menu control - with screen shot

figaro

02-03-2002, 04:16 AM

Hi, Im trying to find a control that emulates the menu used in Microsoft Money 2002. I assume C++ would have been used to create such a beast. Can anybody give me any clues on either finding one, or building one...please

Derek Stone

02-03-2002, 06:08 AM

The majority of us don't own Money 2002. A screenshot or two would be very helpful.

Good Luck
-cl

Keltus

02-03-2002, 01:10 PM

I don't know what the MSmoney menus look like, but generic menus can be included by something like this:

hMenu = LoadMenu (hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE (ID_MENU)) ;

where ID_MENU is defined in the .RC file

figaro

02-03-2002, 01:59 PM

Hi, everyone, I have attached a screen shot of the menu item

Flyguy

02-03-2002, 02:01 PM

You haven't attached a screenshot, you attached a HTML page, without the picture.

figaro

02-03-2002, 05:36 PM

sorry everyone - just a minor gliche. Here it is

Flyguy

02-04-2002, 03:02 AM

This can also be done in VB, you need some advanced code, but it can be done.
Have a look at this (http://visualbasicforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14486) post in the Code Library about Owner Drawn Menus

figaro

02-04-2002, 05:23 AM

that's fantastic - thanks ArnoutV. Im so glad that there was a VB solution to this problem rather than a C++ solution.

I owe you one !!

Thinker

02-04-2002, 07:48 AM

The person you should really be thanking is The_Hand. He has
put a large amount of time and effort into examples like the OD
menus.

Squirm

02-04-2002, 09:35 AM

Anyone else think its strange that MS chose to use custom menus on MSMoney 2002, rather than their standard grey ones? Oh well, must be just XP I guess...... :rolleyes:

Yeah, I agree with Thinker, stuff you can do with Hand's OD menus are simply amazing, sometimes going way beyond what you think possible. Translucent menus, anyone? Animated? Move over winXP! :D

divil

02-04-2002, 12:07 PM

No, the new Microsoft style of menus is present in Office XP (2002) and Visual Studio.NET.

Weird that they made Money different.

Shimms

02-06-2002, 04:39 AM

Would have been nice if with .net they includes some new controls, ie: THE MENUS!?!? *sigh* im so sick of using OD menus in VB.

Also that yellow backgrounded tab control they use in the Solution Explorer window would be nice.

Oh well.

Garrett Sever

02-06-2002, 05:34 AM

Originally posted by Shimms
Would have been nice if with .net they includes some new controls, ie: THE MENUS!?!? *sigh* im so sick of using OD menus in VB.

Sick of using them?!?? What's the alternative? Mindreading controls that look exactly how you want them too? :p

Besides, I think OD controls are wonderful... they give you complete control over your interface's appearance.

I believe the menus in .NET are also OD (if you want them to be), although the syntax is different. I don't know b/c I haven't downloaded the beta.

Shimms

02-06-2002, 05:50 AM

LOL =)

All I'm saying is it would be nice if the menu editor gave you some options about how you want it to appear. Simple stuff like icons in menus etc.

Futher extensions of this that would be good, include the option to make menus look like the ones seen in the .net IDE etc.

Oh well, I suppose I'm going to stick with pages of Menu Creation code for now.