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1\section{\class{wxConfigBase}}\label{wxconfigbase}
2
3wxConfigBase class defines the basic interface of all config classes. It can
4not be used by itself (it's an abstract base class) and you'll always use one
2319d2b0 5of its derivations: wxIniConfig, wxFileConfig, wxRegConfig or any other.
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7However, usually you don't even need to know the precise nature of the class
8you're working with but you would just use the wxConfigBase methods. This
9allows you to write the same code regardless of whether you're working with
10the registry under Win32 or text-based config files under Unix (or even
11Windows 3.1 .INI files if you're really unlucky). To make writing the portable
052ae0e5 12code even easier, wxWindows provides a typedef wxConfig
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13which is mapped onto the native wxConfigBase implementation on the given
14platform: i.e. wxRegConfig under Win32, wxIniConfig under Win16 and
15wxFileConfig otherwise.
16
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17See \helpref{config overview}{wxconfigoverview} for the descriptions of all
18features of this class.
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19
20\wxheading{Derived from}
21
22No base class
23
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24\wxheading{Include files}
25
26<wx/config.h> (to let wxWindows choose a wxConfig class for your platform)\\
27<wx/confbase.h> (base config class)\\
28<wx/fileconf.h> (wxFileconfig class)\\
29<wx/msw/regconf.h> (wxRegConfig class)\\
30<wx/msw/iniconf.h> (wxIniConfig class)
31
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32\wxheading{Example}
33
34Here is how you would typically use this class:
35
36\begin{verbatim}
37 // using wxConfig instead of writing wxFileConfig or wxRegConfig enhances
38 // portability of the code
39 wxConfig *config = new wxConfig("MyAppName");
40
41 wxString str;
052ae0e5 42 if ( config->Read("LastPrompt", &str) ) {
b8de493f 43 // last prompt was found in the config file/registry and its value is now
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44 // in str
45 ...
46 }
47 else {
48 // no last prompt...
49 }
50
51 // another example: using default values and the full path instead of just
52 // key name: if the key is not found , the value 17 is returned
53 long value = config->Read("/LastRun/CalculatedValues/MaxValue", -1);
54 ...
55 ...
56 ...
57 // at the end of the program we would save everything back
58 config->Write("LastPrompt", str);
59 config->Write("/LastRun/CalculatedValues/MaxValue", value);
60
61 // the changes will be written back automatically
62 delete config;
63\end{verbatim}
64
65This basic example, of course, doesn't show all wxConfig features, such as
66enumerating, testing for existence and deleting the entries and groups of
b8de493f 67entries in the config file, its abilities to automatically store the default
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68values or expand the environment variables on the fly. However, the main idea
69is that using this class is easy and that it should normally do what you
70expect it to.
71
72NB: in the documentation of this class, the words "config file" also mean
73"registry hive" for wxRegConfig and, generally speaking, might mean any
b8de493f 74physical storage where a wxConfigBase-derived class stores its data.
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b8de493f 76\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Function groups}}}
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b8de493f 78\membersection{Static functions}
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052ae0e5 80These functions deal with the "default" config object. Although its usage is
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81not at all mandatory it may be convenient to use a global config object
82instead of creating and deleting the local config objects each time you need
83one (especially because creating a wxFileConfig object might be a time
84consuming operation). In this case, you may create this global config object
85in the very start of the program and {\it Set()} it as the default. Then, from
86anywhere in your program, you may access it using the {\it Get()} function. Of
87course, you should delete it on the program termination (otherwise, not only a
88memory leak will result, but even more importantly the changes won't be
89written back!).
90
91As it happens, you may even further simplify the procedure described above:
92you may forget about calling {\it Set()}. When {\it Get()} is called and there
93is no current object, it will create one using {\it Create()} function. To
94disable this behaviour {\it DontCreateOnDemand()} is provided.
