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This function deletes an item from the specified menu. If the menu item invokes a pop-up menu, DeleteMenudestroys the handle to the pop-up menu and frees the memory used by the pop-up menu.

Syntax 

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

Parameters

hMenu

[in] Handle to the menu to be changed.

uPosition

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

uFlags

[in] Constant specifying how the uPositionparameter is interpreted. This parameter must be either the MF_BYCOMMAND or the MF_BYPOSITION constant. For more information, see Menus Constants.

Return Value

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

Header winuser.h
Library Menu.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also