Add Item on Winamp View Menu

[fleoparra]

Hello,

i am developping a gen plugin, and i want to know, if it possible to add my own item on View Menu, like "PlayList Editor"?

I Create Option Menú with:


int len = strlen("Let&ras ACL\tAlt+R")+1;
wchar_t *wText = new wchar_t[len];

memset(wText,0,len);
::MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, NULL,"Let&ras ACL\tAlt+R", -1, wText,len );

HMENU hMenu=(HMENU)SendMessage(g_Plugin.hwndParent,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)3,IPC_GET_HMENU);
AppendMenu(hMenu,MF_STRING,ID_Load,wText);


But that code don't create on view menu:

** 0 : main popup menu
** 1 : main menubar file menu
** 2 : main menubar options menu
** 3 : main menubar windows menu
** 4 : main menubar help menu
** other values will return NULL.

It does not exists the option for View Menu

I want to create an option into View menú as attach image


Thanks a lot

Fabio Parra

[griffins_Grader]

Use additional WINDOWS MENU FUNCTIONS to get the view menu and add your item. Consult Windows SDK documentation.

[DrO]

i think there was a change in that api a long time back which wasn't updated in the sdk (i think it's been wrong in the sdk's since the 5.0 release seeing as it was implemented for 2.9x which didn't have modern skin support which caused an expansion of the menus available). here's what i have in my own file (will hopefully appear in one of the next sdk builds).

code:
#define IPC_GET_HMENU 281

/* (requires Winamp 2.9+)

** HMENU hMenu=SendMessage(hwnd_winamp,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)menu_required,IPC_GET_HMENU);

**

** For 2.9x installs the following values are valid:

** 0 : main popup menu (mapped to -1 in 5.x installs)

** 1 : main menubar file menu

** 2 : main menubar options menu

** 3 : main menubar windows menu

** 4 : main menubar help menu

**

** For 5.x client versions the following values are valid (changed due to Modern skin support):

** -1 : the main winamp menu resource (same as doing LoadMenu(winamp_module_or_lng_file,101)

**  0 : main popup menu 

**  1 : main menubar file menu

**  2 : main menubar play menu

**  3 : main menubar options menu

**  4 : main menubar windows menu

**  5 : main menubar windows help

**  6 : playlist editor menubar file menu

**  7 : playlist editor menubar playlist menu

**  8 : playlist editor menubar sort menu

**  9 : media library menubar file menu

** 10 : media library menubar view menu

**

** In all client versions, unsupported values will return NULL.

**

** e.g. (psuedo code to add an item to the end of the main window 'view' menu)

** HMENU windows_menu = (HMENU)SendMessage(hwnd_winamp,WM_WA_IPC,4,IPC_GET_HMENU);

** if(windows_menu)

** {

**   // WA_MENUITEM_ID is obtained from IPC_REGISTER_WINAMP_IPCMESSAGE or a predefined

**   // value if that api is not supported on the client version you are working with.

**

**   int window_visible = 1; // this would be updated as needed for the window view state

**   MENUITEMINFO i = {sizeof(i), MIIM_ID | MIIM_STATE | MIIM_TYPE, MFT_STRING,

**                     window_visible ? MFS_CHECKED : 0, WA_MENUITEM_ID};

**   i.dwTypeData = "My Menu Item";

**   InsertMenuItem(windows_menu, GetMenuItemCount(windows_menu), TRUE, &i);

**

**   // now tell Winamp that we've added an item so it can adjust accordingly (if needed)

**   // (use IPC_ADJUST_FFWINDOWSMENUPOS for adding to menu_required = 4)

**   // (use IPC_ADJUST_OPTIONSMENUPOS for adding to menu_required = 0)

**   SendMessage(hwnd_winamp,WM_WA_IPC,1,IPC_ADJUST_FFWINDOWSMENUPOS);

** }

*/

-daz

[fleoparra]

Thanks DrO for your help.

I have fixed my problem with your code.


Thanks,

Fabio

[griffins_Grader]

Originally posted by DrO
i think there was a change in that api...

True. I had to use windows helper functions to place an item.

[DrO]

@fleoparra: good to hear that

@griffins_Grader: i'm wondering what 'windows helper functions' you're refering to?

-daz

[griffins_Grader]

The Menu Functions in windows sdk like GetMenuItemInfo etc,,,

[DrO]

hmm, k. can't really see how that would have helped in this situation, oh well.

-daz

[griffins_Grader]

It wasn't a straight forward approach, I used it because I didn't know of the WPARAMs (5-10) that you posted. Pretty much the Windows SDK menu functions gives menu item's name and position. I used the position and name to get to where I wanted.