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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
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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.
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8064223b 46 @see wxAppTraits
23324ae1 47 */
8064223b 48 virtual wxAppTraits* CreateTraits();
23324ae1 49
8064223b 50public:
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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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224 bool Yield(bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
225
23324ae1 226 /**
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227 Allows external code to modify global ::wxTheApp, but you should really
228 know what you're doing if you call it.
229
230 @param app
231 Replacement for the global application object.
232
233 @see GetInstance()
23324ae1 234 */
4b221422 235 static void SetInstance(wxAppConsole* app);
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236
237 /**
4b221422 238 Returns the one and only global application object.
d48b06bd 239 Usually ::wxTheApp is used instead.
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240
241 @see SetInstance()
23324ae1 242 */
4b221422 243 static wxAppConsole* GetInstance();
23324ae1 244
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245 /**
246 Returns @true if the main event loop is currently running, i.e. if the
247 application is inside OnRun().
96d7cc9b 248
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249 This can be useful to test whether events can be dispatched. For example,
250 if this function returns @false, non-blocking sockets cannot be used because
251 the events from them would never be processed.
252 */
253 static bool IsMainLoopRunning();
254
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255 /**
256 @name Callbacks for application-wide "events"
23324ae1 257 */
4b221422 258 //@{
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259
260 /**
261 This function is called when an assert failure occurs, i.e. the condition
e54c96f1 262 specified in wxASSERT() macro evaluated to @false.
96d7cc9b 263
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264 It is only called in debug mode (when @c __WXDEBUG__ is defined) as
265 asserts are not left in the release code at all.
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266 The base class version shows the default assert failure dialog box proposing to
267 the user to stop the program, continue or ignore all subsequent asserts.
3c4f71cc 268
7c913512 269 @param file
4cc4bfaf 270 the name of the source file where the assert occurred
7c913512 271 @param line
4cc4bfaf 272 the line number in this file where the assert occurred
7c913512 273 @param func
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274 the name of the function where the assert occurred, may be
275 empty if the compiler doesn't support C99 __FUNCTION__
7c913512 276 @param cond
4cc4bfaf 277 the condition of the failed assert in text form
7c913512 278 @param msg
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279 the message specified as argument to wxASSERT_MSG or wxFAIL_MSG, will
280 be @NULL if just wxASSERT or wxFAIL was used
23324ae1 281 */
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282 virtual void OnAssertFailure(const wxChar *file,
283 int line,
284 const wxChar *func,
285 const wxChar *cond,
286 const wxChar *msg);
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287
288 /**
289 Called when command line parsing fails (i.e. an incorrect command line option
290 was specified by the user). The default behaviour is to show the program usage
291 text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 292
7c913512 293 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 294 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 295
4cc4bfaf 296 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 297 */
8064223b 298 virtual bool OnCmdLineError(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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299
300 /**
301 Called when the help option (@c --help) was specified on the command line.
302 The default behaviour is to show the program usage text and abort the program.
96d7cc9b 303
7c913512 304 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return
23324ae1 305 @false from OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 306
4cc4bfaf 307 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 308 */
8064223b 309 virtual bool OnCmdLineHelp(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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310
311 /**
312 Called after the command line had been successfully parsed. You may override
313 this method to test for the values of the various parameters which could be
314 set from the command line.
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316 Don't forget to call the base class version unless you want to suppress
317 processing of the standard command line options.
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318 Return @true to continue normal execution or @false to return @false from
319 OnInit() thus terminating the program.
3c4f71cc 320
4cc4bfaf 321 @see OnInitCmdLine()
23324ae1 322 */
8064223b 323 virtual bool OnCmdLineParsed(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
23324ae1 324
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325 /**
326 Called by wxEventLoopBase::SetActive(): you can override this function
327 and put here the code which needs an active event loop.
328
329 Note that this function is called whenever an event loop is activated;
330 you may want to use wxEventLoopBase::IsMain() to perform initialization
331 specific for the app's main event loop.
