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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: app.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxApp
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
526954c5 6// Licence: wxWindows licence
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7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
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23324ae1 10/**
8064223b 11 @class wxAppConsole
7c913512 12
8064223b 13 This class is essential for writing console-only or hybrid apps without
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14 having to define @c wxUSE_GUI=0.
15
16 It is used to:
17 @li set and get application-wide properties (see wxAppConsole::CreateTraits
18 and wxAppConsole::SetXXX functions)
19 @li implement the windowing system message or event loop: events in fact are
20 supported even in console-mode applications (see wxAppConsole::HandleEvent
21 and wxAppConsole::ProcessPendingEvents);
22 @li initiate application processing via wxApp::OnInit;
23 @li allow default processing of events not handled by other
24 objects in the application (see wxAppConsole::FilterEvent)
25 @li implement Apple-specific event handlers (see wxAppConsole::MacXXX functions)
26
e4431849 27 You should use the macro wxIMPLEMENT_APP(appClass) in your application
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28 implementation file to tell wxWidgets how to create an instance of your
29 application class.
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e4431849 31 Use wxDECLARE_APP(appClass) in a header file if you want the ::wxGetApp() function
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32 (which returns a reference to your application object) to be visible to other
33 files.
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35 @library{wxbase}
36 @category{appmanagement}
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84094285 38 @see @ref overview_app, wxApp, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase
23324ae1 39*/
8064223b 40class wxAppConsole : public wxEvtHandler
23324ae1 41{
8064223b 42protected:
23324ae1 43 /**
8064223b 44 Creates the wxAppTraits object when GetTraits() needs it for the first time.
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8064223b 46 @see wxAppTraits
23324ae1 47 */
8064223b 48 virtual wxAppTraits* CreateTraits();
23324ae1 49
8064223b 50public:
3c4f71cc 51
23324ae1 52 /**
8064223b 53 Destructor.
23324ae1 54 */
8064223b 55 virtual ~wxAppConsole();
23324ae1 56
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57
58 /**
59 @name Event-handling
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60
61 Note that you should look at wxEvtLoopBase for more event-processing
62 documentation.
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63 */
64 //@{
65
23324ae1 66 /**
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67 Called by wxWidgets on creation of the application. Override this if you wish
68 to provide your own (environment-dependent) main loop.
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dde19c21 70 @return 0 under X, and the wParam of the WM_QUIT message under Windows.
23324ae1 71 */
dde19c21 72 virtual int MainLoop();
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73
74 /**
75 Call this to explicitly exit the main message (event) loop.
76 You should normally exit the main loop (and the application) by deleting
77 the top window.
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79 This function simply calls wxEvtLoopBase::Exit() on the active loop.
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80 */
81 virtual void ExitMainLoop();
82
83 /**
84 This function is called before processing any event and allows the application
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85 to preempt the processing of some events.
86
87 If this method returns -1 the event is processed normally, otherwise either
88 @true or @false should be returned and the event processing stops immediately
89 considering that the event had been already processed (for the former return
90 value) or that it is not going to be processed at all (for the latter one).
23324ae1 91 */
8064223b 92 virtual int FilterEvent(wxEvent& event);
23324ae1 93
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94 /**
95 Returns the main event loop instance, i.e. the event loop which is started
96 by OnRun() and which dispatches all events sent from the native toolkit
97 to the application (except when new event loops are temporarily set-up).
98 The returned value maybe @NULL. Put initialization code which needs a
99 non-@NULL main event loop into OnEventLoopEnter().
100 */
101 wxEventLoopBase* GetMainLoop() const;
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103 /**
104 This function simply invokes the given method @a func of the specified
105 event handler @a handler with the @a event as parameter. It exists solely
106 to allow to catch the C++ exceptions which could be thrown by all event
107 handlers in the application in one place: if you want to do this, override
108 this function in your wxApp-derived class and add try/catch clause(s) to it.
