Menu Messages (Compact 2013)

3/28/2014

The following table shows the menu messages, with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element	Description
WM_COMMAND	This message is sent when the user selects a command item from a menu, when a control sends a message to its parent window, or when an accelerator keystroke is translated.
WM_CONTEXTMENU	This message notifies a window that the user clicked the right mouse button (right-clicked) in the window.
WM_ENTERMENULOOP	This message informs an application's main window procedure that a menu modal loop has been entered.
WM_EXITMENULOOP	This message informs an application's main window procedure that a menu modal loop has been exited.

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