95
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96\helpref{Set}{wxconfigbaseset}\\
97\helpref{Get}{wxconfigbaseget}\\
98\helpref{Create}{wxconfigbasecreate}\\
99\helpref{DontCreateOnDemand}{wxconfigbasedontcreateondemand}
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b8de493f 101\membersection{Constructor and destructor}
c4afa2cb 102
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103\helpref{wxConfigBase}{wxconfigbasector}\\
104\helpref{\destruct{wxConfigBase}}{wxconfigbasedtor}
c4afa2cb 105
b8de493f 106\membersection{Path management}
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108As explained in \helpref{config overview}{wxconfigoverview}, the config classes
109support a file system-like hierarchy of keys (files) and groups (directories).
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110As in the file system case, to specify a key in the config class you must use
111a path to it. Config classes also support the notion of the current group,
112which makes it possible to use the relative paths. To clarify all this, here
113is an example (it's only for the sake of demonstration, it doesn't do anything
114sensible!):
115
116\begin{verbatim}
117 wxConfig *config = new wxConfig("FooBarApp");
118
119 // right now the current path is '/'
120 conf->Write("RootEntry", 1);
121
122 // go to some other place: if the group(s) don't exist, they will be created
123 conf->SetPath("/Group/Subgroup");
124
125 // create an entry in subgroup
126 conf->Write("SubgroupEntry", 3);
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128 // '..' is understood
129 conf->Write("../GroupEntry", 2);
130 conf->SetPath("..");
131
132 wxASSERT( conf->Read("Subgroup/SubgroupEntry", 0l) == 3 );
133
134 // use absolute path: it's allowed, too
135 wxASSERT( conf->Read("/RootEntry", 0l) == 1 );
136\end{verbatim}
137
b8de493f 138{\it Warning}: it's probably a good idea to always restore the path to its
c4afa2cb 139old value on function exit:
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141\begin{verbatim}
142 void foo(wxConfigBase *config)
143 {
144 wxString strOldPath = config->GetPath();
145
146 config->SetPath("/Foo/Data");
147 ...
148
149 config->SetPath(strOldPath);
150 }
151\end{verbatim}
152
153because otherwise the assert in the following example will surely fail
154(we suppose here that {\it foo()} function is the same as above except that it
155doesn't save and restore the path):
156
157\begin{verbatim}
158 void bar(wxConfigBase *config)
159 {
160 config->Write("Test", 17);
21f280f4 161
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162 foo(config);
163
164 // we're reading "/Foo/Data/Test" here! -1 will probably be returned...
165 wxASSERT( config->Read("Test", -1) == 17 );
166 }
167\end{verbatim}
168
169Finally, the path separator in wxConfigBase and derived classes is always '/',
b8de493f 170regardless of the platform (i.e. it's {\bf not} '$\backslash\backslash$' under Windows).
c4afa2cb 171
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172\helpref{SetPath}{wxconfigbasesetpath}\\
173\helpref{GetPath}{wxconfigbasegetpath}
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b8de493f 175\membersection{Enumeration}
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176
177The functions in this section allow to enumerate all entries and groups in the
b8de493f 178config file. All functions here return FALSE when there are no more items.
c4afa2cb 179
b8de493f 180You must pass the same index to GetNext and GetFirst (don't modify it).
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181Please note that it's {\bf not} the index of the current item (you will have
182some great surprizes with wxRegConfig if you assume this) and you shouldn't
183even look at it: it's just a "cookie" which stores the state of the
184enumeration. It can't be stored inside the class because it would prevent you
185from running several enumerations simultaneously, that's why you must pass it
186explicitly.
187
188Having said all this, enumerating the config entries/groups is very simple:
189
190\begin{verbatim}
191 wxArrayString aNames;
192
193 // enumeration variables
194 wxString str;
195 long dummy;
196
197 // first enum all entries
198 bool bCont = config->GetFirstEntry(str, dummy);
199 while ( bCont ) {
200 aNames.Add(str);
201
202 bCont = GetConfig()->GetNextEntry(str, dummy);
203 }
204
205 ... we have all entry names in aNames...
