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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
8064223b 9
23324ae1 10/**
8064223b 11 @class wxAppConsole
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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.
23324ae1 45
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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78
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
f045c7f5 254 /**
4b221422 255 @name Mac-specific functions
f045c7f5 256 */
4b221422 257 //@{
f045c7f5 258
23324ae1 259 /**
d9faa1fe 260 Called in response of an "open-application" Apple event.
23324ae1 261 Override this to create a new document in your app.
d9faa1fe 262
0f6c9085 263 @onlyfor{wxosx}
23324ae1 264 */
8064223b 265 virtual void MacNewFile();
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266
267 /**
d9faa1fe 268 Called in response of an "open-document" Apple event.
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269
270 You need to override this method in order to open a document file after the
271 user double clicked on it or if the document file was dropped on either the
272 running application or the application icon in Finder.
d9faa1fe 273
0f6c9085 274 @onlyfor{wxosx}
23324ae1 275 */
8064223b 276 virtual void MacOpenFile(const wxString& fileName);
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277
278 /**
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279 Called in response of a "get-url" Apple event.
280
0f6c9085 281 @onlyfor{wxosx}
23324ae1 282 */
8064223b 283 virtual void MacOpenURL(const wxString& url);
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284
285 /**
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286 Called in response of a "print-document" Apple event.
287
0f6c9085 288 @onlyfor{wxosx}
23324ae1 289 */
8064223b 290 virtual void MacPrintFile(const wxString& fileName);
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291
292 /**
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293 Called in response of a "reopen-application" Apple event.
294
0f6c9085 295 @onlyfor{wxosx}
23324ae1 296 */
8064223b 297 virtual void MacReopenApp();
23324ae1 298
4b221422 299 //@}
3c4f71cc 300
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301
302 /**
303 @name Callbacks for application-wide "events"
23324ae1 304 */
4b221422 305 //@{
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306
307 /**
308 This function is called when an assert failure occurs, i.e. the condition
e54c96f1 309 specified in wxASSERT() macro evaluated to @false.
96d7cc9b 310
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311 It is only called in debug mode (when @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined) as
312 asserts are not left in the release code at all.
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313 The base class version shows the default assert failure dialog box proposing to
314 the user to stop the program, continue or ignore all subsequent asserts.
3c4f71cc 315
7c913512 316 @param file
4cc4bfaf 317 the name of the source file where the assert occurred
7c913512 318 @param line
4cc4bfaf 319 the line number in this file where the assert occurred
7c913512 320 @param func
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321 the name of the function where the assert occurred, may be
322 empty if the compiler doesn't support C99 __FUNCTION__
7c913512 323 @param cond
4cc4bfaf 324 the condition of the failed assert in text form
7c913512 325 @param msg
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326 the message specified as argument to wxASSERT_MSG or wxFAIL_MSG, will
327 be @NULL if just wxASSERT or wxFAIL was used
23324ae1 328 */
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329 virtual void OnAssertFailure(const wxChar *file,
330 int line,
331 const wxChar *func,
332 const wxChar *cond,
333 const wxChar *msg);
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334
335 /**
336 Called when command line parsing fails (i.e. an incorrect command line option
337 was specified by the user). The default behaviour is to show the program usage
338 text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 339
7c913512 340 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 341 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 342
4cc4bfaf 343 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 344 */
8064223b 345 virtual bool OnCmdLineError(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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346
347 /**
348 Called when the help option (@c --help) was specified on the command line.
349 The default behaviour is to show the program usage text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 350
7c913512 351 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 352 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 353
4cc4bfaf 354 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 355 */
8064223b 356 virtual bool OnCmdLineHelp(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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357
358 /**
359 Called after the command line had been successfully parsed. You may override
360 this method to test for the values of the various parameters which could be
361 set from the command line.
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363 Don't forget to call the base class version unless you want to suppress
364 processing of the standard command line options.
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365 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return @false from
366 OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 367
4cc4bfaf 368 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 369 */
8064223b 370 virtual bool OnCmdLineParsed(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
23324ae1 371
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372 /**
373 Called by wxEventLoopBase::SetActive(): you can override this function
374 and put here the code which needs an active event loop.