23324ae1 109 */
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110 virtual void HandleEvent(wxEvtHandler* handler,
111 wxEventFunction func,
112 wxEvent& event) const;
23324ae1 113
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114 /**
115 Returns @true if the application is using an event loop.
116
117 This function always returns @true for the GUI applications which
118 must use an event loop but by default only returns @true for the
119 console programs if an event loop is already running as it can't know
120 whether one will be created in the future.
121
122 Thus, it only makes sense to override it in console applications which
123 do use an event loop, to return @true instead of checking if there is a
124 currently active event loop.
125 */
126 virtual bool UsesEventLoop() const;
127
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128 //@}
129
23324ae1 130
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131 /**
132 @name Pending events
133
134 Pending events are handled by wxAppConsole rather than wxEventLoopBase
135 to allow queuing of events even when there's no event loop
136 (e.g. in wxAppConsole::OnInit).
137 */
138 //@{
139
140 /**
141 Process all pending events; it is necessary to call this function to
cae9e7b1 142 process events posted with wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent.
8e40ed85 143
cae9e7b1 144 This happens during each event loop iteration (see wxEventLoopBase) in GUI mode but
8e40ed85 145 it may be also called directly.
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147 Note that this function does not only process the pending events for the wxApp object
148 itself (which derives from wxEvtHandler) but also the pending events for @e any
149 event handler of this application.
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151 This function will immediately return and do nothing if SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents()
152 was called.
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153 */
154 virtual void ProcessPendingEvents();
3185abc2 155
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156 /**
157 Deletes the pending events of all wxEvtHandlers of this application.
3185abc2 158
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159 See wxEvtHandler::DeletePendingEvents() for warnings about deleting the pending
160 events.
161 */
162 void DeletePendingEvents();
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163
164 /**
165 Returns @true if there are pending events on the internal pending event list.
3185abc2 166
cae9e7b1 167 Whenever wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent() are
3185abc2 168 called (not only for wxApp itself, but for any event handler of the application!),
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169 the internal wxApp's list of handlers with pending events is updated and this
170 function will return true.
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171 */
172 bool HasPendingEvents() const;
173
174 /**
175 Temporary suspends processing of the pending events.
176
177 @see ResumeProcessingOfPendingEvents()
178 */
179 void SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents();
180
181 /**
182 Resume processing of the pending events previously stopped because of a
183 call to SuspendProcessingOfPendingEvents().
184 */
185 void ResumeProcessingOfPendingEvents();
186
187 //@}
188
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189 /**
190 Delayed objects destruction.
191
192 In applications using events it may be unsafe for an event handler to
193 delete the object which generated the event because more events may be
194 still pending for the same object. In this case the handler may call
195 ScheduleForDestruction() instead.
196 */
197 //@{
198
199 /**
200 Schedule the object for destruction in the near future.
201
202 Notice that if the application is not using an event loop, i.e. if
203 UsesEventLoop() returns @false, this method will simply delete the
204 object immediately.
205
206 Examples of using this function inside wxWidgets itself include
207 deleting the top level windows when they are closed and sockets when
208 they are disconnected.
209 */
210 void ScheduleForDestruction(wxObject *object);
211
212 /**
213 Check if the object had been scheduled for destruction with
214 ScheduleForDestruction().
215
216 This function may be useful as an optimization to avoid doing something
217 with an object which will be soon destroyed in any case.
218 */
219 bool IsScheduledForDestruction(wxObject *object) const;
220
221 //@}
222
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23324ae1 224 /**
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225 Allows external code to modify global ::wxTheApp, but you should really
226 know what you're doing if you call it.
227
228 @param app
229 Replacement for the global application object.
230
231 @see GetInstance()
23324ae1 232 */
4b221422 233 static void SetInstance(wxAppConsole* app);
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234
235 /**
4b221422 236 Returns the one and only global application object.
d48b06bd 237 Usually ::wxTheApp is used instead.
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238
239 @see SetInstance()
23324ae1 240 */
4b221422 241 static wxAppConsole* GetInstance();
23324ae1 242
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243 /**
244 Returns @true if the main event loop is currently running, i.e. if the
245 application is inside OnRun().
96d7cc9b 246
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247 This can be useful to test whether events can be dispatched. For example,
248 if this function returns @false, non-blocking sockets cannot be used because
249 the events from them would never be processed.
