'How can i modify the context menu of a CEdit control?

Before Windows 7 the solution was easy. Just add your own menu and write your own "Undo,Redo,Cut,Copy,Paste,Delete,Select All" menu items. But now this is not possible anymore because the menu has became really complex with the unicode and input message stuff.

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Okay i found how to do it

static bool is_first_time;

case WM_CONTEXTMENU: {
   is_first_time = true;
   original_window_proc(message,wparam,lparam);
   break;

case WM_ENTERIDLE:
    if (wparam == MSGF_MENU) {
        if (is_first_time) {
            is_first_time = false; 
            MENUBARINFO mbi;
            memset(&mbi, 0, sizeof(MENUBARINFO));
            mbi.cbSize = sizeof(MENUBARINFO);
            GetMenuBarInfo((HWND)lparam, OBJID_CLIENT, 0, &mbi);
            if (::IsMenu((HMENU)mbi.hMenu)) {
               .... add your menu items here
            }
        }
    }

Unfortunately this does not work because the code uses TrackPopupMenu with the TPM_RETURNCMD and TPM_NONOTIFY flags. So you can add new menu items but there is no way to handle the commands. Bad Microsoft, very bad design.

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