375
376 Note that this function is called whenever an event loop is activated;
377 you may want to use wxEventLoopBase::IsMain() to perform initialization
378 specific for the app's main event loop.
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379
380 @see OnEventLoopExit()
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381 */
382 virtual void OnEventLoopEnter(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
383
384 /**
385 Called by wxEventLoopBase::OnExit() for each event loop which
386 is exited.
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387
388 @see OnEventLoopEnter()
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389 */
390 virtual void OnEventLoopExit(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
391
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392 /**
393 This function is called if an unhandled exception occurs inside the main
394 application event loop. It can return @true to ignore the exception and to
395 continue running the loop or @false to exit the loop and terminate the
396 program. In the latter case it can also use C++ @c throw keyword to
397 rethrow the current exception.
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399 The default behaviour of this function is the latter in all ports except under
400 Windows where a dialog is shown to the user which allows him to choose between
401 the different options. You may override this function in your class to do
402 something more appropriate.
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7c913512 404 Finally note that if the exception is rethrown from here, it can be caught in
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405 OnUnhandledException().
406 */
407 virtual bool OnExceptionInMainLoop();
408
409 /**
410 Override this member function for any processing which needs to be
411 done as the application is about to exit. OnExit is called after
412 destroying all application windows and controls, but before
7c913512 413 wxWidgets cleanup. Note that it is not called at all if
23324ae1 414 OnInit() failed.
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415
416 The return value of this function is currently ignored, return the same
417 value as returned by the base class method if you override it.
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418 */
419 virtual int OnExit();
420
421 /**
422 This function may be called if something fatal happens: an unhandled
423 exception under Win32 or a a fatal signal under Unix, for example. However,
7c913512 424 this will not happen by default: you have to explicitly call
e54c96f1 425 wxHandleFatalExceptions() to enable this.
96d7cc9b 426
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427 Generally speaking, this function should only show a message to the user and
428 return. You may attempt to save unsaved data but this is not guaranteed to
429 work and, in fact, probably won't.
3c4f71cc 430
e54c96f1 431 @see wxHandleFatalExceptions()
23324ae1 432 */
8064223b 433 virtual void OnFatalException();
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434
435 /**
436 This must be provided by the application, and will usually create the
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437 application's main window, optionally calling SetTopWindow().
438
439 You may use OnExit() to clean up anything initialized here, provided
23324ae1 440 that the function returns @true.
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442 Notice that if you want to to use the command line processing provided by
443 wxWidgets you have to call the base class version in the derived class
444 OnInit().
96d7cc9b 445
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446 Return @true to continue processing, @false to exit the application
447 immediately.
448 */
8064223b 449 virtual bool OnInit();
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450
451 /**
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452 Called from OnInit() and may be used to initialize the parser with the
453 command line options for this application. The base class versions adds
454 support for a few standard options only.
23324ae1 455 */
8064223b 456 virtual void OnInitCmdLine(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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457
458 /**
459 This virtual function is where the execution of a program written in wxWidgets
460 starts. The default implementation just enters the main loop and starts
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461 handling the events until it terminates, either because ExitMainLoop() has
462 been explicitly called or because the last frame has been deleted and
463 GetExitOnFrameDelete() flag is @true (this is the default).
464
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465 The return value of this function becomes the exit code of the program, so it
466 should return 0 in case of successful termination.
467 */
468 virtual int OnRun();
469
470 /**
7c913512 471 This function is called when an unhandled C++ exception occurs inside
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472 OnRun() (the exceptions which occur during the program startup and shutdown
473 might not be caught at all). Notice that by now the main event loop has been
474 terminated and the program will exit, if you want to prevent this from happening
475 (i.e. continue running after catching an exception) you need to override
476 OnExceptionInMainLoop().
477
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478 The default implementation shows information about the exception in debug build
479 but does nothing in the release build.
480 */
481 virtual void OnUnhandledException();
482
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483 //@}
484
485
23324ae1 486 /**
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487 @name Application informations
488 */
489 //@{
3c4f71cc 490
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491 /**
492 Returns the user-readable application name.
493
494 The difference between this string and the one returned by GetAppName()
495 is that this one is meant to be shown to the user and so should be used
496 for the window titles, page headers and so on while the other one
497 should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
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498 configuration file keys.
