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Select Item In Context Menu Of Another Application
I want to know if there is any way to invoke item in context-menu of another application.

Situation: I have an application which is a data window with “SysListView32” class. When I right click inside this window, the context menu pops-up and there is a option to copy the data, which basically gets copied to clipboard.

Problem: The problem is that the the ‘copy’ option of the context-menu doesn’t have ‘Ctrl+C’ option so sendkey doesn’t copy data from this window.

What I want? – I want to know if there is any other way where I can get menu handle or menu-id of one particular option within context menu. I want to send message to this window and achieve the result that would happened when ‘Copy’ option is selected within the context menu.

Thought – I know something like this is possible for normal menu options that are there on top of the window, like you can SendMessage to menu-id.

Can a similar this be achieved for auto selecting a particular option of context-menu of another application?

Would appreciate help on this one?

Select Context Menu Item Of Another Application
I want to know if there is any way to invoke context-menu option of another application.

Situation: I have an application which is a data window with “SysListView32” class. When I right click inside this window, the context menu pops-up and there is a option to copy the data, which basically gets copied to clipboard.

Problem: The problem is that the the ‘copy’ option the context-menu doesn’t have ‘Ctrl+C’ option so sendkey doesn’t copy data from this window.

What I want? – I want to know if there is any other way where I can get menu handle or menu-id of one particular option within context menu. I want to send message to this window and achieve the result that would happened when ‘Copy’ option is selected from the context menu.

Thought – I know something like this is possible for normal menu options that are there on top of window, like you can sendmessage to menu-id. Can a similar this be achieved for auto selecting a particular option of context-menu of another application?

Would appreciate help on this one?

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Add Custom Menu Item To Windows Right Click Context Menu ????
Hi everyone

Earlier today there was a thread with this Q in it but it wasnt ever resolved. What i want to do is add my own custom entry to the windows menu that pops up when you right click on an something in particular to the edit menu. So when you select some text no matter what app your in it has my custom menu option in it along with the usual copy and paste and what not.

Can this be done

If so how and where do i start ??

How To Add Menu Item To The Windows Explorer Context Menu Using Vb6
Hi,

Can anyone please let me know,
How to add my application item "Run My application" to the windows explorer context menu and on right click-> click on this item , i need to run my application. How can i do this using VB6? its exactly like winzip and other programs doing. First thing is i want to add to the context menu of windows explorer and on click my item, i need to know on whick item user selected this option. I need to do this in VB6. Please help me in this regard.

thanking you

Praveen

Add Item To The Context Menu
Hi all,

I need to add my item to the context menu of the system tray as shown in attached image. Please tell me how can I add item and get the click of the menu item.

Thanks.

Context Menu Item On Certain Files
I got a load of tutorials and examples off both the forums and the rest of the next for adding your own menu item to the context menus when you right click on a file.

All i want to do is have a menu item that says "Add to archive" when you right click on a .dff, .txd, .col or .ifp

Every time i try and add the registry entrie like in the tutorials nothing happens.
Below is the reg file im using.

Quote:

Originally Posted by My reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDFFFileshell]
@="Add file to archive"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDFFFileshellContextMenu]
@=""C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Brennan\Desktop\IMG\IMG.exe" %1"

If anyone has any ideas or could point me in the right direction it would be great.
Thanks for any help,
-Dave

Add An Item To The Windows Explorer Context Menu
Is it possible to do it strictly through VB code and/or APIs and have the new menu item run a program when clicked?

Add Item To Explorer's Edit Context Menu ?
Can anyone point me in the right direction...

I want to add a menu item to the context menu (and then do an action) that appears if you right click in a document or in a textbox etc - the standard ones being:-

Undo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Delete
Select All

I need this to be available for any running program...

Cheers
Gavin.

How To Activate Context Menu For Listview Item
I'd like to create a context menu that works like the one in Windows explorer.
I.e. when you right-click on an item
the listitem under the cursor should be selected
and a popupmenu should be desplayed.

So far it looks as if the Click event is triggered, no matter whether the left or right mouse button is clicked. (I need left-clicks for another purpose).
I tried trapping the MouseDown-event, but then I don't know how to select the item under the cursor (HitText returns Nothing).

