Module: Menus in Category Microsoft Visual Basic 6 : Menus from Total Visual SourceBook

' Example of modMenus
'
' To try this example, do the following from Visual Basic 6:
' 1. Create a new form
' 2. Add a text box called 'txtTest'
' 3. Create the menu structure consisting of a top-level menu called 'mnuEdit'
' 4. Underneath this menu, create menu items called 'mnuEditCut', 'mnuEditCopy', 'mnuEditPaste' and 'mnuEditUndo'
' 5. Create another top-level menu item called 'mnuCustom'
' 6. Underneath this menu, create menu items called 'mnuCustomItem1', and 'mnuCustomItem2'
' 7. The complete menu structure should look something like this in the VB6 Tools, Menu Editor Dialog:
'
'    Caption         Menu Control Name
'    -----------------------------------
'    &Edit           mnuEdit
'    ....Cut         mnuEditCut
'    ....Copy        mnuEditCopy
'    ....Paste       mnuEditPaste
'    ....Undo        mnuEditUndo
'    Custom mnuCustom
'    ....Item 1      mnuCustomItem1
'    ....Item 2      mnuCustomItem2
' 8. Add an image control named 'imgChecked' to the form. It may be invisible
' 9. Add an image control named 'imgUnchecked' to the form. It may be invisible
' 10. Paste all the code from this example to the new form's module.

' This example assumes that the sample files are located in the folder named by the following constant.
Private Const mcstrSamplePath As String = "C:\Total Visual SourceBook 2013\Samples\"

Private Sub Form_Load()
  imgChecked.Picture = LoadPicture(mcstrSamplePath & "Checked.bmp")
  imgUnchecked.Picture = LoadPicture(mcstrSamplePath & "Unchecked.bmp")

  ' Example of AddBitmapToMenu
  '
  'Set pictures for first subitem on second main menu
  AddBitmapToMenu Me.hWnd, CLng(imgUnchecked.Picture), CLng(imgChecked.Picture), 1, 0

  'Set pictures for second subitem on second main menu
  AddBitmapToMenu Me.hWnd, CLng(imgUnchecked.Picture), CLng(imgChecked.Picture), 1, 1

End Sub

Private Sub mnuCustomItem1_Click()
  mnuCustomItem1.Checked = Not mnuCustomItem1.Checked
End Sub

Private Sub mnuCustomItem2_Click()
  mnuCustomitem2.Checked = Not mnuCustomitem2.Checked
End Sub

Private Sub mnuEdit_Click()
  ' Example of SetEditMenuItemStates
  SetEditMenuItemStates txtTest, mnuEditCut, mnuEditCopy, mnuEditPaste, mnuEditUndo

End Sub

The source code in Total Visual Sourcebook includes modules and classes for Microsoft Access, Visual Basic 6 (VB6), and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) developers. Easily add this professionally written, tested, and documented royalty-free code into your applications to simplify your application development efforts.

Total Visual SourceBook is written for the needs of a developer using a source code library covering the many challenges you face. Countless developers over the years have told us they learned some or much of their development skills and tricks from our code. You can too!

Additional Resources

• List of All Modules in Total Visual SourceBook
• List of All Code Categories in Total Visual SourceBook
• Sample Module Code from Total Visual SourceBook (Example of Date, Time and Age Calculations)