WMENU-SHOW

The WMENU-SHOW function displays a menu.

If the menu was created by WMENU-NEW, it is displayed on the screen. If the window has already a menu, it is replaced. The previous menu is not destroyed, its memory is not released and it can be displayed again with the WMENU-SHOW function.

If the menu was created by WMENU-NEW-TRAY, it is displayed as a tray icon in the system tray.

Syntax:

CALL "W$MENU" USING WMENU-SHOW                       menuHandle                      [windowHandle]               GIVING returnCode

Parameters:

WMENU-SHOW	Constant
menuHandle	USAGE HANDLE	Specifies the handle of an existing menu.
windowHandle	USAGE HANDLE	Specifies the window where the menu has to be displayed. If this parameter is omitted then the menu is displayed on the current window. This parameter is ignored when the menu is shown on the system tray.

Return code:

returnCode can be any signed numeric data item and provides additional information:

<=0	Operation failed.
>0	Operation successful.