Displaying a Shortcut Menu

The function shown in the following example displays a shortcut menu.

The application includes a menu resource identified by the string "ShortcutExample." The menu bar simply contains a menu name. The application uses the TrackPopupMenu function to display the menu associated with this menu item. (The menu bar itself is not displayed because TrackPopupMenu requires the handle to a menu, submenu, or shortcut menu.)

VOID APIENTRY DisplayContextMenu(HWND hwnd, POINT pt) 
{ 
    HMENU hmenu;            // top-level menu 
    HMENU hmenuTrackPopup;  // shortcut menu 
 
    // Load the menu resource. 
 
    if ((hmenu = LoadMenu(hinst, "ShortcutExample")) == NULL) 
        return; 
 
    // TrackPopupMenu cannot display the menu bar so get 
    // the handle to the first shortcut menu. 
 
    hmenuTrackPopup = GetSubMenu(hmenu, 0); 
 
    // Display the shortcut menu. Track the right mouse 
    // button. 
 
    TrackPopupMenu(hmenuTrackPopup, 
            TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_RIGHTBUTTON, 
            pt.x, pt.y, 0, hwnd, NULL); 
 
    // Destroy the menu. 
 
    DestroyMenu(hmenu); 
}