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333 @see OnEventLoopExit()
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334 */
335 virtual void OnEventLoopEnter(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
336
337 /**
338 Called by wxEventLoopBase::OnExit() for each event loop which
339 is exited.
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340
341 @see OnEventLoopEnter()
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342 */
343 virtual void OnEventLoopExit(wxEventLoopBase* loop);
344
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345 /**
346 This function is called if an unhandled exception occurs inside the main
347 application event loop. It can return @true to ignore the exception and to
348 continue running the loop or @false to exit the loop and terminate the
349 program. In the latter case it can also use C++ @c throw keyword to
350 rethrow the current exception.
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352 The default behaviour of this function is the latter in all ports except under
353 Windows where a dialog is shown to the user which allows him to choose between
354 the different options. You may override this function in your class to do
355 something more appropriate.
96d7cc9b 356
7c913512 357 Finally note that if the exception is rethrown from here, it can be caught in
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358 OnUnhandledException().
359 */
360 virtual bool OnExceptionInMainLoop();
361
362 /**
363 Override this member function for any processing which needs to be
364 done as the application is about to exit. OnExit is called after
365 destroying all application windows and controls, but before
7c913512 366 wxWidgets cleanup. Note that it is not called at all if
23324ae1 367 OnInit() failed.
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368
369 The return value of this function is currently ignored, return the same
370 value as returned by the base class method if you override it.
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371 */
372 virtual int OnExit();
373
374 /**
375 This function may be called if something fatal happens: an unhandled
d13b34d3 376 exception under Win32 or a fatal signal under Unix, for example. However,
7c913512 377 this will not happen by default: you have to explicitly call
e54c96f1 378 wxHandleFatalExceptions() to enable this.
96d7cc9b 379
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380 Generally speaking, this function should only show a message to the user and
381 return. You may attempt to save unsaved data but this is not guaranteed to
382 work and, in fact, probably won't.
3c4f71cc 383
e54c96f1 384 @see wxHandleFatalExceptions()
23324ae1 385 */
8064223b 386 virtual void OnFatalException();
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387
388 /**
389 This must be provided by the application, and will usually create the
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390 application's main window, optionally calling SetTopWindow().
391
392 You may use OnExit() to clean up anything initialized here, provided
23324ae1 393 that the function returns @true.
96d7cc9b 394
4c51a665 395 Notice that if you want to use the command line processing provided by
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396 wxWidgets you have to call the base class version in the derived class
397 OnInit().
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399 Return @true to continue processing, @false to exit the application
400 immediately.
401 */
8064223b 402 virtual bool OnInit();
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403
404 /**
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405 Called from OnInit() and may be used to initialize the parser with the
406 command line options for this application. The base class versions adds
407 support for a few standard options only.
23324ae1 408 */
8064223b 409 virtual void OnInitCmdLine(wxCmdLineParser& parser);
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410
411 /**
412 This virtual function is where the execution of a program written in wxWidgets
413 starts. The default implementation just enters the main loop and starts
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414 handling the events until it terminates, either because ExitMainLoop() has
415 been explicitly called or because the last frame has been deleted and
416 GetExitOnFrameDelete() flag is @true (this is the default).
417
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418 The return value of this function becomes the exit code of the program, so it
419 should return 0 in case of successful termination.
420 */
421 virtual int OnRun();
422
423 /**
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424 This function is called when an unhandled C++ exception occurs in user
425 code called by wxWidgets.
426
427 Any unhandled exceptions thrown from (overridden versions of) OnInit()
428 and OnExit() methods as well as any exceptions thrown from inside the
429 main loop and re-thrown by OnUnhandledException() will result in a call
430 to this function.
431
432 By the time this function is called, the program is already about to
433 exit and the exception can't be handled nor ignored any more, override
434 OnUnhandledException() or use explicit @c try/catch blocks around
435 OnInit() body to be able to handle the exception earlier.
436
437 The default implementation dumps information about the exception using
438 wxMessageOutputBest.
