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This function retrieves information about a menu item.

Syntax 

BOOL GetMenuItemInfo(
  HMENU 
hMenu, 
  UINT 
uItem, 
  BOOL 
fByPosition, 
  LPMENUITEMINFO 
lpmii 
);

Parameters

hMenu

[in] Handle to the menu that contains the menu item.

uItem

[in] The menu item identifier or the menu item position.

fByPosition

[in] Boolean value of TRUE if uItemis set to a menu item position. This parameter is set to FALSE if uItemis set to a menu item identifier.

lpmii

[in, out] Long pointer to a MENUITEMINFOstructure that specifies the information to retrieve and receives information about the menu item. Note that you must set MENUITEMINFO.cbSize to sizeof(MENUITEMINFO) before calling this function.

Return Value

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

Remarks

The system provides the check mark bitmap; therefore, the MENUITEMINFOstructure does not contain information about the check mark bitmaps.

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