DeleteMenu Function

The DeleteMenu function deletes an item from the specified menu. If the menu item opens a menu or submenu, this function destroys the handle to the menu or submenu and frees the memory used by the menu or submenu.

Syntax

    BOOL DeleteMenu(      
        HMENU hMenu,
        UINT uPosition,
        UINT uFlags
    );

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Parameters

    hMenu
        [in] Handle to the menu to be changed.
    uPosition
        [in] Specifies the menu item to be deleted, as determined by the uFlags parameter.
    uFlags
        [in] Specifies how the uPosition parameter is interpreted. This parameter must be one of the following values.

        MF_BYCOMMAND
            Indicates that uPosition gives the identifier of the menu item. The MF_BYCOMMAND flag is the default flag if neither the MF_BYCOMMAND nor MF_BYPOSITION flag is specified.
        MF_BYPOSITION
            Indicates that uPosition gives the zero-based relative position of the menu item.

Return Value

    If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

    If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

    The application must call the DrawMenuBar function whenever a menu changes, whether or not the menu is in a displayed window.

Example

    For an example, see Example of a Clipboard Viewer.

Function Information

    Minimum DLL Version    user32.dll
    Header    Declared in Winuser.h, include Windows.h
    Import library    User32.lib
    Minimum operating systems    Windows 95, Windows NT 3.1
    Unicode    Implemented as Unicode version.