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439 */
440 virtual void OnUnhandledException();
441
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442 //@}
443
444
23324ae1 445 /**
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446 @name Application informations
447 */
448 //@{
3c4f71cc 449
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450 /**
451 Returns the user-readable application name.
452
453 The difference between this string and the one returned by GetAppName()
454 is that this one is meant to be shown to the user and so should be used
455 for the window titles, page headers and so on while the other one
456 should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
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457 configuration file keys.
458
459 If the application name for display had been previously set by
460 SetAppDisplayName(), it will be returned by this function. Otherwise,
461 if SetAppName() had been called its value will be returned; also as is.
462 Finally if none was called, this function returns the program name
463 capitalized using wxString::Capitalize().
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464
465 @since 2.9.0
23324ae1 466 */
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467 wxString GetAppDisplayName() const;
468
469 /**
470 Returns the application name.
471
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472 If SetAppName() had been called, returns the string passed to it.
473 Otherwise returns the program name, i.e. the value of @c argv[0] passed
474 to the @c main() function.
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475
476 @see GetAppDisplayName()
477 */
478 wxString GetAppName() const;
479
480 /**
481 Gets the class name of the application. The class name may be used in a
482 platform specific manner to refer to the application.
483
484 @see SetClassName()
485 */
486 wxString GetClassName() const;
487
488 /**
489 Returns a pointer to the wxAppTraits object for the application.
490 If you want to customize the wxAppTraits object, you must override the
491 CreateTraits() function.
492 */
493 wxAppTraits* GetTraits();
494
495 /**
496 Returns the user-readable vendor name. The difference between this string
497 and the one returned by GetVendorName() is that this one is meant to be shown
498 to the user and so should be used for the window titles, page headers and so on
499 while the other one should be only used internally, e.g. for the file names or
500 configuration file keys.
501
502 By default, returns the same string as GetVendorName().
503
504 @since 2.9.0
505 */
506 const wxString& GetVendorDisplayName() const;
507
508 /**
509 Returns the application's vendor name.
510 */
511 const wxString& GetVendorName() const;
23324ae1 512
8064223b 513 /**
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514 Set the application name to be used in the user-visible places such as
515 window titles.
516
517 See GetAppDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
8064223b 518 display name and name.
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519
520 Notice that if this function is called, the name is used as is, without
521 any capitalization as done by default by GetAppDisplayName().
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522 */
523 void SetAppDisplayName(const wxString& name);
524
525 /**
526 Sets the name of the application. This name should be used for file names,
527 configuration file entries and other internal strings. For the user-visible
528 strings, such as the window titles, the application display name set by
529 SetAppDisplayName() is used instead.
530
531 By default the application name is set to the name of its executable file.
532
533 @see GetAppName()
534 */
535 void SetAppName(const wxString& name);
536
537 /**
538 Sets the class name of the application. This may be used in a platform specific
539 manner to refer to the application.
540
541 @see GetClassName()
542 */
543 void SetClassName(const wxString& name);
544
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545 /**
546 Set the vendor name to be used in the user-visible places.
547 See GetVendorDisplayName() for more about the differences between the
548 display name and name.
549 */
550 void SetVendorDisplayName(const wxString& name);
551
552 /**
553 Sets the name of application's vendor. The name will be used
554 in registry access. A default name is set by wxWidgets.
555
556 @see GetVendorName()
557 */
558 void SetVendorName(const wxString& name);
559
4b221422 560 //@}
8064223b 561
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562
563 /**
564 Number of command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
565 */
566 int argc;
567
568 /**
569 Command line arguments (after environment-specific processing).
570
571 Under Windows and Linux/Unix, you should parse the command line
572 arguments and check for files to be opened when starting your
ee7553e9 573 application. Under OS X, you need to override MacOpenFiles()
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574 since command line arguments are used differently there.