Any help greatly appreciated.

Addind Icon To Windows Context Menu Item
Hello,

I wish to add my own item to the winow context menu when user righ clicks on BMP file. I wish the item to have both caption and icon (like winzip have). I manged to add the item caption only. How do I set the icon?

I the item to the bmpfilehandler in the context menu:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/bmpFileHandler/shell/MyApp/Command
Default=MyAppPath.exe "%1"

Thank you,
Yonik.

How To Detect Item Chosen In A Right Click Context Menu?
When you right click on a textbox, you get the cut,copy,paste, and delete context menu. How can I detect which of these choices was selected?
I need to create a text validation on what action was taken, but validation only happens when you move off the textbox. So if a user should close the app or refresh the app, I can detect what action was taken and validate it.

Adding Menu Item To The Windows Explorer Context
Hi,

Can anyone please let me know,
How to add my application item "Run My application" to the windows explorer context menu and on right click-> click on this item , i need to run my application. How can i do this using VB6? its exactly like winzip and other programs doing. First thing is i want to add to the context menu of windows explorer and on click my item, i need to know on whick item user selected this option. I need to do this in VB6. Please help me in this regard.

thanking you

Praveen

Context Menu - Select FOLDERS?
I have a program that, when it executes, creates a custom context menu for itself (the right click menu in Explorer).

Then, when a user clicks on this custom context menu, it passes the filename to my app as a command line argument (=Command). Problem is, the custom context menu is only visible if I right click on a FILE, not on a folder. I need to be able to click on a Folder as well as on a file, to pass the Folder name OR the filename. Any ideas you hot VB studs out there?

Here is the code I am using:

--------------------in a Module--------------

Function CreateContextMenu() As Boolean
'adds custom context menu to the Windows right click menu in Explorer

On Error GoTo ErrSub
Dim Path As String

Path = App.Path
If Right(Path, 1) <> "" Then Path = Path & ""

If CreateKey(eHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "*shellMyCustomMenu") <> True Then Exit Function
If SetValue(eHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "*shellMyCustomMenu", "", "MyCustomMenu", eREG_SZ) <> True Then Exit Function
If CreateKey(eHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "*shellMyCustomMenucommand") <> True Then Exit Function
If SetValue(eHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "*shellMyCustomMenucommand", "", Path & App.EXEName & ".exe" & " %1") <> True Then Exit Function

CreateContextMenu = True
Exit Function

ErrSub:

End Function

-------In the 'On Load' of the Startup Form, containing a standard Listbox-------

Private Sub Form_Load()

'user might have changed app's path so create a new context menu just to be sure
If CreateContextMenu = True Then
ElseIf CreateContextMenu = False Then
MsgBox "There was an error writing to the registry.", vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "Error"
End If

'add filename to listbox

If Command <> "" Then
lstFiles.AddItem (Command)
End If

End Sub

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Add Menu Item To Context Menu
How can I add a sub menu to the popup menu that you get when you right-click the desktop (similar to the attached picture)?

Adding An Item To Default Context Menu For R/click On App Title Bar
How do I add an item to the default context menu of a Window(s).. The right click on an app title bar or Task bar icon.. (Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize, Close)
I want to add a few things to it like 'OnTop' and 'Hide' and a few other things.. I can do everything but the adding to the context menu.

Adding An Item To The Right-click Context Menu Of Network Neighbourhood Computers
Well, read the title!

Is there any way of adding a custom link to my program to the right-click menu of computers on a LAN in Network Neighbourhood?

Kinda like a link which passes the name of the computer onto the proggy ... ?

How Can I Pu My Application On The Context Menu?
Hello, everybody.
I have just finished my program, and since it edits .txt files, I would like it to appear in the context menu when right-clicking on a file name in Explorer, just as Winzip and other applications do.
Can anybody tell me how to make this happen?
Thanks

Add Application To Windows Explorer Context Menu
Could someone help me please?

I need to add an application to the Windows Context Menu (right-click file --> Open with MyApp). I have Googled, VBCity'd, MSDN'd and Yahoo'd for the answer, but to no avail

Maybe someone has a snippet they have used?