250 */
251 static bool IsMainLoopRunning();
252
d181e877 253
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254 /**
255 @name Callbacks for application-wide "events"
23324ae1 256 */
4b221422 257 //@{
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258
259 /**
260 This function is called when an assert failure occurs, i.e. the condition
e54c96f1 261 specified in wxASSERT() macro evaluated to @false.
96d7cc9b 262
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263 It is only called in debug mode (when @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined) as
264 asserts are not left in the release code at all.
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265 The base class version shows the default assert failure dialog box proposing to
266 the user to stop the program, continue or ignore all subsequent asserts.
3c4f71cc 267
7c913512 268 @param file
4cc4bfaf 269 the name of the source file where the assert occurred
7c913512 270 @param line
4cc4bfaf 271 the line number in this file where the assert occurred
7c913512 272 @param func
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273 the name of the function where the assert occurred, may be
274 empty if the compiler doesn't support C99 __FUNCTION__
7c913512 275 @param cond
4cc4bfaf 276 the condition of the failed assert in text form
7c913512 277 @param msg
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278 the message specified as argument to wxASSERT_MSG or wxFAIL_MSG, will
279 be @NULL if just wxASSERT or wxFAIL was used
23324ae1 280 */
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281 virtual void OnAssertFailure(const wxChar *file,
282 int line,
283 const wxChar *func,
284 const wxChar *cond,
285 const wxChar *msg);
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286
287 /**
288 Called when command line parsing fails (i.e. an incorrect command line option
289 was specified by the user). The default behaviour is to show the program usage
290 text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 291
7c913512 292 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 293 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 294
4cc4bfaf 295 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 296 */
8064223b 297 virtual bool OnCmdLineError(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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298
299 /**
300 Called when the help option (@c --help) was specified on the command line.
301 The default behaviour is to show the program usage text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 302
7c913512 303 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 304 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 305
4cc4bfaf 306 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 307 */
8064223b 308 virtual bool OnCmdLineHelp(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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309
310 /**
311 Called after the command line had been successfully parsed. You may override
312 this method to test for the values of the various parameters which could be
313 set from the command line.
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315 Don't forget to call the base class version unless you want to suppress
316 processing of the standard command line options.
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317 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return @false from
318 OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 319
4cc4bfaf 320 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 321 */
8064223b 322 virtual bool OnCmdLineParsed(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
23324ae1 323
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324 /**
325 Called by wxEventLoopBase::SetActive(): you can override this function
326 and put here the code which needs an active event loop.
327
328 Note that this function is called whenever an event loop is activated;
329 you may want to use wxEventLoopBase::IsMain() to perform initialization
330 specific for the app's main event loop.
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332 @see OnEventLoopExit()
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333 */
334 virtual void OnEventLoopEnter(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
335
336 /**
337 Called by wxEventLoopBase::OnExit() for each event loop which
338 is exited.
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339
340 @see OnEventLoopEnter()
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341 */
342 virtual void OnEventLoopExit(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
343
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344 /**
345 This function is called if an unhandled exception occurs inside the main
346 application event loop. It can return @true to ignore the exception and to
347 continue running the loop or @false to exit the loop and terminate the
348 program. In the latter case it can also use C++ @c throw keyword to
349 rethrow the current exception.
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351 The default behaviour of this function is the latter in all ports except under
352 Windows where a dialog is shown to the user which allows him to choose between
353 the different options. You may override this function in your class to do
354 something more appropriate.
96d7cc9b 355
7c913512 356 Finally note that if the exception is rethrown from here, it can be caught in
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357 OnUnhandledException().
358 */
359 virtual bool OnExceptionInMainLoop();
360
361 /**
362 Override this member function for any processing which needs to be
363 done as the application is about to exit. OnExit is called after
364 destroying all application windows and controls, but before
7c913512 365 wxWidgets cleanup. Note that it is not called at all if
23324ae1 366 OnInit() failed.
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367
368 The return value of this function is currently ignored, return the same
369 value as returned by the base class method if you override it.
