DestroyMenu Function

DestroyMenu Function

The DestroyMenu function destroys the specified menu and frees any memory that the menu occupies.


Syntax

    BOOL DestroyMenu(      
        HMENU hMenu
    );

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Parameters

    hMenu
        [in] Handle to the menu to be destroyed.


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

    Before closing, an application must use the DestroyMenu function to destroy a menu not assigned to a window. A menu that is assigned to a window is automatically destroyed when the application closes.

    DestroyMenu is recursive, that is, it will destroy the menu and all its submenus.


Example

    For an example, see Displaying a Shortcut Menu.


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.