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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: cmdline.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxCmdLineParser
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
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9/**
10 wxCmdLineEntryDesc::flags field is a combination of these bit masks.
11
12 Notice that by default (i.e. if flags are just 0), options are optional
13 (sic) and each call to wxCmdLineEntryDesc::AddParam() allows one more
14 parameter - this may be changed by giving non-default flags to it, i.e. use
15 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION_MANDATORY to require that the option is given and
16 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_OPTIONAL to make a parameter optional. Also,
17 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE may be specified if the programs accepts a
18 variable number of parameters - but it only can be given for the last
19 parameter in the command line description. If you use this flag, you will
20 probably need to use wxCmdLineEntryDesc::GetParamCount() to retrieve the
21 number of parameters effectively specified after calling
22 wxCmdLineEntryDesc::Parse().
23
24 wxCMD_LINE_NEEDS_SEPARATOR can be specified to require a separator (either
25 a colon, an equal sign or white space) between the option name and its
26 value. By default, no separator is required.
27*/
28enum
29{
30 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION_MANDATORY = 0x01, ///< This option must be given.
31 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_OPTIONAL = 0x02, ///< The parameter may be omitted.
32 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE = 0x04, ///< The parameter may be repeated.
33 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION_HELP = 0x08, ///< This option is a help request.
34 wxCMD_LINE_NEEDS_SEPARATOR = 0x10 ///< Must have a separator before the value.
35};
36
37/**
38 The possible values of wxCmdLineEntryDesc::type which specifies the type of
39 the value accepted by an option.
40*/
41enum wxCmdLineParamType
42{
43 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING,
44 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_NUMBER,
45 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_DATE,
46 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_DOUBLE,
47 wxCMD_LINE_VAL_NONE
48};
49
50/**
51 The type of a command line entity used for wxCmdLineEntryDesc::kind.
52*/
53enum wxCmdLineEntryType
54{
55 wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH,
56 wxCMD_LINE_OPTION,
57 wxCMD_LINE_PARAM,
e559d790 58 wxCMD_LINE_USAGE_TEXT,
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59 wxCMD_LINE_NONE ///< Use this to terminate the list.
60};
61
a4761b4c 62/**
c0e97a5e 63 Flags determining wxCmdLineParser::ConvertStringToArgs() behaviour.
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64 */
65enum wxCmdLineSplitType
66{
67 wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_DOS,
68 wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_UNIX
69};
70
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71/**
72 The structure wxCmdLineEntryDesc is used to describe the one command line
73 switch, option or parameter. An array of such structures should be passed
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74 to wxCmdLineParser::SetDesc().
75
76 Also, the meanings of parameters of the wxCmdLineParser::AddXXX() functions
77 are the same as of the corresponding fields in this structure.
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78*/
79struct wxCmdLineEntryDesc
80{
81 wxCmdLineEntryType kind;
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82
83 /**
84 This is the usual, short, name of the switch or the option.
85 */
d18d9f60 86 const char *shortName;
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87
88 /**
89 @c longName is the corresponding long name or empty if the option
90 has no long name. Both of these fields are unused for the parameters. Both
91 the short and long option names can contain only letters, digits and the
92 underscores.
93 */
d18d9f60 94 const char *longName;
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95
96 /**
97 This description is used by the wxCmdLineEntryDesc::Usage() method to
98 construct a help message explaining the syntax of the program.
99 */
d18d9f60 100 const char *description;
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102 wxCmdLineParamType type;
103 int flags;
104};
105
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106/**
107 @class wxCmdLineParser
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23324ae1 109 wxCmdLineParser is a class for parsing the command line.
7c913512 110
23324ae1 111 It has the following features:
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113 - distinguishes options, switches and parameters
114 - allows option grouping
115 - allows both short and long options
116 - automatically generates the usage message from the command line description
117 - checks types of the options values (number, date, ...).
7c913512 118
23324ae1 119 To use it you should follow these steps:
7c913512 120
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121 -# @ref cmdlineparser_construction "Construct" an object of this class
122 giving it the command line to parse and optionally its description or
123 use the @c AddXXX() functions later.
124 -# Call Parse().
125 -# Use Found() to retrieve the results.
