| UINT GetMenuState(hmenu, uItem, fuFlags) | |||||
| HMENU hmenu; | /* handle of menu | */ | |||
| UINT uItem; | /* menu-item to query | */ | |||
| UINT fuFlags; | /* menu flags | */ | |||
The GetMenuState function retrieves the menu flags associated with the specified menu item. If the menu item invokes a pop-up menu, this function also returns the number of items in the pop-up menu.
hmenu
Identifies the menu that contains the menu item whose flags are to be retrieved.
uItem
Specifies the menu-item for which the menu flags are to be retrieved, as determined by the fuFlags parameter.
fuFlags
Specifies how the uItem parameter is interpreted. This parameter can be one of the following values:
| Value | Meaning |
| MF_BYCOMMAND | The uItem parameter specifies the identifier of the menu item. |
| MF_BYPOSITION | The uItem parameter specifies the zero-based relative position of the menu item. |
The return value is -1 if the specified item does not exist. If the uItem parameter identifies an item that invokes a pop-up menu, the low-order byte of the return value contains the menu flags associated with the item (see the following list), and the high-order byte contains the number of items in the pop-up menu invoked by the item. Otherwise, the return value is a mask (Boolean OR) of the values from the following list (this mask describes the status of the menu item that uItem identifies):
| Value | Meaning |
| MF_CHECKED | Check mark is placed next to item (items in pop-up menus only). |
| MF_DISABLED | Item is disabled. |
| MF_GRAYED | Item is disabled and grayed. |
| MF_MENUBARBREAK | Same as MF_MENUBREAK, except for pop-up menus, where the new column is separated from the old column by a vertical line. |
| MF_MENUBREAK | Item is placed on a new line (menu bars) or in a new column (pop-up menus) without separating columns. |
| MF_SEPARATOR | Horizontal dividing line (pop-up menus only). |
GetMenu, GetMenuString, GetMenuItemCount, GetMenuItemID