def _read_item(self):
"""Read the menu item info
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/resources/menus/menureference/menufunctions/getmenuiteminfo.asp
for more information."""
menu_info = win32structures.MENUITEMINFOW()
menu_info.cbSize = ctypes.sizeof (menu_info)
menu_info.fMask = \
win32defines.MIIM_CHECKMARKS | \
win32defines.MIIM_ID | \
win32defines.MIIM_STATE | \
win32defines.MIIM_SUBMENU | \
win32defines.MIIM_TYPE #| \
#MIIM_FTYPE #| \
#MIIM_STRING
#MIIM_DATA | \
ret = win32functions.GetMenuItemInfo (
self.menu,
self.index,
True,
ctypes.byref(menu_info))
if not ret:
raise ctypes.WinError()
return menu_info
def Text(self):
"Return the state of this menu item"
info = self._read_item()
# if there is text
if info.cch:
# allocate a buffer
buffer_size = info.cch+1
text = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(buffer_size)
# update the structure and get the text info
info.dwTypeData = ctypes.addressof(text)
info.cch = buffer_size
win32functions.GetMenuItemInfo (
self.menu,
self.index,
True,
ctypes.byref(info))
text = text.value
else:
text = ''
return text