575
576 You may use the wxCmdLineParser to parse command line arguments.
577 */
578 wxChar** argv;
579};
580
581
582
583
584/**
585 @class wxApp
8064223b 586
f045c7f5 587 The wxApp class represents the application itself when @c wxUSE_GUI=1.
8064223b 588
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589 In addition to the features provided by wxAppConsole it keeps track of
590 the <em>top window</em> (see SetTopWindow()) and adds support for
591 video modes (see SetVideoMode()).
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f045c7f5 593 In general, application-wide settings for GUI-only apps are accessible
84094285 594 from wxApp (or from wxSystemSettings or wxSystemOptions classes).
8064223b 595
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596 @beginEventEmissionTable
597 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
598 Process a query end session event, supplying the member function.
599 See wxCloseEvent.
600 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
601 Process an end session event, supplying the member function.
602 See wxCloseEvent.
603 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
604 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event. See wxActivateEvent.
605 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
606 Process a hibernate event. See wxActivateEvent.
607 @event{EVT_DIALUP_CONNECTED(func)}
608 A connection with the network was established. See wxDialUpEvent.
609 @event{EVT_DIALUP_DISCONNECTED(func)}
610 The connection with the network was lost. See wxDialUpEvent.
611 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
612 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
613 @endEventTable
614
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615 @library{wxbase}
616 @category{appmanagement}
617
84094285 618 @see @ref overview_app, wxAppTraits, wxEventLoopBase, wxSystemSettings
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619*/
620class wxApp : public wxAppConsole
621{
622public:
623 /**
624 Constructor. Called implicitly with a definition of a wxApp object.
625 */
626 wxApp();
627
628 /**
629 Destructor. Will be called implicitly on program exit if the wxApp
630 object is created on the stack.
631 */
632 virtual ~wxApp();
633
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634 /**
635 Get display mode that is used use. This is only used in framebuffer
1f2f7329 636 wxWidgets ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
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637 */
638 virtual wxVideoMode GetDisplayMode() const;
639
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640 /**
641 Returns @true if the application will exit when the top-level frame is deleted.
642
643 @see SetExitOnFrameDelete()
644 */
645 bool GetExitOnFrameDelete() const;
646
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647 /**
648 Return the layout direction for the current locale or @c wxLayout_Default
649 if it's unknown.
650 */
651 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
652
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653 /**
654 Returns @true if the application will use the best visual on systems that support
655 different visuals, @false otherwise.
656
657 @see SetUseBestVisual()
658 */
659 bool GetUseBestVisual() const;
660
661 /**
662 Returns a pointer to the top window.
663
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665 If the top window hasn't been set using SetTopWindow(), this function
666 will find the first top-level window (frame or dialog or instance of
667 wxTopLevelWindow) from the internal top level window list and return that.
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669 @see SetTopWindow()
670 */
671 virtual wxWindow* GetTopWindow() const;
672
673 /**
674 Returns @true if the application is active, i.e. if one of its windows is
675 currently in the foreground.
676
677 If this function returns @false and you need to attract users attention to
678 the application, you may use wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention to do it.
679 */
8d483c9b 680 virtual bool IsActive() const;
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683 This function is similar to wxYield(), except that it disables the user
684 input to all program windows before calling wxAppConsole::Yield and re-enables it
685 again afterwards. If @a win is not @NULL, this window will remain enabled,
686 allowing the implementation of some limited user interaction.
687 Returns the result of the call to wxAppConsole::Yield.
688
689 @see wxSafeYield
690 */
691 virtual bool SafeYield(wxWindow *win, bool onlyIfNeeded);
692
693 /**
694 Works like SafeYield() with @e onlyIfNeeded == @true except that
695 it allows the caller to specify a mask of events to be processed.
696
697 See wxAppConsole::YieldFor for more info.
698 */
699 virtual bool SafeYieldFor(wxWindow *win, long eventsToProcess);
700
23324ae1 701 /**
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703 from the main message loop, checking for windows that may wish to process it.
