Function Reference

GUICtrlGetHandle

Returns the handle for a control and some special (item) handles (Menu, ContextMenu, TreeViewItem).

GUICtrlGetHandle ( controlID )

Parameters

controlID Control identifier as returned by a GUICtrlCreate...() function.

Return Value

Success: the handle of the given control ID.

Failure: 0.

Remarks

The following controls will not return a handle: GUICtrlCreateDummy(), GUICtrlCreateGraphic(), GUICtrlCreateObj(), GUICtrlCreateListViewItem() and GUICtrlCreateTabItem().

ListViewItems and TabItems are managed through indexes. To get the index of these items use DllCall() and DllStructCreate().

Related

Example

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
Example()
Func  Example()
GUICreate ("My GUI",300,200)
Local $idMnu_File= GUICtrlCreateMenu ("&File")
GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("&Open",$idMnu_File)
GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("&Save",$idMnu_File)
GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("",$idMnu_File)
Local $idMnu_Options= GUICtrlCreateMenu ("O&ptions",$idMnu_File)
GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("View",$idMnu_Options)
GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("",$idMnu_Options)
GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("Tools",$idMnu_Options)
GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("",$idMnu_File)
Local $idMni_Exit= GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("&Exit",$idMnu_File)
Local $idMnu_Help= GUICtrlCreateMenu ("&?")
Local $idMni_About= GUICtrlCreateMenuItem ("&About",$idMnu_Help)
Local $idBtn_End= GUICtrlCreateButton ("End",110,140,70,20)
  SetMenuColor($idMnu_File,0xEEBB99); BGR color value
  SetMenuColor($idMnu_Options,0x66BB99); BGR color value
  SetMenuColor($idMnu_Help,0x99BBEE); BGR color value
GUISetState (@SW_SHOW )
Local $idMsg
; Loop until the user exits.
While 1
$idMsg= GUIGetMsg ()
Switch $idMsg
Case $idMni_Exit,$idBtn_End,$GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
ExitLoop
Case $idMni_About
MsgBox ($MB_SYSTEMMODAL,"About...","Colored menu sample")
EndSwitch
WEnd
EndFunc ;==>Example
; Apply the color to the menu
Func  SetMenuColor($nMenuID,$nColor)
Local Const $MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS= 0x80000000
Local Const $MIM_BACKGROUND= 0x00000002
Local $hMenu= GUICtrlGetHandle ($nMenuID)
Local $hBrush= DllCall ("gdi32.dll","hwnd","CreateSolidBrush","int",$nColor)
$hBrush= $hBrush[0]
Local $tMenuInfo= DllStructCreate ("dword;dword;dword;uint;dword;dword;ptr")
DllStructSetData ($tMenuInfo,1,DllStructGetSize ($tMenuInfo))
DllStructSetData ($tMenuInfo,2,BitOR ($MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS,$MIM_BACKGROUND))
DllStructSetData ($tMenuInfo,5,$hBrush)
DllCall ("user32.dll","int","SetMenuInfo","hwnd",$hMenu,"struct*",$tMenuInfo)
; release Struct not really needed as it is a local
$tMenuInfo= 0
EndFunc ;==>SetMenuColor