206
207 // now all groups...
208 bCont = GetConfig()->GetFirstGroup(str, dummy);
209 while ( bCont ) {
210 aNames.Add(str);
211
212 bCont = GetConfig()->GetNextGroup(str, dummy);
213 }
214
215 ... we have all group (and entry) names in aNames...
216
217\end{verbatim}
218
b8de493f 219There are also functions to get the number of entries/subgroups without
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220actually enumerating them, but you will probably never need them.
221
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222\helpref{GetFirstGroup}{wxconfigbasegetfirstgroup}\\
223\helpref{GetNextGroup}{wxconfigbasegetnextgroup}\\
224\helpref{GetFirstEntry}{wxconfigbasegetfirstentry}\\
225\helpref{GetNextEntry}{wxconfigbasegetnextentry}\\
226\helpref{GetNumberOfEntries}{wxconfigbasegetnumberofentries}\\
227\helpref{GetNumberOfGroups}{wxconfigbasegetnumberofgroups}
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b8de493f 229\membersection{Tests of existence}
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231\helpref{HasGroup}{wxconfigbasehasgroup}\\
232\helpref{HasEntry}{wxconfigbasehasentry}\\
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233\helpref{Exists}{wxconfigbaseexists}\\
234\helpref{GetEntryType}{wxconfigbasegetentrytype}
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236\membersection{Miscellaneous accessors}
237
052ae0e5 238\helpref{GetAppName}{wxconfigbasegetappname}\\
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239\helpref{GetVendorName}{wxconfigbasegetvendorname}
240
b8de493f 241\membersection{Key access}
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242
243These function are the core of wxConfigBase class: they allow you to read and
244write config file data. All {\it Read} function take a default value which
245will be returned if the specified key is not found in the config file.
246
247Currently, only two types of data are supported: string and long (but it might
248change in the near future). To work with other types: for {\it int} or {\it
249bool} you can work with function taking/returning {\it long} and just use the
250casts. Better yet, just use {\it long} for all variables which you're going to
b8de493f 251save in the config file: chances are that \verb$sizeof(bool) == sizeof(int) == sizeof(long)$ anyhow on your system. For {\it float}, {\it double} and, in
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252general, any other type you'd have to translate them to/from string
253representation and use string functions.
254
255Try not to read long values into string variables and vice versa: although it
256just might work with wxFileConfig, you will get a system error with
257wxRegConfig because in the Windows registry the different types of entries are
258indeed used.
259
260Final remark: the {\it szKey} parameter for all these functions can contain an
261arbitrary path (either relative or absolute), not just the key name.
262
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263\helpref{Read}{wxconfigbaseread}\\
264\helpref{Write}{wxconfigbasewrite}\\
265\helpref{Flush}{wxconfigbaseflush}
266
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267\membersection{Rename entries/groups}
268
269The functions in this section allow to rename entries or subgroups of the
270current group. They will return FALSE on error. typically because either the
271entry/group with the original name doesn't exist, because the entry/group with
272the new name already exists or because the function is not supported in this
273wxConfig implementation.
274
275\helpref{RenameEntry}{wxconfigbaserenameentry}\\
276\helpref{RenameGroup}{wxconfigbaserenamegroup}
277
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278\membersection{Delete entries/groups}
279
280The functions in this section delete entries and/or groups of entries from the
281config file. {\it DeleteAll()} is especially useful if you want to erase all
282traces of your program presence: for example, when you uninstall it.
