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Creates a menu. The menu is initially empty, but it can be filled with menu items by using the InsertMenuItem, AppendMenu, and InsertMenu functions.
HMENU CreateMenu();
Type: HMENU
If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to the newly created menu.
If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Resources associated with a menu that is assigned to a window are freed automatically. If the menu is not assigned to a window, an application must free system resources associated with the menu before closing. An application frees menu resources by calling the DestroyMenu function.
Requirement | Value |
---|---|
Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] |
Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
Target Platform | Windows |
Header | winuser.h (include Windows.h) |
Library | User32.lib |
DLL | User32.dll |
API set | ext-ms-win-ntuser-menu-l1-1-2 (introduced in Windows 10, version 10.0.10240) |
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