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Height of MenuItems

Do you know how to increase the height of MenuItems in VB?

I am using VB5 and I've noticed that all my menus and menuitems are being drawn with a height of 14 pixels. This makes it difficult for me to add certain icons and bitmaps to them.

I checked my menus with those in other programs and I found that the heights of MenuItems in the VB5 IDE and MSOffice apps were all 16 pixels. However, in my project, I only get a height of 13 pixels. I came across another site where a guy said he had the same problem.

I tried using WinAPI functions to draw my own menus...but with no success (I'm still sorta new to this).

Please help...

mcrider

I don't think that's possible, but what you can do is create your own menus using forms without borders...

Cheers!

Joe_Griffith

Are the menus in your program different from the menus in VB itself? Are they different from menus in other programs?

I think the menu font is standard throughout windows. You can change it in the control panel/display/settings.

jusclev

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jusclev

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Thanks for the link. The custom controls were very useful...

However, I still think there is a way to adjust the menuheight through the use of owner-drawn menus.

Nevertheless, my problem has been solved.

Clev...