This MxDocument_OnContextMenu function displays a new context menu when you right click on the Data View in ArcMap. This function creates the context menu on the fly, adds some built in ArcMap commands and a sub-menu to it, and then pops up the menu.
How to use
- Paste this code into the Project.ThisDocument in the Visual Basic Editor for ArcMap.
- In ArcMap, right click on the Data View to popup your new context menu.
Private Function MxDocument_OnContextMenu(ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long) _
As Boolean
' Create a shortcut menu.
Dim pContextMenu As ICommandBar
Set pContextMenu = CommandBars.Create("MyContextMenu", _
esriCmdBarTypeShortcutMenu)
' Add 3 built in commands to the new context menu using the built in
' ArcID module.
pContextMenu.Add ArcID.PanZoom_Down
pContextMenu.Add ArcID.PanZoom_FullExtent
pContextMenu.Add ArcID.PanZoom_PageLeft
' Create a sub-menu called "MySubMenu" on the new context menu.
Dim pSubMenu As ICommandBar
Set pSubMenu = pContextMenu.CreateMenu("MySubMenu", 3)
' Add a few items to the sub-menu.
pSubMenu.Add ArcID.PanZoom_Down
pSubMenu.Add ArcID.PanZoom_FullExtent
pSubMenu.Add ArcID.PanZoom_PageLeft
' Popup the menu.
pContextMenu.Popup
' Let the application know that the OnContextMenu event was handled.
MxDocument_OnContextMenu = True
End Function