How to Obtain a Handle to a Soft Key Menu
4/8/2010
As shown in the following procedure, you can use either of two user interface messages to obtain a handle to a soft key menu.
Note
Beginning with Windows Mobile 6.5.3, soft keys are replaced by touchable tiles on Windows Mobile Professional phones.
To obtain a handle to a soft key menu
Use the SHCMBM_GETSUBMENU message. In the following example, a handle to the menu associated with the right soft key is returned.
// IDM_CARDVIEW_SK2_MENU is the soft key's resource ID. hmenu = (HMENU)SendMessage(hwndMenuBar, SHCMBM_GETSUBMENU, 0, IDM_CARDVIEW_SK2_MENU);Use the Windows Embedded CE WM_INITMENUPOPUP message, which is sent when a menu is about to be displayed.
A handle to the soft key bar's menu can be obtained by sending it the SHCMBM_GETMENU message. In the following example, a handle to the IDR_MAIN_MENU menu will be returned.
HMENU hmenu = (HMENU)SendMessage(hwndMenuBar, SHCMBM_GETMENU, 0, 0);