Re: [Activating a GRAYITEM]

Thanks Jeff! This did the trick:

: ENABLE-HELP-ITEM ( -- )
  HWND GetMenu M_HELP MF_BYCOMMAND MF_ENABLED OR EnableMenuItem DROP ;

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Massung [mailto:jma_at_mfire.com]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:53 AM
To: sftalk_at_forth.com
Subject: [sftalk] Re: [Activating a GRAYITEM]

Try this:

\ hMenu is the handle of APP-MENU loaded
hMenu M_HELP MF_BYCOMMAND MF_ENABLED OR EnableMenuItem

Jeff

> Assuming I have a menu set up like this:

> MENU APP-MENU
> POPUP "Help"
> M_HELP GRAYITEM "Help"
> END-POPUP
> END-MENU

> and, assuming that there is an action defined for M_HELP in the =
APP-COMMANDS switch,
> how do I activate the GRAYITEM from within the application? I assume =
its a
> PostMessage to APP-MENU, but I am not sure of the message type.

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