7c913512 126
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127 You can also use wxApp's default command line processing just overriding
128 wxAppConsole::OnInitCmdLine() and wxAppConsole::OnCmdLineParsed().
129
23324ae1 130 In the documentation below the following terminology is used:
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132 - @b switch: This is a boolean option which can be given or not, but which
133 doesn't have any value. We use the word switch to distinguish
134 such boolean options from more generic options like those
135 described below. For example, @c "-v" might be a switch
136 meaning "enable verbose mode".
137 - @b option: Option for us here is something which comes with a value 0
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138 unlike a switch. For example, @c -o: @c filename might be an
139 option for specifying the name of the output file.
d18d9f60 140 - @b parameter: This is a required program argument.
e559d790 141 - @b text: This is a text which can be shown in usage information.
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142
143
144 @section cmdlineparser_construction Construction
145
146 Before Parse() can be called, the command line parser object must have the
147 command line to parse and also the rules saying which switches, options and
148 parameters are valid - this is called command line description in what
149 follows.
150
151 You have complete freedom of choice as to when specify the required
152 information, the only restriction is that it must be done before calling
153 Parse().
154
155 To specify the command line to parse you may use either one of constructors
156 accepting it (wxCmdLineParser(int, char**) or
157 wxCmdLineParser(const wxString&) usually) or, if you use the default
158 constructor, you can do it later by calling SetCmdLine().
159
160 The same holds for command line description: it can be specified either in
161 the constructor (with or without the command line itself) or constructed
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162 later using either SetDesc() or combination of AddSwitch(), AddOption(),
163 AddParam() and AddUsageText() methods.
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165 Using constructors or SetDesc() uses a (usually const static) table
166 containing the command line description. If you want to decide which
167 options to accept during the run-time, using one of the AddXXX() functions
168 above might be preferable.
169
170
171 @section cmdlineparser_customization Customization
172
173 wxCmdLineParser has several global options which may be changed by the
174 application. All of the functions described in this section should be
175 called before Parse().
176
177 First global option is the support for long (also known as GNU-style)
178 options. The long options are the ones which start with two dashes and look
179 like "--verbose", i.e. they generally are complete words and not some
180 abbreviations of them. As long options are used by more and more
181 applications, they are enabled by default, but may be disabled with
182 DisableLongOptions().
183
184 Another global option is the set of characters which may be used to start
185 an option (otherwise, the word on the command line is assumed to be a
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186 parameter). Under Unix, @c "-" is always used, but Windows has at least two
187 common choices for this: @c "-" and @c "/". Some programs also use "+". The
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188 default is to use what suits most the current platform, but may be changed
189 with SetSwitchChars() method.
190
191 Finally, SetLogo() can be used to show some application-specific text
192 before the explanation given by Usage() function.
193
194
195 @section cmdlineparser_parsing Parsing the Command Line
196
197 After the command line description was constructed and the desired options
198 were set, you can finally call Parse() method. It returns 0 if the command
199 line was correct and was parsed, -1 if the help option was specified (this
200 is a separate case as, normally, the program will terminate after this) or
201 a positive number if there was an error during the command line parsing.
202
203 In the latter case, the appropriate error message and usage information are
204 logged by wxCmdLineParser itself using the standard wxWidgets logging
205 functions.
206
207
208 @section cmdlineparser_results Getting Results
209
210 After calling Parse() (and if it returned 0), you may access the results of
211 parsing using one of overloaded Found() methods.
212
213 For a simple switch, you will simply call Found to determine if the switch
214 was given or not, for an option or a parameter, you will call a version of
215 Found() which also returns the associated value in the provided variable.
216 All Found() functions return true if the switch or option were found in the
217 command line or false if they were not specified.
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218
219
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220 @library{wxbase}
221 @category{appmanagement}
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3d46a376 223 @see wxApp::argc, wxApp::argv, @ref page_samples_console
23324ae1 224*/
7c913512 225class wxCmdLineParser
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226{
227public:
23324ae1 228 /**
d18d9f60 229 Default constructor, you must use SetCmdLine() later.
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230 */
231 wxCmdLineParser();
d18d9f60 232
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233 /**
234 Constructor which specifies the command line to parse. This is the
235 traditional (Unix) command line format. The parameters @a argc and
236 @a argv have the same meaning as the typical @c main() function.
