You can use UPDATE_COMMAND_UI
in property view window.
Let's say, you put a 'Text Capture' menu with 'ID_TEXTCAPTURE', and then you want to change the menu with 'Stop Capture'.
-in message map
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CChildFrame, CMDIChildWndEx)
ON_WM_CREATE()
ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(ID_TEXTCAPTURE, &CChildFrame::OnUpdateTextcapture)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
-event handler
void CChildFrame::OnUpdateTextcapture(CCmdUI *pCmdUI)
{
if(pCmdUI->m_pMenu)
{
int pos;
CMenu* mmenu = pCmdUI->m_pMenu;
pos = FindMenuItem(mmenu, _T("Text Capture(&C)"));
if (pos > -1 && IsCapture == TRUE)
{
UINT id = mmenu->GetMenuItemID(pos);
//change menu text as 'Stop Capture'
mmenu->ModifyMenu(id, MF_BYCOMMAND, id, _T("Stop Capture(&S)"));
IsCapture = TRUE;
}
}
}
CChildFrame::FindMenuItem(CMenu* Menu, LPCTSTR MenuString)
{
ASSERT(Menu);
ASSERT(::IsMenu(Menu->GetSafeHmenu()));
int count = Menu->GetMenuItemCount();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
CString str;
if (Menu->GetMenuString(i, str, MF_BYPOSITION) && str.Compare(MenuString) == 0)
return i;
}
return -1;
}