How to hide a popup menu?

[therick]

I am using TrackPopupMenu() to pull up my menu which works great. The only problem is if the user doesn't select a menuitem and wants to hide the menu, he can't. One can L or R click somewhere else and the darn menu hangs around.

How do I send a message to my app to hide the menu? I am building an app where size is the key factor in design so I'm just using stardard libraries...no MFC stuff. I am pretty sure MFC handles this somehow but I don't have the luxury of using that.

Any expertise with systray icon popupmenus would be greatly appreciated.

 

[fleckingerre]

Hi!

Well, I dont know what Class you use for the Menu, but it either has a DestroyWindow() Memberfunction or you have a handle to this Window.

If you need a Version with the Handle, try the Windows Function DestroyWindow(handle) or SendMessage(handle, WM_CLOSE, NULL, NULL).

Greetings
Remo

 

[therick]

Fleck~,

I am aware of these functions and would love to use either of them. My appologies...I wasn't specific enough. My real question I guess is how can I send a message to my menu that my mouse is no longer on the popup so it should close the Menu by the hMenu handle? In other words, I have tried to add code to the switch in WM_COMMAND, WM_NOTFIYICON (icon specific message sent to wndProc), etc but can't seem to get there.

Thanks for the reply and any further assistance you can provide.