704
705 The function returns @true if the message was processed, @false otherwise.
706 If you use wxWidgets with another class library with its own message loop,
707 you should make sure that this function is called to allow wxWidgets to
3c4f71cc 708 receive messages. For example, to allow co-existence with the Microsoft
96d7cc9b 709 Foundation Classes, override the PreTranslateMessage function:
3c4f71cc 710
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712 // Provide wxWidgets message loop compatibility
713 BOOL CTheApp::PreTranslateMessage(MSG *msg)
714 {
715 if (wxTheApp && wxTheApp->ProcessMessage((WXMSW *)msg))
716 return true;
717 else
718 return CWinApp::PreTranslateMessage(msg);
719 }
720 @endcode
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722 @onlyfor{wxmsw}
23324ae1 723 */
4cc4bfaf 724 bool ProcessMessage(WXMSG* msg);
23324ae1 725
f045c7f5 726 /**
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728 ports (such as wxMGL or wxDFB).
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730 virtual bool SetDisplayMode(const wxVideoMode& info);
731
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733 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will exit when the
734 top-level frame is deleted.
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7c913512 736 @param flag
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738 is deleted. If @false, the application will continue to run.
3c4f71cc 739
96d7cc9b 740 @see GetExitOnFrameDelete(), @ref overview_app_shutdown
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742 void SetExitOnFrameDelete(bool flag);
743
23324ae1 744 /**
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746
747 Currently implemented for wxGTK2-only.
23324ae1 748 Return @true if theme was successfully changed.
3c4f71cc 749
7c913512 750 @param theme
4cc4bfaf 751 The name of the new theme or an absolute path to a gtkrc-theme-file
23324ae1 752 */
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755 /**
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757 know which is the main window. You don't have to set the top window;
23324ae1 758 it is only a convenience so that (for example) certain dialogs without parents
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760
761 If no top window is specified by the application, wxWidgets just uses the
762 first frame or dialog (or better, any wxTopLevelWindow) in its top-level
763 window list, when it needs to use the top window.
764 If you previously called SetTopWindow() and now you need to restore this
765 automatic behaviour you can call @code wxApp::SetTopWindow(NULL) @endcode.
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7c913512 767 @param window
4cc4bfaf 768 The new top window.
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4cc4bfaf 770 @see GetTopWindow(), OnInit()
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772 void SetTopWindow(wxWindow* window);
773
774 /**
775 Allows the programmer to specify whether the application will use the best
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777 the case under Solaris and IRIX, where the default visual is only 8-bit whereas
778 certain applications are supposed to run in TrueColour mode.
779
780 Note that this function has to be called in the constructor of the wxApp
23324ae1 781 instance and won't have any effect when called later on.
23324ae1 782 This function currently only has effect under GTK.
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7c913512 784 @param flag
4cc4bfaf 785 If @true, the app will use the best visual.
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787 If @true then the application will try to force using a TrueColour
788 visual and abort the app if none is found.
23324ae1 789 */
4cc4bfaf 790 void SetUseBestVisual(bool flag, bool forceTrueColour = false);
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792
793 /**
794 @name Mac-specific functions
795 */
796 //@{
797
798 /**
799 Called in response of an "open-application" Apple event.
800 Override this to create a new document in your app.
801
802 @onlyfor{wxosx}
803 */
804 virtual void MacNewFile();
805
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807 Called in response of an openFiles message with Cocoa, or an
808 "open-document" Apple event with Carbon.
809
810 You need to override this method in order to open one or more document
811 files after the user double clicked on it or if the files and/or
812 folders were dropped on either the application in the dock or the
813 application icon in Finder.
814
815 By default this method calls MacOpenFile for each file/folder.
816
817 @onlyfor{wxosx}
818
819 @since 2.9.3
820 */
821 virtual void MacOpenFiles(const wxArrayString& fileNames);
822
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824 Called in response of an "open-document" Apple event.