237
3d46a376 238 This constructor is available in both ANSI and Unicode modes because under
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239 some platforms the command line arguments are passed as ASCII strings
240 even to Unicode programs.
241 */
7c913512 242 wxCmdLineParser(int argc, char** argv);
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243
244 /**
245 Constructor which specifies the command line to parse.
246 This is the traditional (Unix) command line format.
247
248 The parameters @a argc and @a argv have the same meaning as the typical
249 @c main() function.
250
251 This constructor is only available in Unicode build.
252 */
7c913512 253 wxCmdLineParser(int argc, wchar_t** argv);
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254
255 /**
256 Constructor which specify the command line to parse in Windows format.
257 The parameter cmdline has the same meaning as the corresponding
258 parameter of @c WinMain().
259 */
7c913512 260 wxCmdLineParser(const wxString& cmdline);
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261
262 /**
263 Specifies the @ref SetDesc() "command line description" but not the
264 command line. You must use SetCmdLine() later.
265 */
7c913512 266 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc* desc);
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267
268 /**
269 Specifies both the command line (in Unix format) and the
270 @ref SetDesc() "command line description".
271 */
a15c16bf 272 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc* desc, int argc, char** argv);
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273
274 /**
275 Specifies both the command line (in Windows format) and the
276 @ref SetDesc() "command line description".
277 */
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278 wxCmdLineParser(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc* desc,
279 const wxString& cmdline);
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280
281 /**
282 Frees resources allocated by the object.
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283
284 @note This destructor is not virtual, don't use this class
285 polymorphically.
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286 */
287 ~wxCmdLineParser();
288
289 /**
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290 Add an option @a name with an optional long name @a lng (no long name
291 if it is empty, which is default) taking a value of the given type
292 (string by default) to the command line description.
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293 */
294 void AddOption(const wxString& name,
295 const wxString& lng = wxEmptyString,
296 const wxString& desc = wxEmptyString,
297 wxCmdLineParamType type = wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING,
298 int flags = 0);
299
300 /**
4cc4bfaf 301 Add a parameter of the given @a type to the command line description.
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302 */
303 void AddParam(const wxString& desc = wxEmptyString,
304 wxCmdLineParamType type = wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING,
305 int flags = 0);
306
307 /**
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308 Add a switch @a name with an optional long name @a lng (no long name if
309 it is empty, which is default), description @a desc and flags @a flags
310 to the command line description.
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311 */
312 void AddSwitch(const wxString& name,
313 const wxString& lng = wxEmptyString,
314 const wxString& desc = wxEmptyString,
315 int flags = 0);
316
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317 /**
318 Add a string @a text to the command line description shown by Usage().
319
320 @since 2.9.0
321 */
322 void AddUsageText(const wxString& text);
323
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324 /**
325 Returns @true if long options are enabled, otherwise @false.
3c4f71cc 326
4cc4bfaf 327 @see EnableLongOptions()
23324ae1 328 */
779288b4 329 bool AreLongOptionsEnabled() const;
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330
331 /**
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332 Breaks down the string containing the full command line in words.
333
334 Words are separated by whitespace and double quotes can be used to
335 preserve the spaces inside the words.
336
337 By default, this function uses Windows-like word splitting algorithm,
338 i.e. single quotes have no special meaning and backslash can't be used
339 to escape spaces neither. With @c wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_UNIX flag Unix
340 semantics is used, i.e. both single and double quotes can be used and
341 backslash can be used to escape all the other special characters.
23324ae1 342 */
a4761b4c 343 static wxArrayString
920b92a3 344 ConvertStringToArgs(const wxString& cmdline,
a4761b4c 345 wxCmdLineSplitType flags = wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_DOS);
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346
347 /**
d18d9f60 348 Identical to EnableLongOptions(@false).
23324ae1 349 */
d18d9f60 350 void DisableLongOptions();
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351
352 /**
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353 Enable or disable support for the long options.
354
355 As long options are not (yet) POSIX-compliant, this option allows to
356 disable them.
357
358 @see @ref cmdlineparser_customization and AreLongOptionsEnabled()
23324ae1 359 */
d18d9f60 360 void EnableLongOptions(bool enable = true);
23324ae1 361
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362 /**
363 Returns @true if the given switch was found, @false otherwise.
364 */
365 bool Found(const wxString& name) const;
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366
367 /**
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368 Returns true if an option taking a string value was found and stores
369 the value in the provided pointer (which should not be @NULL).