499
500 If the application name for display had been previously set by
501 SetAppDisplayName(), it will be returned by this function. Otherwise,
502 if SetAppName() had been called its value will be returned; also as is.
503 Finally if none was called, this function returns the program name
504 capitalized using wxString::Capitalize().
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505
506 @since 2.9.0
23324ae1 507 */
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508 wxString GetAppDisplayName() const;
509
510 /**
511 Returns the application name.
512
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513 If SetAppName() had been called, returns the string passed to it.
514 Otherwise returns the program name, i.e. the value of @c argv[0] passed
515 to the @c main() function.
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516
517 @see GetAppDisplayName()
518 */
519 wxString GetAppName() const;
520
521 /**
522 Gets the class name of the application. The class name may be used in a
523 platform specific manner to refer to the application.
524
525 @see SetClassName()
526 */
527 wxString GetClassName() const;
528
529 /**
530 Returns a pointer to the wxAppTraits object for the application.
531 If you want to customize the wxAppTraits object, you must override the
532 CreateTraits() function.
533 */
534 wxAppTraits* GetTraits();
535
536 /**
537 Returns the user-readable vendor name. The difference between this string
538 and the one returned by GetVendorName() is that this one is meant to be shown
539 to the user and so should be used for the window titles, page headers and so on
540 while the other one should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
541 configuration file keys.
542
543 By default, returns the same string as GetVendorName().
544
545 @since 2.9.0
546 */
547 const wxString& GetVendorDisplayName() const;
548
549 /**
550 Returns the application's vendor name.
551 */
552 const wxString& GetVendorName() const;
23324ae1 553
8064223b 554 /**
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555 Set the application name to be used in the user-visible places such as
556 window titles.
557
558 See GetAppDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
8064223b 559 display name and name.
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560
561 Notice that if this function is called, the name is used as is, without
562 any capitalization as done by default by GetAppDisplayName().
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563 */
564 void SetAppDisplayName(const wxString& name);
565
566 /**
567 Sets the name of the application. This name should be used for file names,
568 configuration file entries and other internal strings. For the user-visible
569 strings, such as the window titles, the application display name set by
570 SetAppDisplayName() is used instead.
571
572 By default the application name is set to the name of its executable file.
573
574 @see GetAppName()
575 */
576 void SetAppName(const wxString& name);
577
578 /**
579 Sets the class name of the application. This may be used in a platform specific
580 manner to refer to the application.
581
582 @see GetClassName()
583 */
584 void SetClassName(const wxString& name);
585
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586 /**
587 Set the vendor name to be used in the user-visible places.
588 See GetVendorDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
589 display name and name.
590 */
591 void SetVendorDisplayName(const wxString& name);
592
593 /**
594 Sets the name of application's vendor. The name will be used
595 in registry access. A default name is set by wxWidgets.
596
597 @see GetVendorName()
598 */
599 void SetVendorName(const wxString& name);
600
4b221422 601 //@}
8064223b 602
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603
604 /**
605 Number of command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
606 */
607 int argc;
608
609 /**
610 Command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
611
612 Under Windows and Linux/Unix, you should parse the command line
613 arguments and check for files to be opened when starting your
614 application. Under OS X, you need to override MacOpenFile()
615 since command line arguments are used differently there.
616
617 You may use the wxCmdLineParser to parse command line arguments.
618 */
619 wxChar** argv;
620};
621
622
623
624
625/**
626 @class wxApp
8064223b 627
f045c7f5 628 The wxApp class represents the application itself when @c wxUSE_GUI=1.
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630 In addition to the features provided by wxAppConsole it keeps track of
631 the <em>top window</em> (see SetTopWindow()) and adds support for
632 video modes (see SetVideoMode()).
8064223b 633
f045c7f5 634 In general, application-wide settings for GUI-only apps are accessible
84094285 635 from wxApp (or from wxSystemSettings or wxSystemOptions classes).
8064223b 636
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637 @beginEventEmissionTable
638 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
639 Process a query end session event, supplying the member function.
640 See wxCloseEvent.
641 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
642 Process an end session event, supplying the member function.
643 See wxCloseEvent.
644 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
645 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event. See wxActivateEvent.
