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CreatePopupMenu (Compact 2013)

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3/28/2014

This function creates a pop-up menu. The menu is initially empty. You can fill it with menu items by using the InsertMenu and AppendMenu functions.

Syntax

HMENU CreatePopupMenu();

Parameters

None.

Return Value

The handle to the newly created menu indicates success. NULL indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

To create a menu bar, use the CreateMenu function.

The application can add the new menu to an existing menu, or it can display a shortcut menu by calling the TrackPopupMenuEx or TrackPopupMenu functions.

Resources associated with a menu that is assigned to a window are freed automatically. If the menu is not assigned to a window, an application must free system resources associated with the menu before closing. An application frees menu resources by calling the DestroyMenu function.

Requirements

Header

winuser.h

Library

Menu.lib

See Also

Reference

Menu Functions
AppendMenu
DestroyMenu
InsertMenu
TrackPopupMenu
TrackPopupMenuEx