Pop-up - worked example

key : purple - original code / blue - new code

Step 1 :

Continue with the program names.

Step 2 :

Add a Pop-up menu to the resources. Give this a sensible ID (IDR_POP_UP_MENU). Link the three options (Remove, Remove All and Edit) to their respective functions :

Step 3 :

Add the OnRButtonDown() handler to the ListCtrl class. Add the following code to this :

void CNameListView::OnRButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{

CListView::OnRButtonDown(nFlags, point);

CMenu popup;
ClientToScreen(&point);
popup.LoadMenu(IDR_POP_UP_MENU);

CMenu* pMenu = popup.GetSubMenu(0);
ASSERT(pMenu);
pMenu->TrackPopupMenu(TPM_LEFTALIGN|TPM_RIGHTBUTTON,
point.x, point.y, this);

}

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