This reference page is linked to from the following overview topics: Deferred Loading of Plug-ins.

Detailed Description

See also:: Class IMenu, Class IMenuBarContext, Class IQuadMenuContext, Class Interface.

Description:: This class is available in release 4.0 and later only.

To get an interface for calling the methods of this class use Interface::GetMenuManager().

#include <imenuman.h>

Inheritance diagram for IMenuManager:

Public Types
enum	{ loadMenuFile, saveMenuFile, getMenuFile, unRegisterMenu, unRegisterQuadMenu, registerMenuContext, findMenu, findQuadMenu, updateMenuBar, createQuadMenu, createMenu, createSubMenuItem, createSeparatorItem, createActionItem, setViewportRightClickMenu, getViewportRightClickMenu, getMainMenuBar, setMainMenuBar, getShowAllQuads, setShowAllQuads, numMenus, getMenu, numQuadMenus, getQuadMenu, getQuadMenuName, setQuadMenuName, createMenuItemFromAction }
enum	{ rightClickContext }
Public Member Functions
virtual bool	RegisterMenu (IMenu *pMenu, DWORD flags=0)=0
virtual bool	UnRegisterMenu (IMenu *pMenu)=0
virtual IMenu *	FindMenu (const MCHAR *pTitle)=0
virtual IQuadMenu *	FindQuadMenu (const MCHAR *pTitle)=0
virtual bool	RegisterMenuBarContext (MenuContextId contextId, const MCHAR *pName)=0
virtual bool	RegisterQuadMenuContext (MenuContextId contextId, const MCHAR *pName)=0
virtual int	NumContexts ()=0
virtual IMenuContext *	GetContextByIndex (int index)=0
virtual IMenuContext *	GetContext (MenuContextId contextId)=0
virtual void	UpdateMenuBar ()=0
virtual BOOL	LoadMenuFile (const MCHAR *pMenuFile)=0
virtual BOOL	SaveMenuFile (const MCHAR *pMenuFile)=0
virtual const MCHAR *	GetMenuFile ()=0
virtual BOOL	SetMainMenuBar (IMenu *pMenu)=0
virtual BOOL	SetViewportRightClickMenu (IQuadMenuContext::RightClickContext context, IQuadMenu *pQuadMenu)=0
virtual IQuadMenu *	GetViewportRightClickMenu (IQuadMenuContext::RightClickContext context)=0
virtual IMenu *	GetMainMenuBar ()=0
virtual bool	GetShowAllQuads (IQuadMenu *pQuadMenu)=0
virtual void	SetShowAllQuads (IQuadMenu *pQuadMenu, bool showAll)=0
virtual const MCHAR *	GetQuadMenuName (IQuadMenu *pQuadMenu)=0
virtual void	SetQuadMenuName (IQuadMenu pQuadMenu, const MCHAR pName)=0

Member Enumeration Documentation

anonymous enum

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Enumerator:

loadMenuFile	Search for all occurrences
saveMenuFile	Search for all occurrences
getMenuFile	Search for all occurrences
unRegisterMenu	Search for all occurrences
unRegisterQuadMenu	Search for all occurrences
registerMenuContext	Search for all occurrences
findMenu	Search for all occurrences
findQuadMenu	Search for all occurrences
updateMenuBar	Search for all occurrences
createQuadMenu	Search for all occurrences
createMenu	Search for all occurrences
createSubMenuItem	Search for all occurrences
createSeparatorItem	Search for all occurrences
createActionItem	Search for all occurrences
setViewportRightClickMenu	Search for all occurrences
getViewportRightClickMenu	Search for all occurrences
getMainMenuBar	Search for all occurrences
setMainMenuBar	Search for all occurrences
getShowAllQuads	Search for all occurrences
setShowAllQuads	Search for all occurrences
numMenus	Search for all occurrences
getMenu	Search for all occurrences
numQuadMenus	Search for all occurrences
getQuadMenu	Search for all occurrences
getQuadMenuName	Search for all occurrences
setQuadMenuName	Search for all occurrences
createMenuItemFromAction	Search for all occurrences

         { 
#ifndef NO_CUI  // russom - 02/12/02
           loadMenuFile,
           saveMenuFile,
           getMenuFile,
#endif // NO_CUI
           unRegisterMenu,
           unRegisterQuadMenu,
           registerMenuContext,
           findMenu,
           findQuadMenu,
           updateMenuBar,
           createQuadMenu,
           createMenu,
           createSubMenuItem,
           createSeparatorItem,
           createActionItem,
           setViewportRightClickMenu,
           getViewportRightClickMenu,
           getMainMenuBar,
           setMainMenuBar,
           getShowAllQuads,
           setShowAllQuads,
           numMenus,
           getMenu,
           numQuadMenus,
           getQuadMenu,
           getQuadMenuName,
           setQuadMenuName,
           createMenuItemFromAction,
    };

anonymous enum

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rightClickContext

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{ rightClickContext, };

Member Function Documentation

virtual bool RegisterMenu	(	IMenu *	pMenu,
		DWORD	flags = `0`
	)		`[pure virtual]`

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Remarks:: This method allows you to add a menu to the manager.

Parameters:: IMenu* pMenu

Points to the menu to register.

DWORD flags = 0

Not used.

Returns:: Returns false if the menu is already registered; true if not.

virtual bool UnRegisterMenu ( IMenu * pMenu ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method allows you to remove a menu form the mananger.