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370 */
371 virtual int OnExit();
372
373 /**
374 This function may be called if something fatal happens: an unhandled
d13b34d3 375 exception under Win32 or a fatal signal under Unix, for example. However,
7c913512 376 this will not happen by default: you have to explicitly call
e54c96f1 377 wxHandleFatalExceptions() to enable this.
96d7cc9b 378
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379 Generally speaking, this function should only show a message to the user and
380 return. You may attempt to save unsaved data but this is not guaranteed to
381 work and, in fact, probably won't.
3c4f71cc 382
e54c96f1 383 @see wxHandleFatalExceptions()
23324ae1 384 */
8064223b 385 virtual void OnFatalException();
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386
387 /**
388 This must be provided by the application, and will usually create the
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389 application's main window, optionally calling SetTopWindow().
390
391 You may use OnExit() to clean up anything initialized here, provided
23324ae1 392 that the function returns @true.
96d7cc9b 393
4c51a665 394 Notice that if you want to use the command line processing provided by
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395 wxWidgets you have to call the base class version in the derived class
396 OnInit().
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398 Return @true to continue processing, @false to exit the application
399 immediately.
400 */
8064223b 401 virtual bool OnInit();
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402
403 /**
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404 Called from OnInit() and may be used to initialize the parser with the
405 command line options for this application. The base class versions adds
406 support for a few standard options only.
23324ae1 407 */
8064223b 408 virtual void OnInitCmdLine(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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409
410 /**
411 This virtual function is where the execution of a program written in wxWidgets
412 starts. The default implementation just enters the main loop and starts
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413 handling the events until it terminates, either because ExitMainLoop() has
414 been explicitly called or because the last frame has been deleted and
415 GetExitOnFrameDelete() flag is @true (this is the default).
416
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417 The return value of this function becomes the exit code of the program, so it
418 should return 0 in case of successful termination.
419 */
420 virtual int OnRun();
421
422 /**
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423 This function is called when an unhandled C++ exception occurs in user
424 code called by wxWidgets.
425
426 Any unhandled exceptions thrown from (overridden versions of) OnInit()
427 and OnExit() methods as well as any exceptions thrown from inside the
428 main loop and re-thrown by OnUnhandledException() will result in a call
429 to this function.
430
431 By the time this function is called, the program is already about to
432 exit and the exception can't be handled nor ignored any more, override
433 OnUnhandledException() or use explicit @c try/catch blocks around
434 OnInit() body to be able to handle the exception earlier.
435
436 The default implementation dumps information about the exception using
437 wxMessageOutputBest.
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438 */
439 virtual void OnUnhandledException();
440
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441 //@}
442
443
23324ae1 444 /**
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445 @name Application informations
446 */
447 //@{
3c4f71cc 448
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449 /**
450 Returns the user-readable application name.
451
452 The difference between this string and the one returned by GetAppName()
453 is that this one is meant to be shown to the user and so should be used
454 for the window titles, page headers and so on while the other one
455 should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
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456 configuration file keys.
457
458 If the application name for display had been previously set by
459 SetAppDisplayName(), it will be returned by this function. Otherwise,
460 if SetAppName() had been called its value will be returned; also as is.
461 Finally if none was called, this function returns the program name
462 capitalized using wxString::Capitalize().
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463
464 @since 2.9.0
23324ae1 465 */
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466 wxString GetAppDisplayName() const;
467
468 /**
469 Returns the application name.
470
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471 If SetAppName() had been called, returns the string passed to it.
472 Otherwise returns the program name, i.e. the value of @c argv[0] passed
473 to the @c main() function.
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474
475 @see GetAppDisplayName()
476 */
477 wxString GetAppName() const;
478
479 /**
480 Gets the class name of the application. The class name may be used in a
481 platform specific manner to refer to the application.
482
483 @see SetClassName()
484 */
485 wxString GetClassName() const;
486
487 /**
488 Returns a pointer to the wxAppTraits object for the application.
489 If you want to customize the wxAppTraits object, you must override the
490 CreateTraits() function.
491 */
492 wxAppTraits* GetTraits();
493
494 /**
495 Returns the user-readable vendor name. The difference between this string
496 and the one returned by GetVendorName() is that this one is meant to be shown
497 to the user and so should be used for the window titles, page headers and so on
498 while the other one should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
499 configuration file keys.