646 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
647 Process a hibernate event. See wxActivateEvent.
648 @event{EVT_DIALUP_CONNECTED(func)}
649 A connection with the network was established. See wxDialUpEvent.
650 @event{EVT_DIALUP_DISCONNECTED(func)}
651 The connection with the network was lost. See wxDialUpEvent.
652 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
653 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
654 @endEventTable
655
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656 @library{wxbase}
657 @category{appmanagement}
658
84094285 659 @see @ref overview_app, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase, wxSystemSettings
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660*/
661class wxApp : public wxAppConsole
662{
663public:
664 /**
665 Constructor. Called implicitly with a definition of a wxApp object.
666 */
667 wxApp();
668
669 /**
670 Destructor. Will be called implicitly on program exit if the wxApp
671 object is created on the stack.
672 */
673 virtual ~wxApp();
674
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676 Get display mode that is used use. This is only used in framebuffer
1f2f7329 677 wxWidgets ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
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679 virtual wxVideoMode GetDisplayMode() const;
680
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682 Returns @true if the application will exit when the top-level frame is deleted.
683
684 @see SetExitOnFrameDelete()
685 */
686 bool GetExitOnFrameDelete() const;
687
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689 Return the layout direction for the current locale or @c wxLayout_Default
690 if it's unknown.
691 */
692 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
693
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695 Returns @true if the application will use the best visual on systems that support
696 different visuals, @false otherwise.
697
698 @see SetUseBestVisual()
699 */
700 bool GetUseBestVisual() const;
701
702 /**
703 Returns a pointer to the top window.
704
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706 If the top window hasn't been set using SetTopWindow(), this function
707 will find the first top-level window (frame or dialog or instance of
708 wxTopLevelWindow) from the internal top level window list and return that.
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710 @see SetTopWindow()
711 */
712 virtual wxWindow* GetTopWindow() const;
713
714 /**
715 Returns @true if the application is active, i.e. if one of its windows is
716 currently in the foreground.
717
718 If this function returns @false and you need to attract users attention to
719 the application, you may use wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention to do it.
720 */
8d483c9b 721 virtual bool IsActive() const;
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724 This function is similar to wxYield(), except that it disables the user
725 input to all program windows before calling wxAppConsole::Yield and re-enables it
726 again afterwards. If @a win is not @NULL, this window will remain enabled,
727 allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
728 Returns the result of the call to wxAppConsole::Yield.
729
730 @see wxSafeYield
731 */
732 virtual bool SafeYield(wxWindow *win, bool onlyIfNeeded);
733
734 /**
735 Works like SafeYield() with @e onlyIfNeeded == @true except that
736 it allows the caller to specify a mask of events to be processed.
737
738 See wxAppConsole::YieldFor for more info.
739 */
740 virtual bool SafeYieldFor(wxWindow *win, long eventsToProcess);
741
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744 from the main message loop, checking for windows that may wish to process it.
745
746 The function returns @true if the message was processed, @false otherwise.
747 If you use wxWidgets with another class library with its own message loop,
748 you should make sure that this function is called to allow wxWidgets to
3c4f71cc 749 receive messages. For example, to allow co-existence with the Microsoft
96d7cc9b 750 Foundation Classes, override the PreTranslateMessage function:
3c4f71cc 751
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753 // Provide wxWidgets message loop compatibility
754 BOOL CTheApp::PreTranslateMessage(MSG *msg)
755 {
756 if (wxTheApp && wxTheApp->ProcessMessage((WXMSW *)msg))
757 return true;
758 else
759 return CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(msg);
760 }
761 @endcode
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763 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 764 */
4cc4bfaf 765 bool ProcessMessage(WXMSG* msg);
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767 /**
768 Sends idle events to a window and its children.
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770 by user code.
3c4f71cc 771
23324ae1 772 @remarks These functions poll the top-level windows, and their children,
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774 processing is requested by one or more window.
