RemoveMenu

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This function deletes a menu item from the specified menu. If the menu item activates a pop-up menu, RemoveMenudoes not destroy the pop-up menu or its handle, allowing the menu to be reused. Before RemoveMenuis called, the GetSubMenufunction should retrieve the handle to the pop-up menu.

BOOL
RemoveMenu(
HMENU
hMenu
,
UINT
uPosition
,
UINT
uFlags
);

Parameters

hMenu

[in] Handle to the menu to be changed.

uPosition

[in] Specifies the menu item to be deleted, as determined by the uFlagsparameter.

uFlags

[in] Specifies how the uPositionparameter is interpreted. This parameter must be one of the following values:

Value	Description
MF_BYCOMMAND	Indicates that uPositiongives the identifier of the menu item. If neither the MF_BYCOMMAND nor MF_BYPOSITION flag is specified, the MF_BYCOMMAND flag is the default flag.
MF_BYPOSITION	Indicates that uPositiongives the zero-based relative position of the menu item.

Return Values

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The application must call the DrawMenuBarfunction whenever a menu changes, whether or not the menu is in a displayed window.

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.