HMENU Hotkeys & Icons

Hi all,

I have two problems, the first being the most important:

1.
I have a Win32 (Non-MFC) app with a window and a win32 menu on it (HMENU), and I've been searching all day for a way to display shortcuts (like "Ctrl+C") on the menu items. I know there's the RegisterHotkey function but that doesn't make the shortcut to display on the menu item. There MUST be a way to do this without owner drawing the menu! Does anybody know how to achieve this?

2.
How can I display 32-bit icons in the menu items? I know how to use SetMenuItemInfo, but the problem comes when loading the bitmap. LoadBitmap works only with 24-bit bitmaps or less. LoadImage doesn't work either. I can use LoadIcon, but it is not compatible with HBITMAP, required by the MENUITEMINFO structure. Maybe a clue on how to transform a 32-bit PNG resource to an HBITMAP?

Thanks in advance

1. Format the shortcut in the option of your menu, so that it is placed to the right side by inserting a tab character, "\t", just before the shortcut, e.g.

Code:

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  AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_ENABLED, (UINT) (215), "&Copy\tCtrl+C");

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The ampersand character is another way to have a shortcut, but it works for one character only, e.g. "C" not "Ctrl+C".

Then, in your code, you will have to manage Ctrl+C, e.g.

Code:

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LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch (message) /* Handle the messages */
    {
  ...
      case WM_CHAR:
        switch (wParam) {
        case (WPARAM) (3): // ctrl C
            PostMessage(hwnd, WM_COMMAND, 215, 0L); // redirect to my copy option
            break;
        case (WPARAM) (22): // ctrl V
          ...
            break;
        case (WPARAM) (24): // ctrl X
          ...
            break;
        case (WPARAM) (26): // ctrl Z
          ...
            break;
        }
        break;

      case WM_COMMAND:
        switch(wParam) {
            case 215: // Copy to clipboard
        ...
              break;
  ...
}

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Thanks olivthill2, that worked like a charm!

Now if someone could help me with problem #2...