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**SetMenuMetric( **metricID, metricValue **)**

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**Returns the current value of the Metric ID specified as an unsigned integer.**

| //metricID// | An unsigned integer that identifies a specific metric in which the current value will be returned. |
| //metricValue// | An unsigned integer that specifies the value to set for the menu metric identified by the //metricID//. |

**SetMenuMetric** is used to set the current value of the menu metric specified by the //metricID//.

A menu metric is a built-in menu style characteristic that is applied to all areas of a target menu. The list of metrics is shown as follows:

| **MenuMetric     ITEMIZE(1),PRE** |
| **cxBarLMargin     EQUATE   ! Selection Bar Left Margin** |
| **cxBarRMargin     EQUATE   ! Selection Bar Right Margin** |
| **cxItemLMargin    EQUATE   ! Menu Item Left Margin** |
| **cxItemRMargin    EQUATE   ! Menu Item Right Margin** |
| **cxImageLMargin   EQUATE   ! Menu Image Left Margin** |
| **cxImageRMargin   EQUATE   ! Menu Image Right Margin** |
| **cxTextLMargin    EQUATE   ! Menu Text Left Margin** |
| **cxTextRMargin    EQUATE   ! Menu Text Right Margin** |
| **cxKeySpace       EQUATE   ! Extra space added to accelerator key's name** |
| **cxSysMenuLMargin EQUATE   ! Extra space added to system menu icon** |
| **cxSysBarDelta    EQUATE   ! Read-only: extra space adding by Windows to menubar items** |
| **cxSubMenu        EQUATE** |
| **cxGutter         EQUATE   ! Read-only: width of gutter if any** |
| **cySeparator      EQUATE   ! Height of separator** |
| **cyItemVMargin    EQUATE   ! Extra space added above and below menu item** |
| **cySepVMargin     EQUATE   ! Extra space added above and below menu separator** |
| **               END** |