[perl-win32-gui-hackers] Menus and NEM

[Stephen P. <Ste...@uc...>]

Hello,

Looks like menus are indeed a little busted. You can't use both event =
models on a menu. You can use either the NEM or the OEM, but you can't =
selectively use NEM here and OEM there. If you add a menu to a window =
that is using the NEM and your window uses OEM, your menu won't work. =
Your menu's event model must match that of the window you're adding it =
into.

This is because menu commands are processed in their parent window's =
wndproc, and the wndproc assigned to a window depends on the event model =
it is using. A bit of bashing and hacking on my (and others) part could =
make multi-event-model menus work properly, but I'd like to know if this =
functionality is actually required by anyone. I mean, if you're a NEM =
user you're going to use the NEM for everything, and if you're an OEM =
user you're going to use the OEM for everything. So is there any point =
to allowing you to mix and match in menus?

I'm inclined to believe "yes" just for flexibility, but if I discover =
that it looks too annoying to implement I might change my mind to "no".

Steve