23324ae1 370 */
d18d9f60 371 bool Found(const wxString& name, wxString* value) const;
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372
373 /**
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374 Returns @true if an option taking an integer value was found and stores
375 the value in the provided pointer (which should not be @NULL).
376 */
377 bool Found(const wxString& name, long* value) const;
3c4f71cc 378
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379 /**
380 Returns @true if an option taking a float value was found and stores
381 the value in the provided pointer (which should not be @NULL).
23324ae1 382 */
d18d9f60 383 bool Found(const wxString& name, double* value) const;
23324ae1 384
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385 /**
386 Returns @true if an option taking a date value was found and stores the
387 value in the provided pointer (which should not be @NULL).
388 */
b1859b1a 389 bool Found(const wxString& name, wxDateTime* value) const;
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390
391 /**
392 Returns the value of Nth parameter (as string only).
393 */
d18d9f60 394 wxString GetParam(size_t n = 0) const;
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395
396 /**
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397 Returns the number of parameters found. This function makes sense
398 mostly if you had used @c wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE flag.
23324ae1 399 */
328f5751 400 size_t GetParamCount() const;
23324ae1 401
23324ae1 402 /**
7c913512 403 Parse the command line, return 0 if ok, -1 if @c "-h" or @c "--help"
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404 option was encountered and the help message was given or a positive
405 value if a syntax error occurred.
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7c913512 407 @param giveUsage
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408 If @true (default), the usage message is given if a syntax error
409 was encountered while parsing the command line or if help was
410 requested. If @false, only error messages about possible syntax
411 errors are given, use Usage to show the usage message from the
412 caller if needed.
23324ae1 413 */
4cc4bfaf 414 int Parse(bool giveUsage = true);
23324ae1 415
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416 //@{
417 /**
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418 Set the command line to parse after using one of the constructors which
419 don't do it.
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420 */
421 void SetCmdLine(int argc, char** argv);
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422 void SetCmdLine(int argc, wchar_t** argv);
423 void SetCmdLine(const wxString& cmdline);
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424 //@}
425
426 /**
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427 Constructs the command line description.
428
429 Take the command line description from the wxCMD_LINE_NONE terminated
430 table.
431
23324ae1 432 Example of usage:
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433
434 @code
435 static const wxCmdLineEntryDesc cmdLineDesc[] =
436 {
437 { wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH, "v", "verbose", "be verbose" },
438 { wxCMD_LINE_SWITCH, "q", "quiet", "be quiet" },
439
440 { wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "o", "output", "output file" },
441 { wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "i", "input", "input dir" },
442 { wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "s", "size", "output block size", wxCMD_LINE_VAL_NUMBER },
443 { wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "d", "date", "output file date", wxCMD_LINE_VAL_DATE },
444
445 { wxCMD_LINE_PARAM, NULL, NULL, "input file", wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING, wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_MULTIPLE },
446
447 { wxCMD_LINE_NONE }
448 };
449
450 wxCmdLineParser parser;
451
452 parser.SetDesc(cmdLineDesc);
453 @endcode
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454 */
455 void SetDesc(const wxCmdLineEntryDesc* desc);
456
457 /**
d18d9f60 458 The @a logo is some extra text which will be shown by Usage() method.
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459 */
460 void SetLogo(const wxString& logo);
461
462 /**
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463 @a switchChars contains all characters with which an option or switch
464 may start. Default is @c "-" for Unix, @c "-/" for Windows.
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465 */
466 void SetSwitchChars(const wxString& switchChars);
467
468 /**
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469 Give the standard usage message describing all program options. It will
470 use the options and parameters descriptions specified earlier, so the
471 resulting message will not be helpful to the user unless the
472 descriptions were indeed specified.
3c4f71cc 473
4cc4bfaf 474 @see SetLogo()
23324ae1 475 */
779288b4 476 void Usage() const;
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478 /**
479 Return the string containing the program usage description.
480
481 Call Usage() to directly show this string to the user.
482 */
483 wxString GetUsageString() const;
23324ae1 484};
e54c96f1 485