Function AddMenuItem2( _
   ByVal Menu As System.String, _
   ByVal Item As System.String, _
   ByVal Position As System.Integer, _
   ByVal CallbackFcnAndModule As System.String, _
   ByVal BitmapFileName As System.String _
) As System.Boolean

Dim instance As IFrame
Dim Menu As System.String
Dim Item As System.String
Dim Position As System.Integer
Dim CallbackFcnAndModule As System.String
Dim BitmapFileName As System.String
Dim value As System.Boolean
 
value = instance.AddMenuItem2(Menu, Item, Position, CallbackFcnAndModule, BitmapFileName)

System.bool AddMenuItem2( 
   System.string Menu,
   System.string Item,
   System.int Position,
   System.string CallbackFcnAndModule,
   System.string BitmapFileName
)

System.bool AddMenuItem2( 
&   System.String^ Menu,
&   System.String^ Item,
&   System.int Position,
&   System.String^ CallbackFcnAndModule,
&   System.String^ BitmapFileName
) 

Parameters

Menu

Name of the menu to which to add this menu item

Item

Name of menu item (including accelerator key "&"); if Item is null or empty, then this method adds a separator

Position

Position at which to add the new menu item; the first item is at position 0; if Position is 1, the new menu item is added to the end of the list

CallbackFcnAndModule

Function called when user clicks the menu item (see Remarks)

BitmapFileName

Path and filename of the bitmap for the menu item

Return Value

This method only works for the C++ application implemented as a DLL, not as an EXE. Any function exposed as a callback from a menu item must be declared as an EXPORT or included in your .def file.

You can add a new menu item to any one of the four SOLIDWORKS frames (main frame, part frame, assembly frame, or drawing frame). To do this, you must get the IFrame object when the desired frame is active.

For example, if you want your menu to be available when a part document is active, then call ISldWorks::Frame when a part is first loaded or created, and use that IFrame object to call this method. Once you add your menu to the part frame, you do not need to do it again during the current SOLIDWORKS session.

The CallbackFcnAndModule argument specifies which function to call when this menu item is selected by the user. The syntax is as follows:

"dllname@function@updatefunction,hintstring"

where: