From: daz <dooby@...10.karoo.co.uk>
Date: 2009-03-10T12:38:09+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby win32api call getMenuItemInfo

Ted Baker wrote:
 > Hi all,
 >
 > I have successfully managed to implement the following apis
 >
 > findWindow=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "FindWindow", ['P','P'], 'N')
 > sendMessage=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "SendMessage",['N','N','N','P'],
 > 'N')
 > getMenu=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "GetMenu", ['N'], 'N')
 > getMenuItemCount=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "GetMenuItemCount",['N'],
 > 'N')
 > getSubMenu=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "GetSubMenu", ['N','N'], 'N')
 > deleteMenu=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "DeleteMenu", ['N','N','N',],'N')
 > drawMenuBar=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "DrawMenuBar", ['N'], 'N')
 > setWindowLong=Win32API.new("user32.dll", "SetWindowLong",['N','N','N'],
 > 'N')
 >
 > but am unable to get getMenuItemInfo to work, this is because it takes a
 > type structure and boolean as parameters and i can't figure it out...
 >
 > this is what i have
 >
 > getMenuItemInfo =Win32API.new("user32.dll", "GetMenuItemInfo",
 > ['L','L','NEED','NEED'], 'L')
 >
 > the api is as follows...
 >
 > BOOL GetMenuItemInfo(
 >     HMENU hMenu,
 >     UINT uItem,
 >     BOOL fByPosition,
 >     LPMENUITEMINFO lpmii
 > );
 >
 > typedef struct tagMENUITEMINFO {
 >   UINT    cbSize;
 >   UINT    fMask;
 >   UINT    fType;
 >   UINT    fState;
 >   UINT    wID;
 >   HMENU   hSubMenu;
 >   HBITMAP hbmpChecked;
 >   HBITMAP hbmpUnchecked;
 >   ULONG_PTR dwItemData;
 >   LPTSTR  dwTypeData;
 >   UINT    cch;
 >   HBITMAP hbmpItem;
 > } MENUITEMINFO, *LPMENUITEMINFO;
 >
 > any help greatly appreciated...
 >
 > Thanks
 >
 > Ted


Very late reply.

You should have been directed towards Ruby/DL in the
standard library.

This is now preferred to Win32API which is in the process
of being obsoleted.

http://www.jbrowse.com/text/rdl_en.html


daz