BOOL HiliteMenuItem( CMenu* pMenu, UINT nIDHiliteItem, UINT nHilite );
pMenu
Identifies the top-level menu that contains the item to be highlighted.
nIDHiliteItem
Specifies the integer identifier of the menu item or the offset of the menu item in the menu, depending on the value of the nHilite parameter.
nHilite
Specifies whether the menu item is highlighted or the highlight is removed. It can be a combination of MF_HILITE or MF_UNHILITE with MF_BYCOMMAND or MF_BYPOSITION. The values can be combined using the bitwise OR operator. These values have the following meanings:
| Value | Meaning |
| MF_BYCOMMAND | Interprets nIDHiliteItem as the menu-item ID (the default interpretation). |
| MF_BYPOSITION | Interprets nIDHiliteItem as an offset. |
| MF_HILITE | Highlights the item. If this value is not given, highlighting is removed from the item. |
| MF_UNHILITE | Removes highlighting from the item. |
Highlights or removes the highlighting from a top-level (menu-bar) menu item.
Specifies whether the menu item was highlighted. TRUE if the item was highlighted; otherwise FALSE.
CMenu::ModifyMenu, ::HiliteMenuItem