283
284\helpref{DeleteEntry}{wxconfigbasedeleteentry}\\
285\helpref{DeleteGroup}{wxconfigbasedeletegroup}\\
286\helpref{DeleteAll}{wxconfigbasedeleteall}
287
288\membersection{Options}
289
290Some aspects of wxConfigBase behaviour can be changed during run-time. The
291first of them is the expansion of environment variables in the string values
292read from the config file: for example, if you have the following in your
293config file:
294
295\begin{verbatim}
296 # config file for my program
297 UserData = $HOME/data
298
299 # the following syntax is valud only under Windows
300 UserData = %windir%\\data.dat
301\end{verbatim}
302
303the call to \verb$config->Read("UserData")$ will return something like
304\verb$"/home/zeitlin/data"$ if you're lucky enough to run a Linux system ;-)
305
306Although this feature is very useful, it may be annoying if you read a value
307which containts '\$' or '\%' symbols (\% is used for environment variables
308expansion under Windows) which are not used for environment variable
309expansion. In this situation you may call SetExpandEnvVars(FALSE) just before
310reading this value and SetExpandEnvVars(TRUE) just after. Another solution
311would be to prefix the offending symbols with a backslash.
312
313The following functions control this option:
314
315\helpref{IsExpandingEnvVars}{wxconfigbaseisexpandingenvvars}\\
316\helpref{SetExpandingEnvVars}{wxconfigbasesetexpandingenvvars}\\
317\helpref{SetRecordDefaults}{wxconfigbasesetrecorddefaults}\\
318\helpref{IsRecordingDefaults}{wxconfigbaseisrecordingdefaults}
319
320%%%%% MEMBERS HERE %%%%%
321\helponly{\insertatlevel{2}{
322
323\wxheading{Members}
324
325}}
326
052ae0e5 327\membersection{wxConfigBase::wxConfigBase}\label{wxconfigbasector}
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329\func{}{wxConfigBase}{\param{const wxString\& }{appName = wxEmptyString},
330 \param{const wxString\& }{vendorName = wxEmptyString},
331 \param{const wxString\& }{localFilename = wxEmptyString},
332 \param{const wxString\& }{globalFilename = wxEmptyString},
333 \param{long}{ style = 0}}
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335This is the default and only constructor of the wxConfigBase class, and
336derived classes.
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052ae0e5 338\wxheading{Parameters}
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340\docparam{appName}{The application name. If this is empty, the class will
341normally use \helpref{wxApp::GetAppName}{wxappgetappname} to set it. The
342application name is used in the registry key on Windows, and can be used to
343deduce the local filename parameter if that is missing.}
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345\docparam{vendorName}{The vendor name. If this is empty, it is assumed that
346no vendor name is wanted, if this is optional for the current config class.
347The vendor name is appended to the application name for wxRegConfig.}
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349\docparam{localFilename}{Some config classes require a local filename. If this
350is not present, but required, the application name will be used instead.}
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352\docparam{globalFilename}{Some config classes require a global filename. If
353this is not present, but required, the application name will be used instead.}
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355\docparam{style}{Can be one of wxCONFIG\_USE\_LOCAL\_FILE and
356wxCONFIG\_USE\_GLOBAL\_FILE. The style interpretation depends on the config
357class and is ignored by some. For wxFileConfig, these styles determine whether
358a local or global config file is created or used. If the flag is present but
359the parameter is empty, the parameter will be set to a default. If the
360parameter is present but the style flag not, the relevant flag will be added
361to the style.}
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052ae0e5 363\wxheading{Remarks}
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365By default, environment variable expansion is on and recording defaults is
366off.
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052ae0e5 368\membersection{wxConfigBase::\destruct{wxConfigBase}}\label{wxconfigbasedtor}
b8de493f 369
052ae0e5 370\func{}{\destruct{wxConfigBase}}{\void}
b8de493f 371
052ae0e5 372Empty but ensures that dtor of all derived classes is virtual.
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373
374\membersection{wxConfigBase::Create}\label{wxconfigbasecreate}
375
052ae0e5 376\func{static wxConfigBase *}{Create}{\void}
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377
378Create a new config object: this function will create the "best"
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379implementation of wxConfig available for the current platform, see comments
380near the definition of wxCONFIG\_WIN32\_NATIVE for details. It returns the
381created object and also sets it as the current one.
