HiliteMenu

Highlight or unhighlight a menu title

#include <Menus.h> Menu Manager

void HiliteMenu(menuID );

short menuID ; ID of a menu to highlight (0=unhighlight any)

HiliteMenu highlights the specified menu title or unhighlights any menu

currently highlighted.

menuID is the menuID parameter from a previous NewMenu or a resource

ID of a menu obtained via GetMenu. A value of 0 (or any other

invalid ID) causes the currently-highlighted menu title to be

unhighlighted.

Notes: Use HiliteMenu(0) after calling MenuSelect or MenuKey. The

normal sequence is to leave the title highlighted while the action is taking

place and unhighlight it as soon as it is finished. For lengthy operations,

(e.g., reading a file), you should temporarily set the mouse cursor to a

watch (see SetCursor).

Using this command to explicitly highlight a menu title is rare since

highlighting is performed implicitly by the menu selection tools.

The global variable TheMenu always contains the ID of the menu that is

currently highlighted, or 0 if none is.

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