LoadMenuIndirect

The LoadMenuIndirect function loads the specified menu template in memory.

HMENU LoadMenuIndirect(
  CONST MENUTEMPLATE *lpMenuTemplate  // address of menu template
);
 

Parameters

lpMenuTemplate

Pointer to a menu template or an extended menu template.

A menu template consists of a MENUITEMTEMPLATEHEADER structure followed by one or more contiguous MENUITEMTEMPLATE structures. An extended menu template consists of a MENUEX_TEMPLATE_HEADER structure followed by one or more contiguous MENUEX_TEMPLATE_ITEM structures.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is the handle to the menu.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

For both the ANSI and the Unicode version of this function, the strings in the MENUITEMTEMPLATE structure must be Unicode strings.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winuser.h.
  Import Library: Use user32.lib.
  Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions on Windows NT.

See Also

Menus Overview, Menu Functions, LoadMenu, MENUEX_TEMPLATE_HEADER, MENUEX_TEMPLATE_ITEM, MENUITEMTEMPLATE, MENUITEMTEMPLATEHEADER