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fb6261e9 1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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2// Name: wx/cshelp.h
3// Purpose: Context-sensitive help support classes
4// Author: Julian Smart, Vadim Zeitlin
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5// Modified by:
6// Created: 08/09/2000
7// RCS-ID: $Id$
bd83cb56 8// Copyright: (c) 2000 Julian Smart, Vadim Zeitlin
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9// Licence: wxWindows licence
10/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12#ifndef _WX_CSHELPH__
13#define _WX_CSHELPH__
14
15#ifdef __GNUG__
bd83cb56 16 #pragma interface "cshelp.h"
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17#endif
18
19#include "wx/defs.h"
5100cabf 20#include "wx/help.h"
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21
22#if wxUSE_HELP
23
24#include "wx/bmpbuttn.h"
25
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26// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
27// classes used to implement context help UI
28// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29
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30/*
31 * wxContextHelp
32 * Invokes context-sensitive help. When the user
33 * clicks on a window, a wxEVT_HELP event will be sent to that
34 * window for the application to display help for.
35 */
36
bd83cb56 37class WXDLLEXPORT wxContextHelp : public wxObject
fb6261e9 38{
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39public:
40 wxContextHelp(wxWindow* win = NULL, bool beginHelp = TRUE);
bd83cb56 41 virtual ~wxContextHelp();
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42
43 bool BeginContextHelp(wxWindow* win);
44 bool EndContextHelp();
45
46 bool EventLoop();
47 bool DispatchEvent(wxWindow* win, const wxPoint& pt);
48
49 void SetStatus(bool status) { m_status = status; }
50
51protected:
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52 bool m_inHelp;
53 bool m_status; // TRUE if the user left-clicked
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54
55private:
56 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxContextHelp)
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57};
58
59/*
60 * wxContextHelpButton
61 * You can add this to your dialogs (especially on non-Windows platforms)
62 * to put the application into context help mode.
63 */
64
bd83cb56 65class WXDLLEXPORT wxContextHelpButton : public wxBitmapButton
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66{
67public:
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68 wxContextHelpButton(wxWindow* parent,
69 wxWindowID id = wxID_CONTEXT_HELP,
70 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
71 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
72 long style = wxBU_AUTODRAW);
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73
74 void OnContextHelp(wxCommandEvent& event);
75
bd83cb56 76private:
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77 DECLARE_CLASS(wxContextHelpButton)
78 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
79};
80
81#endif // wxUSE_HELP
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82
83// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
84// classes used to implement context help support
85// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
86
5100cabf 87// wxHelpProvider is an abstract class used by the program implementing context help to
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88// show the help text (or whatever: it may be HTML page or anything else) for
89// the given window.
90//
91// The current help provider must be explicitly set by the application using
92// wxHelpProvider::Set().
93class WXDLLEXPORT wxHelpProvider
94{
95public:
96 // get/set the current (application-global) help provider (Set() returns
97 // the previous one)
98 static wxHelpProvider *Set(wxHelpProvider *helpProvider)
99 {
100 wxHelpProvider *helpProviderOld = ms_helpProvider;
101 ms_helpProvider = helpProvider;
102 return helpProviderOld;
103 }
104
105 // unlike some other class, the help provider is not created on demand,
106 // this must be explicitly done by the application
107 static wxHelpProvider *Get() { return ms_helpProvider; }
108
109 // get the help string (whose interpretation is help provider dependent
110 // except that empty string always means that no help is associated with
111 // the window) for this window
112 virtual wxString GetHelp(const wxWindowBase *window) = 0;
113
114 // do show help for the given window (uses GetHelp() internally if
115 // applicable), return TRUE if it was done or FALSE if no help available
116 // for this window
117 virtual bool ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window) = 0;
118
119 // associate the text with the given window or id: although all help
120 // providers have these functions to allow making wxWindow::SetHelpText()
121 // work, not all of them implement them
122 virtual void AddHelp(wxWindowBase *window, const wxString& text);
123
124 // this version associates the given text with all window with this id
125 // (may be used to set the same help string for all [Cancel] buttons in
126 // the application, for example)
127 virtual void AddHelp(wxWindowID id, const wxString& text);
128
129 // virtual dtor for any base class
130 virtual ~wxHelpProvider();
131
132private:
133 static wxHelpProvider *ms_helpProvider;
134};
135
136// wxSimpleHelpProvider is an implementation of wxHelpProvider which supports
137// only plain text help strings and shows the string associated with the
138// control (if any) in a tooltip
139class WXDLLEXPORT wxSimpleHelpProvider : public wxHelpProvider
140{
141public:
142 // implement wxHelpProvider methods
143 virtual wxString GetHelp(const wxWindowBase *window);
144 virtual bool ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window);
145 virtual void AddHelp(wxWindowBase *window, const wxString& text);
146 virtual void AddHelp(wxWindowID id, const wxString& text);
147
148protected:
149 // we use 2 hashes for storing the help strings associated with windows
150 // and the ids
151 wxStringHashTable m_hashWindows,
152 m_hashIds;
153};
154
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155// wxHelpControllerHelpProvider is an implementation of wxHelpProvider which supports
156// both context identifiers and plain text help strings. If the help text is an integer,
157// it is passed to wxHelpController::DisplayContextPopup. Otherwise, it shows the string
158// in a tooltip as per wxSimpleHelpProvider.
159class WXDLLEXPORT wxHelpControllerHelpProvider : public wxSimpleHelpProvider
160{
161public:
162 // Note that it doesn't own the help controller. The help controller
163 // should be deleted separately.
164 wxHelpControllerHelpProvider(wxHelpControllerBase* hc = (wxHelpControllerBase*) NULL);
165
166 // implement wxHelpProvider methods
167 virtual bool ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window);
168
169 // Other accessors
170 void SetHelpController(wxHelpControllerBase* hc) { m_helpController = hc; }
171 wxHelpControllerBase* GetHelpController() const { return m_helpController; }
172
173protected:
174 wxHelpControllerBase* m_helpController;
175};
176
177// Convenience function for turning context id into wxString
4e28924c 178WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxContextId(int id);
5100cabf 179
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180#endif // _WX_CSHELPH__
181