500
501 By default, returns the same string as GetVendorName().
502
503 @since 2.9.0
504 */
505 const wxString& GetVendorDisplayName() const;
506
507 /**
508 Returns the application's vendor name.
509 */
510 const wxString& GetVendorName() const;
23324ae1 511
8064223b 512 /**
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513 Set the application name to be used in the user-visible places such as
514 window titles.
515
516 See GetAppDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
8064223b 517 display name and name.
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518
519 Notice that if this function is called, the name is used as is, without
520 any capitalization as done by default by GetAppDisplayName().
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521 */
522 void SetAppDisplayName(const wxString& name);
523
524 /**
525 Sets the name of the application. This name should be used for file names,
526 configuration file entries and other internal strings. For the user-visible
527 strings, such as the window titles, the application display name set by
528 SetAppDisplayName() is used instead.
529
530 By default the application name is set to the name of its executable file.
531
532 @see GetAppName()
533 */
534 void SetAppName(const wxString& name);
535
536 /**
537 Sets the class name of the application. This may be used in a platform specific
538 manner to refer to the application.
539
540 @see GetClassName()
541 */
542 void SetClassName(const wxString& name);
543
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544 /**
545 Set the vendor name to be used in the user-visible places.
546 See GetVendorDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
547 display name and name.
548 */
549 void SetVendorDisplayName(const wxString& name);
550
551 /**
552 Sets the name of application's vendor. The name will be used
553 in registry access. A default name is set by wxWidgets.
554
555 @see GetVendorName()
556 */
557 void SetVendorName(const wxString& name);
558
4b221422 559 //@}
8064223b 560
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561
562 /**
563 Number of command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
564 */
565 int argc;
566
567 /**
568 Command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
569
570 Under Windows and Linux/Unix, you should parse the command line
571 arguments and check for files to be opened when starting your
572 application. Under OS X, you need to override MacOpenFile()
573 since command line arguments are used differently there.
574
575 You may use the wxCmdLineParser to parse command line arguments.
576 */
577 wxChar** argv;
578};
579
580
581
582
583/**
584 @class wxApp
8064223b 585
f045c7f5 586 The wxApp class represents the application itself when @c wxUSE_GUI=1.
8064223b 587
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588 In addition to the features provided by wxAppConsole it keeps track of
589 the <em>top window</em> (see SetTopWindow()) and adds support for
590 video modes (see SetVideoMode()).
8064223b 591
f045c7f5 592 In general, application-wide settings for GUI-only apps are accessible
84094285 593 from wxApp (or from wxSystemSettings or wxSystemOptions classes).
8064223b 594
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595 @beginEventEmissionTable
596 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
597 Process a query end session event, supplying the member function.
598 See wxCloseEvent.
599 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
600 Process an end session event, supplying the member function.
601 See wxCloseEvent.
602 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
603 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event. See wxActivateEvent.
604 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
605 Process a hibernate event. See wxActivateEvent.
606 @event{EVT_DIALUP_CONNECTED(func)}
607 A connection with the network was established. See wxDialUpEvent.
608 @event{EVT_DIALUP_DISCONNECTED(func)}
609 The connection with the network was lost. See wxDialUpEvent.
610 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
611 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
612 @endEventTable
613
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614 @library{wxbase}
615 @category{appmanagement}
616
84094285 617 @see @ref overview_app, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase, wxSystemSettings
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618*/
619class wxApp : public wxAppConsole
620{
621public:
622 /**
623 Constructor. Called implicitly with a definition of a wxApp object.
624 */
625 wxApp();
626
627 /**
628 Destructor. Will be called implicitly on program exit if the wxApp
629 object is created on the stack.
