Pass data to a command handler

Question

I have an ATL CMenu class that implements a popup window with several options for the user to click.

When the user clicks a menu option, that option is mapped to a command ID with an associated handler.

Is there a way I can pass the title (string text of the first entry) of the CMenu class to the command handler?

Answer 1

No, the handler receives control being mapped by an identifier (WM_COMMAND's parameter) only. As soon as you have the identifier and [if] you know what menu it came from, you can locate the item of interest and read back it's text.