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MenuHelp

void MenuHelp(
    UINT uMsg, 	
    WPARAM wParam, 	
    LPARAM lParam, 	
    HMENU hMainMenu, 	
    HINSTANCE hInst, 	
    HWND hwndStatus, 	
    LPUINT lpwIDs	
);	

Processes WM_MENUSELECT and WM_COMMAND messages and displays Help text about the current menu in the specified status window.

• This function does not return a value.

uMsg

Message being processed. This can be either WM_MENUSELECT or WM_COMMAND.

wParam

wParam of the message specified in uMsg.

lParam

lParam of the message specified in uMsg.

hMainMenu

Handle to the application's main menu.

hInst

Handle to the module that contains the string resources.

hwndStatus

Handle to the status window.

lpwIDs

Address of an array that contains pairs of string resource identifiers and menu handles. The function searches the array for the handle to the selected menu and, if found, uses the corresponding resource identifier to load the appropriate Help string.

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