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382
383\membersection{wxConfigBase::DontCreateOnDemand}\label{wxconfigbasedontcreateondemand}
384
385\func{void}{DontCreateOnDemand}{\void}
386
387Calling this function will prevent {\it Get()} from automatically creating a
388new config object if the current one is NULL. It might be useful to call it
389near the program end to prevent new config object "accidental" creation.
390
052ae0e5 391\membersection{wxConfigBase::DeleteAll}\label{wxconfigbasedeleteall}
b8de493f 392
052ae0e5 393\func{bool}{DeleteAll}{\void}
b8de493f 394
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395Delete the whole underlying object (disk file, registry key, ...). Primarly
396for use by desinstallation routine.
b8de493f 397
052ae0e5 398\membersection{wxConfigBase::DeleteEntry}\label{wxconfigbasedeleteentry}
b8de493f 399
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400\func{bool}{DeleteEntry}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool}{
401bDeleteGroupIfEmpty = TRUE}}
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403Deletes the specified entry and the group it belongs to if it was the last key
404in it and the second parameter is true.
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052ae0e5 406\membersection{wxConfigBase::DeleteGroup}\label{wxconfigbasedeletegroup}
b8de493f 407
052ae0e5 408\func{bool}{DeleteGroup}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}}
b8de493f 409
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410Delete the group (with all subgroups)
411
412\membersection{wxConfigBase::Exists}\label{wxconfigbaseexists}
413
414\constfunc{bool}{Exists}{\param{wxString\& }{strName}}
415
416returns TRUE if either a group or an entry with a given name exists
417
418\membersection{wxConfigBase::Flush}\label{wxconfigbaseflush}
419
420\func{bool}{Flush}{\param{bool }{bCurrentOnly = FALSE}}
421
422permanently writes all changes (otherwise, they're only written from object's
423destructor)
424
425\membersection{wxConfigBase::Get}\label{wxconfigbaseget}
426
427\func{wxConfigBase *}{Get}{\void}
428
429Get the current config object. If there is no current object, creates one
430(using {\it Create}) unless DontCreateOnDemand was called previously.
431
432\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetAppName}\label{wxconfigbasegetappname}
433
434\constfunc{wxString}{GetAppName}{\void}
435
436Returns the application name.
437
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438\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetEntryType}\label{wxconfigbasegetentrytype}
439
440\constfunc{enum wxConfigBase::EntryType}{GetEntryType}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
441
442Returns the type of the given entry or {\it Unknown} if the entry doesn't
443exist. This function should be used to decide which version of Read() should
444be used because some of wxConfig implementations will complain about type
445mismatch otherwise: e.g., an attempt to read a string value from an integer
446key with \helpref{wxRegConfig}{wxregconfig} will fail.
447
448The result is an element of enum EntryType:
449
450\begin{verbatim}
451 enum EntryType
452 {
453 Unknown,
454 String,
455 Boolean,
456 Integer,
457 Float
458 };
459\end{verbatim}
460
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461\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetFirstGroup}\label{wxconfigbasegetfirstgroup}
462
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463\constfunc{bool}{GetFirstGroup}{\param{wxString\& }{str}, \param{long\&}{
464index}}
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465
466Gets the first group.
467
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468\pythonnote{The wxPython version of this method returns a 3-tuple
469consisting of the continue flag, the value string, and the index for
470the next call.}
471
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472\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetFirstEntry}\label{wxconfigbasegetfirstentry}
473
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474\constfunc{bool}{GetFirstEntry}{\param{wxString\& }{str}, \param{long\&}{
475index}}
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476
477Gets the first entry.
478
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479\pythonnote{The wxPython version of this method returns a 3-tuple
480consisting of the continue flag, the value string, and the index for
481the next call.}
482
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483\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetNextGroup}\label{wxconfigbasegetnextgroup}
484
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485\constfunc{bool}{GetNextGroup}{\param{wxString\& }{str}, \param{long\&}{
486index}}
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487
488Gets the next group.
