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How To: Add a Custom Menu to Rhino
C++,.NET
Summary: How to add a custom popup menu to Rhino's main menu from a Rhino plug-in.
C++
The CRhinoPlugIn class provides a number of methods that make adding custom popup menus to Rhino easy.
- CRhinoPlugIn::InsertPlugInMenuToRhinoMenu - inserts a menu into Rhino's main menu.
- CRhinoPlugIn::RemovePlugInMenuFromRhino - removes a menu from Rhino's main menu.
- CRhinoPlugIn::OnInitPlugInMenuPopups - called when your menu is about to be displayed.
- CRhinoPlugIn::OnPlugInMenuCommand - called when one of your menu items is selected.
See rhinoSdkPlugIn.h for details on the CRhinoPlugIn class.
Rhino 3 Sample - http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/content/upload/files/MenuTest.zip
Rhino 4 Sample - http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/content/upload/files/MenuTestV4.zip
.NET SDK
Creating and handling menus in .NET is slightly different than the C++ SDK. The .NET solution is to create an instance of a RMA.UI.MRhinoPlugInMenu class, populate it with strings and use event handlers to handle when the menu items are clicked or need updating.
VB.NET Sample - http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/content/upload/files/VBMenuTest.zip
C# Sample - http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/content/upload/files/CSMenuTest.zip