Parameters:: IMenu* pMenu

Points to the menu to unregister.

Returns:: FALSE if the menu was not registered, TRUE if successfully unregistered.

virtual IMenu* FindMenu ( const MCHAR * pTitle ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method will return a pointer to a menu based on its name.

Parameters:: MCHAR* pTitle

The name of the menu to return.

Returns:: A pointer to the menu or NULL if the menu wasn't found.

virtual IQuadMenu* FindQuadMenu ( const MCHAR * pTitle ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method will return a pointer to a quad menu based on its name.

Parameters:: MCHAR* pTitle

The name of the menu to return.

Returns:: A pointer to the quad menu or NULL if the menu wasn't found.

virtual bool RegisterMenuBarContext	(	MenuContextId	contextId,
		const MCHAR *	pName
	)		`[pure virtual]`

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Remarks:: This method allows you to register a new menu bar context

Parameters:: MenuContextId contextId

The menu context ID.

MCHAR* pName

The name of the menu bar.

Returns:: TRUE if the new menu is registered, FALSE if the menu was already registered.

virtual bool RegisterQuadMenuContext	(	MenuContextId	contextId,
		const MCHAR *	pName
	)		`[pure virtual]`

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Remarks:: This method allows you to register a new quad menu context.

Parameters:: MenuContextId contextId

The menu context ID.

MCHAR* pName

The name of the quad menu.

Returns:: TRUE if the new quad menu is registered, FALSE if the quad menu was already registered.

virtual int NumContexts ( ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method returns the number of contexts registered.

virtual IMenuContext* GetContextByIndex ( int index ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method returns a pointer to a menu context by the specified index.

Parameters:: int index

The index of the menu context to retrieve.

virtual IMenuContext* GetContext ( MenuContextId contextId ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method returns a pointer to a menu context by the specified menu context ID. This method returns NULL if the context does not exist.

Parameters:: MenuContextId contextId

The menu context ID.

virtual void UpdateMenuBar ( ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method can be called to update 3ds Max' main menu bar after adding sub-menu's or menu items.

virtual BOOL LoadMenuFile ( const MCHAR * pMenuFile ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method allows you to load a menu file from disk and automatically update the UI accordingly.

Parameters:: MCHAR* pMenuFile

The path and filename of the menu file to load.

Returns:: TRUE if the menu file was loaded, otherwise FALSE.

virtual BOOL SaveMenuFile ( const MCHAR * pMenuFile ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method allows you to save a menu file to disk.

Parameters:: MCHAR* pMenuFile

The path and filename of the menu file to save.

Returns:: TRUE if the menu file was saved, otherwise FALSE.

virtual const MCHAR* GetMenuFile ( ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method returns the file name of the currently loaded and active menu file.

virtual BOOL SetMainMenuBar ( IMenu * pMenu ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method allows you to set the main menu bar.

Parameters:: IMenu* pMenu

A pointer to the menu you wish to set as the main menu bar.

Returns:: TRUE if it was set successfully.

virtual BOOL SetViewportRightClickMenu	(	IQuadMenuContext::RightClickContext	context,
		IQuadMenu *	pQuadMenu
	)		`[pure virtual]`

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Remarks:: This method allows you to set the viewport right-click menu to the specified quad menu.

Parameters:: IQuadMenuContext::RightClickContext context

See Right-Click Contexts.

IQuadMenu* pQuadMenu

A pointer to the quad menu you wish to set.

Returns:: TRUE if it was set successfully.

virtual IQuadMenu* GetViewportRightClickMenu ( IQuadMenuContext::RightClickContext context ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method returns a pointer to the current viewport right-click quad menu.

Parameters:: IQuadMenuContext::RightClickContext context

See Right-Click Contexts.

virtual IMenu* GetMainMenuBar ( ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method returns a pointer to the main menu bar.

virtual bool GetShowAllQuads ( IQuadMenu * pQuadMenu ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method checks if the "Show All Quads" flag is set for a specific QuadMenu and will return TRUE if the flag is set or FALSE if the flag is not set.

Parameters:: IQuadMenu* pQuadMenu

A pointer to the QuadMenu you wish to check the flag for.

virtual void SetShowAllQuads	(	IQuadMenu *	pQuadMenu,
		bool	showAll
	)		`[pure virtual]`

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Remarks:: This method sets the "Show All Quads" flag for a specific QuadMenu.

Parameters:: IQuadMenu* pQuadMenu

A pointer to the QuadMenu you wish to set the flag for.

bool showAll

TRUE to set the flag to on, FALSE to set the flag off.

virtual const MCHAR* GetQuadMenuName ( IQuadMenu * pQuadMenu ) [pure virtual]

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Remarks:: This method returns the name given to a specific QuadMenu as a string.

Parameters:: IQuadMenu* pQuadMenu

A pointer to the QuadMenu for which you wish to retrieve the name.

virtual void SetQuadMenuName	(	IQuadMenu *	pQuadMenu,
		const MCHAR *	pName
	)		`[pure virtual]`

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Remarks:: This method allows you to set the name of a specific QuadMenu.

Parameters:: IQuadMenu* pQuadMenu

A pointer to the QuadMenu for which you wish to set the name.

MCHAR* pName

The string containing the name for the QuadMenu.

IMenuManager Class Reference

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Member Enumeration Documentation

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