I'm porting my application to BCGControlBar. When I'm trying to access the main application menu, GetMenu always returns NULL. How can I change my menu bar?

Because BCGControlBar's menu bar (CBCGPMenuBar) replaces the standard application menu, GetMenu always returns NULL. We recommend the following methods for manipulating your menu during runtime:

• Don't call EnableMenuItem or CheckMenuItem: use the OnUpdateCommand mechanism instead.
• If you need to change popup menu content (such as "File" or "Help" menus) dynamically, override the OnShowPopupMenu method in your CMainFrame class (see DynamicMenu sample application).
• If you need to change top-level menu items, derive your class from CBCGPMenuBar and override the RestoreOriginalstate method (see our DynamicMenu sample application).

Example:

BOOL CMainFrame::OnShowPopupMenu(CBCGPPopupMenu* pMenuPopup)
{
    // Remove first menu item:
    pMenuPopup->RemoveItem(0);

    // Insert new menu item:
    pMenuPopup->InsertItem(CBCGPToolbarMenuButton(id, NULL, -1, _T("MyItem 1")), 1);
    ....
}

BOOL CMyMenuBar::RestoreOriginalstate()
{
    CBCGPMenuBar::RestoreOriginalstate();

    // Insert new menu item:
    CMenu menu;
    menu.LoadMenu(IDR_DYNAMIC_MENU);

    InsertButton(CBCGPToolbarMenuButton(0, menu, -1, _T("&DynamicMenu")));

    AdjustLayout();
    AdjustSizeImmediate();
    ....
}