About command enabling

ObjectWindows provides a mechanism, command enabling, that you can use to dynamically change the appearance of controls to indicate if a feature is available or to indicate the state of the application.

Typical changes are dimming the control, adding or deleting a check next to the control, or changing the text of menu items.

The following topics explain how to use command enabling in your programs:

• Handling command-enabling messages
• Working with command enabling
• Common command-enabling tasks
• Enabling and disabling command items
• Changing menu item text
• Toggling command items

See Also

• Constructing menu objects
• Gadget and gadget window objects
• TCommandEnabler class