  
            If pContextMenu2 IsNot Nothing Then pContextMenu2.HandleMenuMsg(CUInt(m.Msg), CInt(m.WParam), m.LParam)  
            Return  
        Else  
            MyBase.WndProc(m)  
        End If  
    End Sub

Declarations :

Public Enum HRESULT As Integer  
    S_OK = 0  
    S_FALSE = 1  
    E_NOINTERFACE = &H80004002  
    E_NOTIMPL = &H80004001  
    E_FAIL = &H80004005  
    E_UNEXPECTED = &H8000FFFF  
    E_OUTOFMEMORY = &H8007000E  
End Enum  

  
Public Shared Function ILCreateFromPath( pszPath As String) As IntPtr  
End Function  

  
Public Shared Sub ILFree(pidl As IntPtr)  
End Sub  

  
Public Shared Function CreatePopupMenu() As IntPtr  
End Function  

  
Public Shared Function TrackPopupMenu(hMenu As IntPtr, uFlags As UInteger, x As Integer, y As Integer, nReserved As Integer, hWnd As IntPtr, prcRect As IntPtr) As UInteger  
End Function  

Public Const TPM_LEFTBUTTON As Integer = &H0  
Public Const TPM_RIGHTBUTTON As Integer = &H2  
Public Const TPM_LEFTALIGN As Integer = &H0  
Public Const TPM_CENTERALIGN As Integer = &H4  
Public Const TPM_RIGHTALIGN As Integer = &H8  
Public Const TPM_TOPALIGN As Integer = &H0  
Public Const TPM_VCENTERALIGN As Integer = &H10  
Public Const TPM_BOTTOMALIGN As Integer = &H20  
Public Const TPM_HORIZONTAL As Integer = &H0  
Public Const TPM_VERTICAL As Integer = &H40  
Public Const TPM_NONOTIFY As Integer = &H80  
Public Const TPM_RETURNCMD As Integer = &H100  
Public Const TPM_RECURSE As Integer = &H1  
Public Const TPM_HORPOSANIMATION As Integer = &H400  
Public Const TPM_HORNEGANIMATION As Integer = &H800  
Public Const TPM_VERPOSANIMATION As Integer = &H1000  
Public Const TPM_VERNEGANIMATION As Integer = &H2000  
Public Const TPM_NOANIMATION As Integer = &H4000  
Public Const TPM_LAYOUTRTL As Integer = &H8000  
Public Const TPM_WORKAREA As Integer = &H10000  

  
Public Shared Function GetSubMenu(hMenu As IntPtr, nPos As Integer) As IntPtr  
End Function  

  
Public Shared Function GetMenuItemCount(hMenu As IntPtr) As Integer  
End Function  

  
Public Shared Function DestroyMenu(hMenu As IntPtr) As Boolean  
End Function  

  
  
  
Interface IContextMenu  
    Function QueryContextMenu(hmenu As IntPtr, indexMenu As UInteger, idCmdFirst As UInteger, idCmdLast As UInteger, uFlags As UInteger) As HRESULT  
      
    Function InvokeCommand(ByRef pici As CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO) As HRESULT  
      
    Function GetCommandString(idCmd As UInteger, uType As UInteger, pReserved As IntPtr, pszName As StringBuilder, cchMax As UInteger) As HRESULT  
End Interface  

  
  
  
Interface IContextMenu2  
    Inherits IContextMenu  

    Overloads Function QueryContextMenu(hmenu As IntPtr, indexMenu As UInteger, idCmdFirst As UInteger, idCmdLast As UInteger, uFlags As UInteger) As HRESULT  
      
    Overloads Function InvokeCommand(ByRef pici As CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO) As HRESULT  
      
    Overloads Function GetCommandString(idCmd As UInteger, uType As UInteger, pReserved As IntPtr, pszName As StringBuilder, cchMax As UInteger) As HRESULT  
      
    Function HandleMenuMsg(uMsg As UInteger, wParam As Integer, lParam As IntPtr) As HRESULT  
End Interface  

  
Public Structure CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO  
    Public cbSize As Integer  
    Public fMask As Integer  
    Public hwnd As IntPtr  
    Public lpVerb As IntPtr  
    Public lpParameters As IntPtr  
    Public lpDirectory As IntPtr  
    Public nShow As Integer  
    Public dwHotKey As Integer  
    Public hIcon As IntPtr  
End Structure  

Public Const CMF_NORMAL As Integer = &H0  
Public Const CMF_DEFAULTONLY As Integer = &H1  
Public Const CMF_VERBSONLY As Integer = &H2  
Public Const CMF_EXPLORE As Integer = &H4  
Public Const CMF_NOVERBS As Integer = &H8  
Public Const CMF_CANRENAME As Integer = &H10  
Public Const CMF_NODEFAULT As Integer = &H20  
Public Const CMF_INCLUDESTATIC As Integer = &H40  
Public Const CMF_ITEMMENU As Integer = &H80  
Public Const CMF_EXTENDEDVERBS As Integer = &H100  
Public Const CMF_DISABLEDVERBS As Integer = &H200  
Public Const CMF_ASYNCVERBSTATE As Integer = &H400  
Public Const CMF_OPTIMIZEFORINVOKE As Integer = &H800  
Public Const CMF_SYNCCASCADEMENU As Integer = &H1000  
Public Const CMF_DONOTPICKDEFAULT As Integer = &H2000  
Public Const CMF_RESERVED As Integer = &HFFFF0000  
Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL As Integer = 1  
Public Const GCS_VERBA As Integer = &H0  
Public Const GCS_HELPTEXTA As Integer = &H1  
Public Const GCS_VALIDATEA As Integer = &H2  
Public Const GCS_VERBW As Integer = &H4  
Public Const GCS_HELPTEXTW As Integer = &H5  
Public Const GCS_VALIDATEW As Integer = &H6  
Public Const GCS_VERBICONW As Integer = &H14  
Public Const GCS_UNICODE As Integer = &H4  


  
  
  
Interface IShellExtInit  
    Function Initialize(pidlFolder As IntPtr, pdtobj As IDataObject, hkeyProgID As IntPtr) As HRESULT  
End Interface

Answer

Hi @jenCarlos ,
You can try to use ContextMenuStrip Control to implement the "New" context menu along with its submenus.
Add a new ContextMenuStrip control, add menu items to it in design view and implement the function for each menu item.
Then set the form's ContextMenuStrip property.

    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load  
        MyBase.ContextMenuStrip = ContextMenuStrip1  
    End Sub

Hope this could be helpful.
Best Regards.
Jiachen Li

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