PRB: TrackPopupMenu() on LoadMenuIndirect() Menu Causes UAE

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article ID: Q75254
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.1
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When LoadMenuIndirect() is used to create a menu from a menu template and the menu handle is passed to TrackPopupMenu(), Windows reports an unrecoverable application error (UAE). Windows NT and Windows 95 display the floating pop-up menu as a vertical bar.

CAUSE

The menu handle returned from LoadMenuIndirect() does not point to a menu with the MF_POPUP bit set.

RESOLUTION

The following code fragment demonstrates the correct procedure to "wrap" the menu created by LoadMenuIndirect() inside another menu. This procedure sets the MF_POPUP bit properly. 

   hMenu1 = LoadMenuIndirect(lpMenuTemplate);

   hMenuDummy = CreateMenu();
   InsertMenu(hMenuDummy, 0, MF_POPUP, hMenu1, NULL);

   hMenuToUse = GetSubMenu(hMenuDummy, 0);
Use hMenuToUse when TrackPopupMenu() is called. The values of hMenu1 and hMenuToUse should be the same.

When the menu is no longer required, call DestroyMenu() to remove hMenuDummy. This call will also destroy hMenu1 and free the resources it used.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 3.50 4.00 gpf
KBCategory: kbui kbprb kbcode
KBSubcategory: UsrMen

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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