3c4f71cc 775
4cc4bfaf 776 @see wxIdleEvent
23324ae1 777 */
8d483c9b 778 virtual bool SendIdleEvents(wxWindow* win, wxIdleEvent& event);
23324ae1 779
f045c7f5 780 /**
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782 ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
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784 virtual bool SetDisplayMode(const wxVideoMode& info);
785
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787 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will exit when the
788 top-level frame is deleted.
3c4f71cc 789
7c913512 790 @param flag
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792 is deleted. If @false, the application will continue to run.
3c4f71cc 793
96d7cc9b 794 @see GetExitOnFrameDelete(), @ref overview_app_shutdown
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796 void SetExitOnFrameDelete(bool flag);
797
23324ae1 798 /**
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800
801 Currently implemented for wxGTK2-only.
23324ae1 802 Return @true if theme was successfully changed.
3c4f71cc 803
7c913512 804 @param theme
4cc4bfaf 805 The name of the new theme or an absolute path to a gtkrc-theme-file
23324ae1 806 */
8064223b 807 virtual bool SetNativeTheme(const wxString& theme);
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809 /**
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811 know which is the main window. You don't have to set the top window;
23324ae1 812 it is only a convenience so that (for example) certain dialogs without parents
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814
815 If no top window is specified by the application, wxWidgets just uses the
816 first frame or dialog (or better, any wxTopLevelWindow) in its top-level
817 window list, when it needs to use the top window.
818 If you previously called SetTopWindow() and now you need to restore this
819 automatic behaviour you can call @code wxApp::SetTopWindow(NULL) @endcode.
3c4f71cc 820
7c913512 821 @param window
4cc4bfaf 822 The new top window.
3c4f71cc 823
4cc4bfaf 824 @see GetTopWindow(), OnInit()
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826 void SetTopWindow(wxWindow* window);
827
828 /**
829 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will use the best
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830 visual on systems that support several visual on the same display. This is typically
831 the case under Solaris and IRIX, where the default visual is only 8-bit whereas
832 certain applications are supposed to run in TrueColour mode.
833
834 Note that this function has to be called in the constructor of the wxApp
23324ae1 835 instance and won't have any effect when called later on.
23324ae1 836 This function currently only has effect under GTK.
3c4f71cc 837
7c913512 838 @param flag
4cc4bfaf 839 If @true, the app will use the best visual.
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841 If @true then the application will try to force using a TrueColour
842 visual and abort the app if none is found.
23324ae1 843 */
4cc4bfaf 844 void SetUseBestVisual(bool flag, bool forceTrueColour = false);
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846
847
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849// ============================================================================
850// Global functions/macros
851// ============================================================================
852
23324ae1 853
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8af7f7c1 855//@{
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857/**
f045c7f5 858 This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the ::wxGetApp()
e4431849 859 function implemented by wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
96d7cc9b 860
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862 (requires a final semicolon).
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864 @header{wx/app.h}
865
23324ae1 866 Example:
4cc4bfaf 867
23324ae1 868 @code
e4431849 869 wxDECLARE_APP(MyApp);
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871*/
e4431849 872#define wxDECLARE_APP( className )
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874/**
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876 application class known to wxWidgets for dynamic construction.
e4431849 877 Note that this macro requires a final semicolon.
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879 @header{wx/app.h}
880
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882
883 @code
e4431849 884 wxIMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp);
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886
e4431849 887 @see wxDECLARE_APP()
8af7f7c1 888*/
e4431849 889#define wxIMPLEMENT_APP( className )
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891//@}
892
893
894
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896 The global pointer to the singleton wxApp object.
897
898 @see wxApp::GetInstance()
899*/
900wxApp *wxTheApp;
901
902
903
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39fb8056 905//@{
23324ae1 906
23324ae1 907/**
8cd06fb5 908 This function doesn't exist in wxWidgets but it is created by using the
e4431849 909 wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro.
96d7cc9b 910
39fb8056 911 Thus, before using it anywhere but in the same module where this macro is
e4431849 912 used, you must make it available using wxDECLARE_APP().
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914 The advantage of using this function compared to directly using the global
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916 allow you to access the functions specific to your application class but
917 not present in wxApp while wxGetApp() returns the object of the right type.
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919 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 920*/
8cd06fb5 921wxAppDerivedClass& wxGetApp();
23324ae1 922
23324ae1 923/**
4cc4bfaf 924 If @a doIt is @true, the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection
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926 caught and passed to wxApp::OnFatalException.