Thanks

(VB6 please)

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Edited by - rjhare on 4/11/2007 5:44:32 AM

Adding Application To Windows Context Menu
Hi guys

How do i programatically add an application to the Windows Context Menu (so that it appears upon right-clicking files)

Regards

Suhaib

How To Invoke Context Menu Of Winzip In Listview Of My Application?
I d like to add winzip context menu (or context menus of any application which add context menu when you right click on a file in window explorer) for the listview of my application when I right click on a file.
Is it possible? If yes how? I am also developing in vb.net ...

thanks in advance

Select Menu Item On Another Program.
Hi there,
In my program, if I want to execute the click_event of a button on another program I just get its handle and send the "Enter" key. The problem is that I can not get the handle of the menu item so how can I execute the action under the menu item which I want to select?

Thanks a lot.

Select Any Menu Item & Display Message In Status Bar
Helo,

I am using VB Menu and Status Bar, I want if I select any menu item, a message display in Status Bar of VB.

For example:

Click on File Menu and select New then display message in Status bar "Open new document"

I highly appreciated if u provide me code.

Nadeem

Right Click For Popup Menu, But Select The Item Right Clicked Upon [List Box]
Hi,
I have a list box which holds several list items (logs). I want to right click on the individual list items and select them (which only works with left click) and then show a popup menu.
The list item must be selected because the popup menu would have commands specific to the 1 file. E.g. delete log

How do I accomplish this?

Thanks in advance

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How Can I Click An Item (select It) In A Combobox For Another Application?
anyone know?

How Can I Get Menu Item From Other Application?
Hi friends?
I want to read the menu object of one vb application from other vb application. Is there anyway to read them?

Regards

Nazmul

Remember Me! "Select Any Menu Item & Display Message In Status Bar"
Hi John

How can this event work on menu . MouseMove event is work on Form not in Menu. Suppose I work on Form_MouseMove event then How I reconize that which menu item is selected. I looked the menu all properties but failed to find select properties.

Plz require your help.

Best Regards/Nadeem

Can I Get A Menu To "popup" When I Select An Item In My Listview?
just wondering if this is possible at all, and if so how to achieve it.
Cheers

Disable MDI Parent's System Context Menu Right && Left Click Menu Pop-up. How?
I am trying to do this without much luck, but managed to get rid-of the Min/Max buttons via an MS example at the link below.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;137033

However, when a user right clicks on-the MDI parent's Caption bar, a popup up menu appears - Woud like to prevent that.

Secondly, if a user "LEFT" Click on the top Left corner of the same Caption bar (where the Icon appears); it pops the same Pop-Up Menu - Like to stop that.

Thirdly, If a user double clicks on the same menu bar, form flickers, bobs down & up (Min & back to Max state), looks back at you and say's "fooled Ya!", as if it was possessed by some sort of strange evil code. Now I Would really, really, like to make it stop doing that.

Basically, like to prevent any mouse action on MDI Parent's Title Bar. Searched for couple of hours in vain (pain), but nothing turned up for what I am looking for. I can stop the right click on the form it-self by detecting mouse down button, but that’s not preventing the click event in MDI parent's title/caption bar.

Anyone know how or what needs to be done to get this to work? Any and all help, suggestions, etc. will be greatly appreciated!

Popup Menu, Context Menu Dynamic Creation?
Hi everyone,

i used the google search and the forum search but i didnt find any suitable result.
What i want to do:
i want to display a popup menu which is dynamic created from an xml file. i read the xml file to my own private type structure and now i want to display a popup menu. the only, as i think very ugly way i found is sevpopup menu active x. the problem with that menu is, that in every way there is a space for icons in menu which i dont have and the other problem is that i want to copy and not to install the application.
Really important for me is that i can create submenus!

Thank you all for help!

buechse

How Easy Is It To Add To Context Menu (right Click Menu)
I'd like to be able to add to the context menu (right click menu), how is this possible? and is it restricted to the application i.e I'd like to add one to an Excel sheet and one to normal windows operations

Adding Menu In Desktop Context Menu
Hello,

Is a way to add your own menu in the desktop context menu as Nvidia drivers done, please?

Thanks in advance.

