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1\section{\class{wxEvent}}\label{wxevent}
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3An event is a structure holding information about an event passed to a
4callback or member function. {\bf wxEvent} used to be a multipurpose
5event object, and is an abstract base class for other event classes (see below).
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7\wxheading{Derived from}
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9\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
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11\wxheading{Include files}
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13<wx/event.h>
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15\wxheading{See also}
16
17\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
18\helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent}
19
20\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
21
22\membersection{wxEvent::wxEvent}
23
24\func{}{wxEvent}{\param{int }{id = 0}}
25
26Constructor. Should not need to be used directly by an application.
27
28\membersection{wxEvent::m\_eventHandle}
29
30\member{char*}{m\_eventHandle}
31
32Handle of an underlying windowing system event handle, such as
33XEvent. Not guaranteed to be instantiated.
34
35\membersection{wxEvent::m\_eventObject}
36
37\member{wxObject*}{m\_eventObject}
38
39The object (usually a window) that the event was generated from,
40or should be sent to.
41
42\membersection{wxEvent::m\_eventType}
43
44\member{WXTYPE}{m\_eventType}
45
46The type of the event, such as wxEVENT\_TYPE\_BUTTON\_COMMAND.
47
48\membersection{wxEvent::m\_id}
49
50\member{int}{m\_id}
51
52Identifier for the window.
53
54\membersection{wxEvent::m\_skipped}
55
56\member{bool}{m\_skipped}
57
58Set to TRUE by {\bf Skip} if this event should be skipped.
59
60\membersection{wxEvent::m\_timeStamp}
61
62\member{long}{m\_timeStamp}
63
64Timestamp for this event.
65
66\membersection{wxEvent::GetEventClass}
67
68\func{WXTYPE}{GetEventClass}{\void}
69
70Returns the identifier of the given event class,
71such as wxTYPE\_MOUSE\_EVENT.
72
73\membersection{wxEvent::GetEventObject}
74
75\func{wxObject*}{GetEventObject}{\void}
76
77Returns the object associated with the
78event, if any.
79
80\membersection{wxEvent::GetEventType}
81
82\func{WXTYPE}{GetEventType}{\void}
83
84Returns the identifier of the given event type,
85such as wxEVENT\_TYPE\_BUTTON\_COMMAND.
86
87\membersection{wxEvent::GetId}
88
89\func{int}{GetId}{\void}
90
91Returns the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id.
92
93\membersection{wxEvent::GetObjectType}
94
95\func{WXTYPE}{GetObjectType}{\void}
96
97Returns the type of the object associated with the
98event, such as wxTYPE\_BUTTON.
99
100\membersection{wxEvent::GetSkipped}
101
102\func{bool}{GetSkipped}{\void}
103
104Returns TRUE if the event handler should be skipped, FALSE otherwise.
105
106\membersection{wxEvent::GetTimestamp}
107
108\func{long}{GetTimestamp}{\void}
109
110Gets the timestamp for the event.
111
112\membersection{wxEvent::SetEventObject}
113
114\func{void}{SetEventObject}{\param{wxObject* }{object}}
115
116Sets the originating object.
117
118\membersection{wxEvent::SetEventType}
119
120\func{void}{SetEventType}{\param{WXTYPE }{typ}}
121
122Sets the event type.
123
124\membersection{wxEvent::SetId}
125
126\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
127
128Sets the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id.
129
130\membersection{wxEvent::SetTimestamp}
131
132\func{void}{SetTimestamp}{\param{long }{timeStamp}}
133
134Sets the timestamp for the event.
135
136Sets the originating object.
137
138\membersection{wxEvent::Skip}\label{wxeventskip}
139
140\func{void}{Skip}{\param{bool}{ skip = TRUE}}
141
142Called by an event handler to tell the event system that the
143event handler should be skipped, and the next valid handler used
144instead.
145