825
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827 This function is kept mostly for backwards compatibility. Please
828 override wxApp::MacOpenFiles method instead in any new code.
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830 @onlyfor{wxosx}
831 */
86381d42 832 virtual void MacOpenFile(const wxString& fileName);
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834 /**
835 Called in response of a "get-url" Apple event.
836
837 @onlyfor{wxosx}
838 */
839 virtual void MacOpenURL(const wxString& url);
840
841 /**
842 Called in response of a "print-document" Apple event.
843
844 @onlyfor{wxosx}
845 */
846 virtual void MacPrintFile(const wxString& fileName);
847
848 /**
849 Called in response of a "reopen-application" Apple event.
850
851 @onlyfor{wxosx}
852 */
853 virtual void MacReopenApp();
854
855
856 static long GetMacAboutMenuItemId();
857 static long GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId();
858 static long GetMacExitMenuItemId();
859 static wxString GetMacHelpMenuTitleName();
860
861 static void SetMacAboutMenuItemId(long val);
862 static void SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId(long val);
863 static void SetMacExitMenuItemId(long val);
864 static void SetMacHelpMenuTitleName(const wxString& val);
865
866 //@}
867
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869
870
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873// Global functions/macros
874// ============================================================================
875
23324ae1 876
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8af7f7c1 878//@{
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880/**
f045c7f5 881 This is used in headers to create a forward declaration of the ::wxGetApp()
e4431849 882 function implemented by wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
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885 (requires a final semicolon).
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887 @header{wx/app.h}
888
23324ae1 889 Example:
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23324ae1 891 @code
e4431849 892 wxDECLARE_APP(MyApp);
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894*/
e4431849 895#define wxDECLARE_APP( className )
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897/**
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899 application class known to wxWidgets for dynamic construction.
e4431849 900 Note that this macro requires a final semicolon.
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902 @header{wx/app.h}
903
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905
906 @code
e4431849 907 wxIMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp);
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909
e4431849 910 @see wxDECLARE_APP()
8af7f7c1 911*/
e4431849 912#define wxIMPLEMENT_APP( className )
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914//@}
915
916
917
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919 The global pointer to the singleton wxApp object.
920
921 @see wxApp::GetInstance()
922*/
923wxApp *wxTheApp;
924
925
926
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39fb8056 928//@{
23324ae1 929
23324ae1 930/**
8cd06fb5 931 This function doesn't exist in wxWidgets but it is created by using the
e4431849 932 wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro.
96d7cc9b 933
39fb8056 934 Thus, before using it anywhere but in the same module where this macro is
e4431849 935 used, you must make it available using wxDECLARE_APP().
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937 The advantage of using this function compared to directly using the global
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939 allow you to access the functions specific to your application class but
940 not present in wxApp while wxGetApp() returns the object of the right type.
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942 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 943*/
8cd06fb5 944wxAppDerivedClass& wxGetApp();
23324ae1 945
23324ae1 946/**
4cc4bfaf 947 If @a doIt is @true, the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection
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949 caught and passed to wxApp::OnFatalException.
96d7cc9b 950
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952 the normal way which usually just means that the application will be
953 terminated. Calling wxHandleFatalExceptions() with @a doIt equal to @false
954 will restore this default behaviour.
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957 is 1 and under Windows platform this requires a compiler with support for
958 SEH (structured exception handling) which currently means only Microsoft
959 Visual C++ or a recent Borland C++ version.
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961 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 962*/
96d7cc9b 963bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doIt = true);
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966 This function is used in wxBase only and only if you don't create
967 wxApp object at all. In this case you must call it from your
968 @c main() function before calling any other wxWidgets functions.
96d7cc9b 969
23324ae1 970 If the function returns @false the initialization could not be performed,
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972 called neither.
973
974 This function may be called several times but wxUninitialize() must be
975 called for each successful call to this function.