630 */
631 virtual ~wxApp();
632
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633 /**
634 Get display mode that is used use. This is only used in framebuffer
1f2f7329 635 wxWidgets ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
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636 */
637 virtual wxVideoMode GetDisplayMode() const;
638
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639 /**
640 Returns @true if the application will exit when the top-level frame is deleted.
641
642 @see SetExitOnFrameDelete()
643 */
644 bool GetExitOnFrameDelete() const;
645
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646 /**
647 Return the layout direction for the current locale or @c wxLayout_Default
648 if it's unknown.
649 */
650 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
651
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652 /**
653 Returns @true if the application will use the best visual on systems that support
654 different visuals, @false otherwise.
655
656 @see SetUseBestVisual()
657 */
658 bool GetUseBestVisual() const;
659
660 /**
661 Returns a pointer to the top window.
662
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663 @remarks
664 If the top window hasn't been set using SetTopWindow(), this function
665 will find the first top-level window (frame or dialog or instance of
666 wxTopLevelWindow) from the internal top level window list and return that.
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668 @see SetTopWindow()
669 */
670 virtual wxWindow* GetTopWindow() const;
671
672 /**
673 Returns @true if the application is active, i.e. if one of its windows is
674 currently in the foreground.
675
676 If this function returns @false and you need to attract users attention to
677 the application, you may use wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention to do it.
678 */
8d483c9b 679 virtual bool IsActive() const;
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682 This function is similar to wxYield(), except that it disables the user
683 input to all program windows before calling wxAppConsole::Yield and re-enables it
684 again afterwards. If @a win is not @NULL, this window will remain enabled,
685 allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
686 Returns the result of the call to wxAppConsole::Yield.
687
688 @see wxSafeYield
689 */
690 virtual bool SafeYield(wxWindow *win, bool onlyIfNeeded);
691
692 /**
693 Works like SafeYield() with @e onlyIfNeeded == @true except that
694 it allows the caller to specify a mask of events to be processed.
695
696 See wxAppConsole::YieldFor for more info.
697 */
698 virtual bool SafeYieldFor(wxWindow *win, long eventsToProcess);
699
23324ae1 700 /**
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702 from the main message loop, checking for windows that may wish to process it.
703
704 The function returns @true if the message was processed, @false otherwise.
705 If you use wxWidgets with another class library with its own message loop,
706 you should make sure that this function is called to allow wxWidgets to
3c4f71cc 707 receive messages. For example, to allow co-existence with the Microsoft
96d7cc9b 708 Foundation Classes, override the PreTranslateMessage function:
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711 // Provide wxWidgets message loop compatibility
712 BOOL CTheApp::PreTranslateMessage(MSG *msg)
713 {
714 if (wxTheApp && wxTheApp->ProcessMessage((WXMSW *)msg))
715 return true;
716 else
717 return CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(msg);
718 }
719 @endcode
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721 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 722 */
4cc4bfaf 723 bool ProcessMessage(WXMSG* msg);
23324ae1 724
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727 ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
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729 virtual bool SetDisplayMode(const wxVideoMode& info);
730
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732 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will exit when the
733 top-level frame is deleted.
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7c913512 735 @param flag
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737 is deleted. If @false, the application will continue to run.
3c4f71cc 738
96d7cc9b 739 @see GetExitOnFrameDelete(), @ref overview_app_shutdown
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741 void SetExitOnFrameDelete(bool flag);
742
23324ae1 743 /**
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745
746 Currently implemented for wxGTK2-only.
23324ae1 747 Return @true if theme was successfully changed.
3c4f71cc 748
7c913512 749 @param theme
4cc4bfaf 750 The name of the new theme or an absolute path to a gtkrc-theme-file
23324ae1 751 */
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754 /**
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756 know which is the main window. You don't have to set the top window;
23324ae1 757 it is only a convenience so that (for example) certain dialogs without parents
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759
760 If no top window is specified by the application, wxWidgets just uses the
761 first frame or dialog (or better, any wxTopLevelWindow) in its top-level
762 window list, when it needs to use the top window.
763 If you previously called SetTopWindow() and now you need to restore this
764 automatic behaviour you can call @code wxApp::SetTopWindow(NULL) @endcode.
3c4f71cc 765
7c913512 766 @param window
4cc4bfaf 767 The new top window.
