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GetMenuStateParametersReturn valueparameter identifies a menu with an associated pop-up menu. If hMenuidentifies a pop-up menu, this function obtains the status of the menuitem associated with wId.hMenuwIdwFlagsHMENU Identifies the menu.WORD Specifies the menu-item ID.WORD Specifies the nature of the wId parameter. If thewFlags parameter contains MF _BY POSITION, wId specifies a(zero-based) relative position; if wFlags containsMF _BYCOMMAND, wId specifies the item ID.The return value specifies the outcome of the function. It is -1 if thespecified item does not exist. If the menu itself does not exist, a fatal exitoccurs. If wId identifies a pop-up menu, the return value contains thenumber of items in the pop-up menu in its high-order byte, and the menuflags associated with the pop-up menu in its low-order byte; otherwise, itis a mask (Boolean OR) of the values from the following list (this maskdescribes the status of the menu item that wId identifies):ValueMF_CHECKEDMF _DISABLEDMF_ENABLEDMF_GRAYEDMF _MENUBARBREAKMF _MENUBREAKMF _SEPARATORMF_UNCHECKEDMeaningCheckmark is placed next to item (pop-up menus only).Item is disabled.Item is enabled.Item is disabled and grayed.Same as MF _MENUBREAK, except for pop-up menuswhere the new column is separated from the oldcolumn by a vertical dividing line.Item is placed on a new line (static menus) or in a newcolumn (pop-up menus) without separating columns.Horizontal dividing line is drawn (pop-up menusonly). This line cannot be enabled, checked, grayed, orhighlighted. The lpNewItem and wIDNewItemparameters are ignored.Checkmark is not placed next to item (default).GetMenuStringSyntaxint GetMenuString(hMenu, wIDItem,lpString, nMaxCount, wFlag)function GetMenuString(Menu: HMenu; IDItem: Word; Str: PChar;MaxCount: Integer; Flag: Word): Integer;This function copies the label of the specified menu item into the IpStringparameter.Parameters hMenu HMENU Identifies the menu.Chapter 4, Functions directory 323