489
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490\pythonnote{The wxPython version of this method returns a 3-tuple
491consisting of the continue flag, the value string, and the index for
492the next call.}
493
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494\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetNextEntry}\label{wxconfigbasegetnextentry}
495
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496\constfunc{bool}{GetNextEntry}{\param{wxString\& }{str}, \param{long\&}{
497index}}
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498
499Gets the next entry.
500
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501\pythonnote{The wxPython version of this method returns a 3-tuple
502consisting of the continue flag, the value string, and the index for
503the next call.}
504
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505\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetNumberOfEntries}\label{wxconfigbasegetnumberofentries}
506
507\constfunc{uint }{GetNumberOfEntries}{\param{bool }{bRecursive = FALSE}}
508
509\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetNumberOfGroups}\label{wxconfigbasegetnumberofgroups}
510
511\constfunc{uint}{GetNumberOfGroups}{\param{bool }{bRecursive = FALSE}}
512
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513Get number of entries/subgroups in the current group, with or without its
514subgroups.
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515
516\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetPath}\label{wxconfigbasegetpath}
517
052ae0e5 518\constfunc{const wxString\&}{GetPath}{\void}
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519
520Retrieve the current path (always as absolute path).
521
052ae0e5 522\membersection{wxConfigBase::GetVendorName}\label{wxconfigbasegetvendorname}
b8de493f 523
052ae0e5 524\constfunc{wxString}{GetVendorName}{\void}
b8de493f 525
052ae0e5 526Returns the vendor name.
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527
528\membersection{wxConfigBase::HasEntry}\label{wxconfigbasehasentry}
529
530\constfunc{bool}{HasEntry}{\param{wxString\& }{strName}}
531
532returns TRUE if the entry by this name exists
533
052ae0e5 534\membersection{wxConfigBase::HasGroup}\label{wxconfigbasehasgroup}
b8de493f 535
052ae0e5 536\constfunc{bool}{HasGroup}{\param{const wxString\& }{strName}}
b8de493f 537
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538returns TRUE if the group by this name exists
539
540\membersection{wxConfigBase::IsExpandingEnvVars}\label{wxconfigbaseisexpandingenvvars}
541
542\constfunc{bool}{IsExpandingEnvVars}{\void}
543
544Returns TRUE if we are expanding environment variables in key values.
545
546\membersection{wxConfigBase::IsRecordingDefaults}\label{wxconfigbaseisrecordingdefaults}
547
548\func{bool}{IsRecordingDefaults}{\void} const
549
550Returns TRUE if we are writing defaults back to the config file.
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551
552\membersection{wxConfigBase::Read}\label{wxconfigbaseread}
553
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554\constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{wxString*}{
555str}}
052ae0e5 556
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557Read a string from the key, returning TRUE if the value was read. If the key
558was not found, {\it str} is not changed.
052ae0e5 559
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560\constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{wxString*}{
561str}, \param{const wxString\& }{defaultVal}}
052ae0e5 562
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563Read a string from the key. The default value is returned if the key was not
564found.
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052ae0e5 566Returns TRUE if value was really read, FALSE if the default was used.
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568\constfunc{wxString}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{const
569wxString\& }{defaultVal}}
c4afa2cb 570
052ae0e5 571Another version of {\it Read()}, returning the string value directly.
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052ae0e5 573\constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{long*}{ l}}
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575Reads a long value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was
576not found, {\it l} is not changed.
c4afa2cb 577
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578\constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{long*}{ l},
579\param{long}{ defaultVal}}
052ae0e5 580
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581Reads a long value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was
582not found, {\it defaultVal} is used instead.
052ae0e5 583
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584\constfunc{long }{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{key}, \param{long}{
585defaultVal}}
052ae0e5 586
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587Reads a long value from the key and returns it. {\it defaultVal} is returned
588if the key is not found.
