LoadMenu

The LoadMenu function loads the specified menu resource from the executable (.EXE) file associated with an application instance.

HMENU LoadMenu(
  HINSTANCE hInstance,  // handle to application instance
  LPCTSTR lpMenuName    // menu name string or menu-resource 
                        // identifier
);
 

Parameters

hInstance

Handle to the instance of the module containing the menu resource to be loaded.

lpMenuName

Pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the name of the menu resource. Alternatively, this parameter can consist of the resource identifier in the low-order word and zero in the high-order word. To create this value, use the MAKEINTRESOURCE macro.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle to the menu resource.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The DestroyMenu function is used, before an application closes, to destroy the menu and free memory that the loaded menu occupied.

Windows CE: Windows CE version 1.0 does not support cascading menus.

Windows CE versions 2.0 and later support cascading menus.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Requires version 1.0 or later.
  Header: Declared in winuser.h.
  Import Library: Use user32.lib.
  Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions on Windows NT.

See Also

Menus Overview, Menu Functions, LoadMenuIndirect, MAKEINTRESOURCE