GetItemStatefunction

Retrieves the state of the specified menu item.

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No implementation located. This member is documented, but the source scan found no matching declaration. It is likely declared in a header this scan does not resolve, or provided by a macro.

Syntax

FUNCTION GetItemState (BYVAL hMenu AS HMENU, BYVAL uItem AS DWORD, BYVAL fByPosition AS LONG = FALSE) AS DWORD

Parameters

Name		Description
`hMenu`		Handle to the menu that contains the menu item.
`uItem`		The identifier or position of the menu item to get information about. The meaning of this parameter depends on the value of fByPosition.
`fByPosition`		The meaning of uItem. If this parameter is FALSE, uItem is a menu item identifier. Otherwise, it is a menu item position.

Return value

0 on failure or one or more of the following values:

Description

Retrieves the state of the specified menu item.

Examples

MFS_CHECKED The item is checked MFS_DEFAULT The menu item is the default. MFS_DISABLED The item is disabled. MFS_ENABLED The item is enabled. MFS_GRAYED The item is grayed. MFS_HILITE The item is highlighted MFS_UNCHECKED The item is unchecked. MFS_UNHILITE The item is not highlighted.

DIM dwState AS DWORD = CMenu.GetItemState(hMenu, IDM_OPEN)

Reference

Documented in Windows/WIndows Controls/CMenu Class.md
Topic: About Menus