3c4f71cc 768
4cc4bfaf 769 @see GetTopWindow(), OnInit()
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771 void SetTopWindow(wxWindow* window);
772
773 /**
774 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will use the best
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776 the case under Solaris and IRIX, where the default visual is only 8-bit whereas
777 certain applications are supposed to run in TrueColour mode.
778
779 Note that this function has to be called in the constructor of the wxApp
23324ae1 780 instance and won't have any effect when called later on.
23324ae1 781 This function currently only has effect under GTK.
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7c913512 783 @param flag
4cc4bfaf 784 If @true, the app will use the best visual.
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786 If @true then the application will try to force using a TrueColour
787 visual and abort the app if none is found.
23324ae1 788 */
4cc4bfaf 789 void SetUseBestVisual(bool flag, bool forceTrueColour = false);
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791
792 /**
793 @name Mac-specific functions
794 */
795 //@{
796
797 /**
798 Called in response of an "open-application" Apple event.
799 Override this to create a new document in your app.
800
801 @onlyfor{wxosx}
802 */
803 virtual void MacNewFile();
804
805 /**
806 Called in response of an "open-document" Apple event.
807
808 You need to override this method in order to open a document file after the
809 user double clicked on it or if the document file was dropped on either the
810 running application or the application icon in Finder.
811
812 @onlyfor{wxosx}
813 */
814 virtual void MacOpenFile(const wxString& fileName);
815
816 /**
817 Called in response of a "get-url" Apple event.
818
819 @onlyfor{wxosx}
820 */
821 virtual void MacOpenURL(const wxString& url);
822
823 /**
824 Called in response of a "print-document" Apple event.
825
826 @onlyfor{wxosx}
827 */
828 virtual void MacPrintFile(const wxString& fileName);
829
830 /**
831 Called in response of a "reopen-application" Apple event.
832
833 @onlyfor{wxosx}
834 */
835 virtual void MacReopenApp();
836
837
838 static long GetMacAboutMenuItemId();
839 static long GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId();
840 static long GetMacExitMenuItemId();
841 static wxString GetMacHelpMenuTitleName();
842
843 static void SetMacAboutMenuItemId(long val);
844 static void SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId(long val);
845 static void SetMacExitMenuItemId(long val);
846 static void SetMacHelpMenuTitleName(const wxString& val);
847
848 //@}
849
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851
852
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855// Global functions/macros
856// ============================================================================
857
23324ae1 858
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8af7f7c1 860//@{
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862/**
f045c7f5 863 This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the ::wxGetApp()
e4431849 864 function implemented by wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
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867 (requires a final semicolon).
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869 @header{wx/app.h}
870
23324ae1 871 Example:
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23324ae1 873 @code
e4431849 874 wxDECLARE_APP(MyApp);
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876*/
e4431849 877#define wxDECLARE_APP( className )
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879/**
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881 application class known to wxWidgets for dynamic construction.
e4431849 882 Note that this macro requires a final semicolon.
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884 @header{wx/app.h}
885
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887
888 @code
e4431849 889 wxIMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp);
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891
e4431849 892 @see wxDECLARE_APP()
8af7f7c1 893*/
e4431849 894#define wxIMPLEMENT_APP( className )
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896//@}
897
898
899
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901 The global pointer to the singleton wxApp object.
902
903 @see wxApp::GetInstance()
904*/
905wxApp *wxTheApp;
906
907
908
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39fb8056 910//@{
23324ae1 911
23324ae1 912/**
8cd06fb5 913 This function doesn't exist in wxWidgets but it is created by using the
e4431849 914 wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro.
96d7cc9b 915
39fb8056 916 Thus, before using it anywhere but in the same module where this macro is
e4431849 917 used, you must make it available using wxDECLARE_APP().
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919 The advantage of using this function compared to directly using the global
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921 allow you to access the functions specific to your application class but
922 not present in wxApp while wxGetApp() returns the object of the right type.
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924 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 925*/
8cd06fb5 926wxAppDerivedClass& wxGetApp();
23324ae1 927
23324ae1 928/**
4cc4bfaf 929 If @a doIt is @true, the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection
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931 caught and passed to wxApp::OnFatalException.
