Child frame menubar

[torfil]

Hi,
When you define a document template in an MDI app, you specify the menu resource that gets used for the main frame.

I have a bunch (~ 5) different document types that my application can load. For each of these, there is a unique set of commands. There is also a global set of commands that applies no matter which document type is currently active.

Maintaining 5 different menus, that contain the unique commands for that document type, *plus* all the global commands, is a maintenance nightmare. Every time I add a global command, I have to add it to all 5 menus.

Is there some way to make this easier? Like a way to merge document-specific menus with a global menu?

thanks!

[Acidy]

hi, i've written and tested this for you (see attachment)...
is that what you want?

BOOL CChildFrame::SwitchDocMenu(UINT nID)
{
	if (nID <= 0)
		return FALSE;
	
	BOOL bResult = FALSE;

	CMenu mnu;
	CString strCaption;

	CWnd *pMainFrame = AfxGetMainWnd();
	CMenu *pMainMenu = pMainFrame->GetMenu();
	ASSERT(::IsMenu(pMainMenu->m_hMenu));
	
	m_menuDoc.DestroyMenu();
	{
		if (m_menuDoc.LoadMenu(IDR_MAINFRAME))
		{
			pMainFrame->SetMenu(0);
			pMainMenu->DestroyMenu();
						
			if (mnu.LoadMenu(nID))
			{
		 	if (mnu.GetMenuString(0, strCaption, MF_BYPOSITION) > 0)
				{
		 		if (m_menuDoc.InsertMenu(1, MF_BYPOSITION|MF_POPUP,
		 		 (UINT_PTR)(HMENU)mnu, strCaption))
					{
						mnu.Detach();
		 			bResult = TRUE;
		 		 pMainFrame->SetMenu(&m_menuDoc);
		 		 pMainFrame->DrawMenuBar();
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return bResult;
}

// CChildFrame message handlers

void CChildFrame::OnUpdateFrameMenu(BOOL bActive, CWnd* pActiveWnd, HMENU hMenuAlt)
{
	//CMDIChildWnd::OnUpdateFrameMenu(bActive, pActiveWnd, hMenuAlt);

	UINT nMenuID = 0;
	CDocument *pActiveDoc;
	LPCSTR pszClass;

	if (bActive)
	{
		pActiveDoc = GetActiveView()->GetDocument();
		ASSERT(pActiveDoc != NULL);

		pszClass = pActiveDoc->GetRuntimeClass()->m_lpszClassName;
		

		if (_tcsicmp(pszClass, _T("CDoc1")) == 0)
		{
			nMenuID = IDR_DOC1MENU;
		}
		else
			if (_tcsicmp(pszClass, _T("CDoc2")) == 0)
			{
				nMenuID = IDR_DOC2MENU;
			}
			else
				if (_tcsicmp(pszClass, _T("CDoc3")) == 0)
				{
					nMenuID = IDR_DOC3MENU;
				}
		SwitchDocMenu(nMenuID);
	}
}