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929 the normal way which usually just means that the application will be
930 terminated. Calling wxHandleFatalExceptions() with @a doIt equal to @false
931 will restore this default behaviour.
4cc4bfaf 932
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934 is 1 and under Windows platform this requires a compiler with support for
935 SEH (structured exception handling) which currently means only Microsoft
936 Visual C++ or a recent Borland C++ version.
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938 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 939*/
96d7cc9b 940bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doIt = true);
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943 This function is used in wxBase only and only if you don't create
944 wxApp object at all. In this case you must call it from your
945 @c main() function before calling any other wxWidgets functions.
96d7cc9b 946
23324ae1 947 If the function returns @false the initialization could not be performed,
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949 called neither.
950
951 This function may be called several times but wxUninitialize() must be
952 called for each successful call to this function.
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954 @header{wx/app.h}
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956bool wxInitialize();
957
958/**
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960 once for each previous successful call to wxInitialize().
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962 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 963*/
96d7cc9b 964void wxUninitialize();
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967 This function wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system,
968 i.e. it will force the system to send an idle event even if the system
969 currently @e is idle and thus would not send any idle event until after
970 some other event would get sent. This is also useful for sending events
971 between two threads and is used by the corresponding functions
972 wxPostEvent() and wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
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974 @header{wx/app.h}
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976void wxWakeUpIdle();
977
23324ae1 978/**
d48b06bd 979 Calls wxAppConsole::Yield.
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981 @deprecated
23324ae1 982 This function is kept only for backwards compatibility. Please use
d48b06bd 983 the wxAppConsole::Yield method instead in any new code.
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985 @header{wx/app.h}
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987bool wxYield();
988
39fb8056 989/**
d48b06bd 990 Calls wxApp::SafeYield.
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992 @header{wx/app.h}
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994bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow* win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
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23324ae1 996/**
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998 are not using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain).
7c913512 999
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1001 (MFC) application using this function.
1002
1003 @note This overload of wxEntry is available under all platforms.
1004
1005 @see wxEntryStart()
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1007 @header{wx/app.h}
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1009int wxEntry(int& argc, wxChar** argv);
1010
1011/**
1012 See wxEntry(int&,wxChar**) for more info about this function.
1013
1014 Notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of @a pCmdLine
1015 is @c wchar_t *, otherwise it is @c char *, even in Unicode build.
7c913512 1016
23324ae1 1017 @remarks To clean up wxWidgets, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static
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1019 that also uses wxWidgets:
1020 @code
1021 int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
1022 {
1023 // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
1024 wxTheApp->OnExit();
1025 wxApp::CleanUp();
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1028 }
1029 @endcode
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027c1c27 1031 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 1032*/
7c913512 1033int wxEntry(HINSTANCE hInstance,
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1035 char* pCmdLine = NULL,
7c913512 1036 int nCmdShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL);
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1038//@}
1039
1040
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1044
1045/**
1046 Exits application after calling wxApp::OnExit.
1047
1048 Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
1049 should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
1050 application. See wxCloseEvent and wxApp.
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1052 @header{wx/app.h}
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1054void wxExit();
1055
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1057
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1059//@{
1060
1061/**
1062 @def wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT()
1063
1064 Use this macro to disable all debugging code in release build when not
e4431849 1065 using wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
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1067 Currently this macro disables assert checking and debug and trace level
1068 logging messages in release build (i.e. when @c NDEBUG is defined). It is
e4431849 1069 used by wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro so you only need to use it explicitly if you
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1071 wxEntry() or wxEntryStart() itself).
1072
1073 If you do not want to disable debugging code even in release build of your
1074 application, you can use wxSetDefaultAssertHandler() and
1075 wxLog::SetLogLevel() with @c wxLOG_Max parameter to enable assertions and
1076 debug logging respectively.
1077
1078 @see wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1079 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1080 @ref overview_debugging
1081
1082 @since 2.9.1
1083
1084 @header{wx/app.h}
1085 */
1086#define wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT() \
1087 wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(); \
1088 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD()
1089
1090//@}
1091