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977 @header{wx/app.h}
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979bool wxInitialize();
980
981/**
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983 once for each previous successful call to wxInitialize().
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985 @header{wx/app.h}
23324ae1 986*/
96d7cc9b 987void wxUninitialize();
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990 This function wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system,
991 i.e. it will force the system to send an idle event even if the system
992 currently @e is idle and thus would not send any idle event until after
993 some other event would get sent. This is also useful for sending events
994 between two threads and is used by the corresponding functions
995 wxPostEvent() and wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
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997 @header{wx/app.h}
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999void wxWakeUpIdle();
1000
23324ae1 1001/**
d48b06bd 1002 Calls wxAppConsole::Yield.
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1004 @deprecated
23324ae1 1005 This function is kept only for backwards compatibility. Please use
d48b06bd 1006 the wxAppConsole::Yield method instead in any new code.
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1008 @header{wx/app.h}
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1010bool wxYield();
1011
39fb8056 1012/**
d48b06bd 1013 Calls wxApp::SafeYield.
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1015 @header{wx/app.h}
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1017bool wxSafeYield(wxWindow* win = NULL, bool onlyIfNeeded = false);
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23324ae1 1019/**
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1021 are not using the default wxWidgets entry code (e.g. main or WinMain).
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1024 (MFC) application using this function.
1025
1026 @note This overload of wxEntry is available under all platforms.
1027
1028 @see wxEntryStart()
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1030 @header{wx/app.h}
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1032int wxEntry(int& argc, wxChar** argv);
1033
1034/**
1035 See wxEntry(int&,wxChar**) for more info about this function.
1036
1037 Notice that under Windows CE platform, and only there, the type of @a pCmdLine
1038 is @c wchar_t *, otherwise it is @c char *, even in Unicode build.
7c913512 1039
23324ae1 1040 @remarks To clean up wxWidgets, call wxApp::OnExit followed by the static
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1042 that also uses wxWidgets:
1043 @code
1044 int CTheApp::ExitInstance()
1045 {
1046 // OnExit isn't called by CleanUp so must be called explicitly.
1047 wxTheApp->OnExit();
1048 wxApp::CleanUp();
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1051 }
1052 @endcode
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23324ae1 1055*/
7c913512 1056int wxEntry(HINSTANCE hInstance,
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1058 char* pCmdLine = NULL,
7c913512 1059 int nCmdShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL);
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1061//@}
1062
1063
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1067
1068/**
1069 Exits application after calling wxApp::OnExit.
1070
1071 Should only be used in an emergency: normally the top-level frame
1072 should be deleted (after deleting all other frames) to terminate the
1073 application. See wxCloseEvent and wxApp.
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1075 @header{wx/app.h}
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1077void wxExit();
1078
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1080
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1082//@{
1083
1084/**
1085 @def wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT()
1086
1087 Use this macro to disable all debugging code in release build when not
e4431849 1088 using wxIMPLEMENT_APP().
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1090 Currently this macro disables assert checking and debug and trace level
1091 logging messages in release build (i.e. when @c NDEBUG is defined). It is
e4431849 1092 used by wxIMPLEMENT_APP() macro so you only need to use it explicitly if you
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1094 wxEntry() or wxEntryStart() itself).
1095
1096 If you do not want to disable debugging code even in release build of your
1097 application, you can use wxSetDefaultAssertHandler() and
1098 wxLog::SetLogLevel() with @c wxLOG_Max parameter to enable assertions and
1099 debug logging respectively.
1100
1101 @see wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1102 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(),
1103 @ref overview_debugging
1104
1105 @since 2.9.1
1106
1107 @header{wx/app.h}
1108 */
1109#define wxDISABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT() \
1110 wxDISABLE_ASSERTS_IN_RELEASE_BUILD(); \
1111 wxDISABLE_DEBUG_LOGGING_IN_RELEASE_BUILD()
1112
1113//@}
1114