How To Add Menu In Windows Explorer Context Menu
hi again,

I would like to add my custom menu to windows explorer.

some what i know that i need to add key entry into registry. and i did that. but it did not work

can any one help me..

Thanks in advance.

meena

How Do I Design A Context Menu (Popup Menu) In VB?
Hi,

I want to design a popup menu for a form in VB. I already have a menu for the form. This menu is displayed below the title bar. When I try to use the Menu Editor, it only lets me edit this menu. I want to design a new menu which will popup like a context menu. How do I do this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Select Item In ListBox1 And Corresponding Item In ListBox2 Is Also Selected
Hi,
Hi I have two Listboxes list1 has lets say Firstname in List1 and List2 has surnames.
How do I select an item in List1 and have it's corresponding item in List2 selected as well?

So if I select Item 6 in List1, I want item6 in List2 to be selected too.

Ken

Add Our Menu To System Context Menu
Hi everybody,

How could add menu and binding related action to our existing system Context menu such like WinZip and so on.

Context Menu
how do u make a right click menu on VB6

Context Menu
How i can get my application name in system context menu when right click on a file and on click opens that file in my application? Like winzip.

Please give me some suggestions.

thanx

Context Menu
I want to know how to invoke item in context-menu of another application.

Situation: I have an application which is a data window with “SysListView32” class. When I right click inside this window, the context menu pops-up and there is a option to copy the data, which basically gets copied to clipboard.

Problem: The problem is that the the ‘copy’ option of the context-menu doesn’t have ‘Ctrl+C’ option so sendkey doesn’t copy data from this window.

What I want? – I want to know if there is any other way where I can get menu handle or menu-id of one particular option within context menu. I want to send message to this window and achieve the result that would happened when ‘Copy’ option is selected within the context menu.

Thought – I know something like this is possible for normal menu options that are there on top of the window, like you can SendMessage to menu-id.

Can a similar this be achieved for auto selecting a particular option of context-menu of another application?

Would appreciate help on this one?

Context Menu
Hi all,

I want to write an application in VB 6.0, it automatically calls a context menu item of a control in .net application (It looks like we right-click on that control and choose a menu item when the context menu appeared).
Everyone who know it, help me pls.

Thanks in advance,

Context Menu In The .exe
Hi.
There are some programs that when you click on their .exe file, the context menu that is displayed has some uniqe options. For example WinZip has those: "Compress to Zip File" "Compress Ass..." etc.

How can i do that?

Thanks

IE Context Menu
Hi

I'm trying to implement my application to the internet explorer context menu. I managed to show the title of my application in the menu but there is no action using these registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMenuExt&MyAppl
(Standard)=P:WorkvbMyAppl.exe
contexts=1

What I'd like to do: As you click the menu entry, my application will get the url of the current page (or frame) like the way you can read it out in the properties.

Can anybody help me or give me some hints?

thanks and regards
Xdream

Context Menu
I have a question here. I need to know how to make a custom context menu, like when i right click on an item in a list box for example, a context menu with stuff i want on it will appear.

Abt....Context Menu
hi

i have 2 thing...

first i need to add my app shortcut with icon to windows SendTo option....

and the next i need to call the SendTo menu in my app... the existing all shortcuts in windows.

i tried making entried in register but that seams of no use... may be not at correct level.

Context Menu In IE
i want my app to do somethings with Internet Explorer pages..the best way is actually having menu's in the ie's context menu..and i already did that..i already created the menu but now i want to know how to use it:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ls/context.asp here says that i must put a link to a script..but how do i make the script..? can the script be made in vb6? and in vb.net?

im a little desesperate about this for help..
any help appreciated

Context Menu
Hi,
How do i add a menu to the windows context menu similar to WinZip where you can right click on a file and click on "Add to Zip".

Some code(module) would be appriciated.

Thanks

Swf Context Menu
Does anyone know a way to disable the context menu which appears when you right click on a swf? In the control's properties, you can disable everything except for the last selection.....which is a link to Macromedia's website. My goal is preventing users from opening up I.E.

I've tried using a webbrowser control instead of the shockwave control to display the swf. With this I used Bloodeye's code to disable right click in a webbrowser, which worked w/ html pages, but not when the url was a non-embedded swf.

any ideas?