MENU SET STATE statement

Purpose | Set the state of a specified menu item.
Syntax | MENU SET STATE hMenu, [BYCMD] position&, state&
Remarks | Change the state of the menu item identified by position&.
hMenu | Double-word or Long-integer variable containing the handle of the menu that contains the item to change.
position& | Position within the menu, of the menu item to be changed. If the BYCMD option is specified, position& refers to the unique menu item identifier of the item. Otherwise, position& indicates the physical position of the menu item within the menu, where position& = 1 for the first position, position& = 2 for the second position, and so on.

state&

The new state of the menu item. This must be one or more of the following items, combined together with the OR operator to form a bitmask:

%MFS_CHECKED | Place a checkmark next to the item.
%MFS_DEFAULT | The default menu item, displayed in bold. Only one item may be the default.
%MFS_DISABLED | Disable the menu item so that it cannot be selected.
%MFS_ENABLED | Enable the menu item so that it can be selected.
%MFS_GRAYED | Disable the menu item so that it cannot be selected, and draw it in a "grayed" state to indicate this.
%MFS_HILITE | Highlight the menu item.
%MFS_UNCHECKED | Removes any checkmark next to the item.
%MFS_UNHILITE | Removes the highlight from the item.

See also | Dynamic Dialog Tools, Menus, MENU ADD POPUP, MENU ADD STRING, MENU ATTACH, MENU CONTEXT, MENU DELETE, MENU DRAW BAR, MENU GET STATE, MENU GET TEXT, MENU NEW BAR, MENU NEW POPUP, MENU SET TEXT