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590NB: writing
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5f3cd8a2 592{\small \begin{verbatim} conf->Read("key", 0); \end{verbatim} }
052ae0e5 593
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595{\it Read} functions. Instead, write:
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5f3cd8a2 597{\small \begin{verbatim} conf->Read("key", 0l); \end{verbatim} }
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052ae0e5 599\constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{double*}{ d}}
c4afa2cb 600
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602not found, {\it d} is not changed.
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5f3cd8a2 604\constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{double*}{ d},
0d57be45 605 \param{double}{ defaultVal}}
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607Reads a double value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was
608not found, {\it defaultVal} is used instead.
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052ae0e5 610\constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool*}{ b}}
c4afa2cb 611
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612Reads a bool value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was
613not found, {\it b} is not changed.
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615\constfunc{bool}{Read}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool*}{ d},
616\param{bool}{ defaultVal}}
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618Reads a bool value, returning TRUE if the value was found. If the value was
619not found, {\it defaultVal} is used instead.
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622implements the following methods:\par
623\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
624\twocolitem{\bf{Read(key, default="")}}{Returns a string.}
625\twocolitem{\bf{ReadInt(key, default=0)}}{Returns an int.}
626\twocolitem{\bf{ReadFloat(key, default=0.0)}}{Returns a floating point number.}
627\end{twocollist}}
628}
629
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631
632\func{bool}{RenameEntry}{\param{const wxString\& }{ oldName}, \param{const wxString\& }{ newName}}
633
634Renames an entry in the current group. The entries names (both the old and
635the new one) shouldn't contain backslashes, i.e. only simple names and not
636arbitrary paths are accepted by this function.
637
638Returns FALSE if the {\it oldName} doesn't exist or if {\it newName} already
639exists.
640
641\membersection{wxConfigBase::RenameGroup}\label{wxconfigbaserenamegroup}
642
643\func{bool}{RenameGroup}{\param{const wxString\& }{ oldName}, \param{const wxString\& }{ newName}}
644
645Renames a subgroup of the current group. The subgroup names (both the old and
646the new one) shouldn't contain backslashes, i.e. only simple names and not
647arbitrary paths are accepted by this function.
648
649Returns FALSE if the {\it oldName} doesn't exist or if {\it newName} already
650exists.
651
052ae0e5 652\membersection{wxConfigBase::Set}\label{wxconfigbaseset}
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052ae0e5 654\func{wxConfigBase *}{Set}{\param{wxConfigBase *}{pConfig}}
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657current object (both the parameter and returned value may be NULL)
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052ae0e5 659\membersection{wxConfigBase::SetExpandingEnvVars}\label{wxconfigbasesetexpandingenvvars}
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052ae0e5 661\func{void}{SetExpandEnvVars }{\param{bool }{bDoIt = TRUE}}
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052ae0e5 663Determine whether we wish to expand environment variables in key values.
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052ae0e5 665\membersection{wxConfigBase::SetPath}\label{wxconfigbasesetpath}
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052ae0e5 667\func{void}{SetPath}{\param{const wxString\& }{strPath}}
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052ae0e5 669Set current path: if the first character is '/', it's the absolute path,
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671exist it is created.
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052ae0e5 673\membersection{wxConfigBase::SetRecordDefaults}\label{wxconfigbasesetrecorddefaults}
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676
677Sets whether defaults are written back to the config file.
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680This allows the user to see what config options may be changed and is probably
681useful only for wxFileConfig.
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684
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685\func{bool}{Write}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{const wxString\& }{
686value}}
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688\func{bool}{Write}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{long}{ value}}
689
690\func{bool}{Write}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{double}{ value}}
691
692\func{bool}{Write}{\param{const wxString\& }{ key}, \param{bool}{ value}}
693
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695on success.
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698implements the following methods:\par
699\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
700\twocolitem{\bf{Write(key, value)}}{Writes a string.}
701\twocolitem{\bf{WriteInt(key, value)}}{Writes an int.}
702\twocolitem{\bf{WriteFloat(key, value)}}{Writes a floating point number.}
703\end{twocollist}}
704}
705
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