#include <Menus.h> Menu Manager

short menuID ; resource ID of a 'MENU' resource

This searches the open resource list and reads a predefined menu from a

resource and returns a handle that can be used to modify the menu and insert it

menuID is the resource ID of a 'MENU' type resource. This is typically a

named-constant defined in your application's header file. Although it

is not required, it is common practice to have the resource ID be the

same as the menu ID. A very common error is to have different ID's

for 'MENU' resources and menu ID's, which can confuse the system.

To avoid this, try numbering your 'MENU' resources to match your

Returns: a MenuHandle; a handle leading to a variable-length MenuInfo

structure. The structure is initialized with the entire definition of

the menu, including all items. A return value of NIL indicates that

Notes: This is the common, and most efficient way to read the definition of a single

menu into a production version of an application. The alternative ( using

NewMenu followed by a series of calls to define its contents) is often used

except that GetMenu also reads in the menu's definition procedure into

memory and stores a handle to it in the menu record. You should use

GetMenu once to read the menu into memory, then use calls to

GetMHandle (or GetResource)to access the menu while the menu is in

memory.

After this call, use InsertMenu to install the menu in the menu list. Use

DrawMenuBar to display all menus in the menu list. Use DeleteMenu

and ReleaseResource to free up the menu's memory when you no longer

The GetNewMBar function reads an entire menu list (a set of menus with

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