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The HiliteMenuItem function highlights or removes the highlighting from an item in a menu bar.

BOOL HiliteMenuItem(

Parameters

hwnd

Identifies the window that contains the menu.

hmenu

Identifies the menu bar that contains the item to be highlighted.

uItemHilite

Specifies the menu item to be highlighted. This parameter is either the identifier of the menu item or the offset of the menu item in the menu bar, depending on the value of the uHilite parameter.

uHilite

Specifies flags that control the interpretation of the uItemHilite parameter and indicates whether the menu item is highlighted. This parameter must be a combination of either MF_BYCOMMAND or MF_BYPOSITION and MF_HILITE or MF_UNHILITE.

Value	Meaning
MF_BYCOMMAND	Indicates that uItemHilite gives the identifier of the menu item.
MF_BYPOSITION	Indicates that uItemHilite gives the zero-based relative position of the menu item.
MF_HILITE	Highlights the menu item. If this flag is not specified, the highlighting is removed from the item.
MF_UNHILITE	Removes highlighting from the menu item.

Return Values

If the menu item is set to the specified highlight state, the return value is nonzero.

If the menu item is not set to the specified highlight state, the return value is zero.

Remarks

The MF_HILITE and MF_UNHILITE flags can be used only with the HiliteMenuItem function; they cannot be used with the ModifyMenu function.

See Also

ModifyMenu 

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