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Asked: 2026-05-24T07:40:54+00:00

I’m using CMenu::ModifyMenu in the OnCreate method of my CFrameWnd derived class to change

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I’m using CMenu::ModifyMenu in the OnCreate method of my CFrameWnd derived class to change the captions on my menu to match the user language.

I’m using VC++ designer and the menu is declared in a .rc file.

For the MENUITEM elements I use it as follow:

m_wndMenu->ModifyMenu(ID_APP_EXIT, MF_BYCOMMAND, NULL, CString((LPWSTR) ID_APP_EXIT));

For the POPUP elements (that don’t have an ID) I use it as follow:

m_wndMenu->ModifyMenu(0, MF_BYPOSITION | MF_STRING, NULL, CString((LPWSTR) ID_MENU_POPUP_FILE));

It works as expected to change the captions, but for the menu items that are initialy disabled when I change the caption they get enabled. How do I fix this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You may have to explicitly disable the menu item and set tool tip text after a call to ModifyMenu. Using ModifyMenu will effectively destroy the previous menu item and create a new one. You are losing any settings and initialization from the resource file or otherwise that you had on the previous item or menu.

    See remarks: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4tbfebs6(v=vs.80).aspx

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