CreateMenu

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This function creates a menu. The menu is initially empty, but it can be filled with menu items by using the AppendMenuand InsertMenufunctions.

HMENU
CreateMenu(void);

Return Values

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

Remarks

To add submenus to a menu bar, use the CreatePopupMenufunction.

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 DestroyMenufunction.

Requirements

Runs on	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.0 and later	Winuser.h		Menu.lib

Note This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.