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934 the normal way which usually just means that the application will be
935 terminated. Calling wxHandleFatalExceptions() with @a doIt equal to @false
936 will restore this default behaviour.
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939 is 1 and under Windows platform this requires a compiler with support for
940 SEH (structured exception handling) which currently means only Microsoft
941 Visual C++ or a recent Borland C++ version.
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943 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 944*/
96d7cc9b 945bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doIt = true);
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948 This function is used in wxBase only and only if you don't create
949 wxApp object at all. In this case you must call it from your
950 @c main() function before calling any other wxWidgets functions.
96d7cc9b 951
23324ae1 952 If the function returns @false the initialization could not be performed,
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954 called neither.
955
956 This function may be called several times but wxUninitialize() must be
957 called for each successful call to this function.
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959 @header{wx/app.h}
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961bool wxInitialize();
962
963/**
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965 once for each previous successful call to wxInitialize().
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967 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 968*/
96d7cc9b 969void wxUninitialize();
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972 This function wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system,
973 i.e. it will force the system to send an idle event even if the system
974 currently @e is idle and thus would not send any idle event until after
975 some other event would get sent. This is also useful for sending events
976 between two threads and is used by the corresponding functions
977 wxPostEvent() and wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
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979 @header{wx/app.h}
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981void wxWakeUpIdle();
982
23324ae1 983/**
d48b06bd 984 Calls wxAppConsole::Yield.
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986 @deprecated
23324ae1 987 This function is kept only for backwards compatibility. Please use
d48b06bd 988 the wxAppConsole::Yield method instead in any new code.
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990 @header{wx/app.h}
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992bool wxYield();
993
39fb8056 994/**
d48b06bd 995 Calls wxApp::SafeYield.
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997 @header{wx/app.h}
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999bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow* win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
23324ae1 1000
23324ae1 1001/**
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1003 are not using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain).
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1006 (MFC) application using this function.
1007
1008 @note This overload of wxEntry is available under all platforms.
1009
1010 @see wxEntryStart()
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1012 @header{wx/app.h}
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1014int wxEntry(int& argc, wxChar** argv);
1015
1016/**
1017 See wxEntry(int&,wxChar**) for more info about this function.
1018
1019 Notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of @a pCmdLine
1020 is @c wchar_t *, otherwise it is @c char *, even in Unicode build.
7c913512 1021
23324ae1 1022 @remarks To clean up wxWidgets, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static
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1024 that also uses wxWidgets:
1025 @code
1026 int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
1027 {
1028 // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
1029 wxTheApp->OnExit();
1030 wxApp::CleanUp();
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1033 }
1034 @endcode
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7c913512 1038int wxEntry(HINSTANCE hInstance,
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1040 char* pCmdLine = NULL,
7c913512 1041 int nCmdShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL);
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1043//@}
1044
1045
1046
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1049
1050/**
1051 Exits application after calling wxApp::OnExit.
1052
1053 Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
1054 should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
1055 application. See wxCloseEvent and wxApp.
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1057 @header{wx/app.h}
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1059void wxExit();
1060
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1064//@{
1065
1066/**
1067 @def wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT()
1068
1069 Use this macro to disable all debugging code in release build when not
e4431849 1070 using wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
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1072 Currently this macro disables assert checking and debug and trace level
1073 logging messages in release build (i.e. when @c NDEBUG is defined). It is
e4431849 1074 used by wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro so you only need to use it explicitly if you
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1076 wxEntry() or wxEntryStart() itself).
1077
1078 If you do not want to disable debugging code even in release build of your
1079 application, you can use wxSetDefaultAssertHandler() and
1080 wxLog::SetLogLevel() with @c wxLOG_Max parameter to enable assertions and
1081 debug logging respectively.
1082
1083 @see wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1084 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1085 @ref overview_debugging
1086
1087 @since 2.9.1
1088
1089 @header{wx/app.h}
1090 */
1091#define wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT() \
1092 wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(); \
1093 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD()
1094
1095//@}
1096